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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
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Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
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UK Penalises White-Label Firms Over AML, Safer Gambling Failings

​​​​​​​Two white-label gambling companies, which each operate more than 200 websites for other companies, have been assessed more than £700,000 for failings in anti-money laundering (AML) and safer gambling policies.
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Gambling

Big Three Of California, Florida, Texas Vital To U.S. Sports Betting

The future of the U.S. sports-betting market hinges on the three states of California, Florida and Texas, with excessive advertising a legitimate concern but cannibalization of traditional casino revenue an unproven myth, according to New Jersey’s chief gambling regulator.
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Gambling

California Tribes See Battle Against Mobile Sports Betting As 'Fight For Survival'

By far the most high-stakes and most expensive campaign ever in the U.S. to legalize sports betting continues to escalate in California as tribes and commercial operators battle for voter support of their competing initiatives.
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Gambling

US Trade Bodies Release AML Best Practices For Money Transmitters

Best practices have been released to guide money service businesses on how to develop a programme for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance and addresses the challenge of de-risking.
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Payments

Instant Payments Mandate Could Speed Up Adoption, But Comes At A Cost

The European Commission is expected to unveil new instant payments regulation this autumn, including mandating banks to accept it, but Brussels has a long wait before it finally becomes "the new normal".
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Payments

BIS Provides Tools To Boost Payment Firms’ Direct Access To Central Bank Systems

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a self-assessment report for central banks to encourage the direct participation of payment firms in central bank payment systems. In a separate report, the organisation also calls for a global settlement window to increase the speed of cross-border payments.
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Payments

New York iGaming Bill 'Too Much, Too Soon' In 2022

New York state Senator Joseph Addabbo has acknowledged he may have acted too soon by introducing an online gaming bill during this year’s legislative session as lawmakers were coming off approving mobile sports betting and then three downstate casino licenses.
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Gambling

Curaçao Now Targets End-Of-Year Gambling Reform

​​​​​​​The Curaçao government is promising a long-delayed reform of gambling legislation to fix what an independent body calls “shortcomings in regulation” by the end of the year.
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Gambling

More M&A Activity Expected Amid Stock Sell-Offs

U.S. gaming stocks continue to extend their recent losing as investors worry about ongoing inflationary pressures, but there are still merger and acquisition opportunities within the industry, according to a panel of financial analysts.
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Gambling

LUNA’s Crash Landing: Algorithmic Stablecoin Experiment Ends In Tears

TerraUSD, a US dollar stablecoin that runs on the Terra blockchain, appears to have met its maker after shedding 70 percent of its market cap in a single day.
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Payments

Counting The Cost: How Will The LUNA Crash Impact Crypto Regulations?

With the Terra blockchain halted on May 12, both TerraUSD, an algorithmic US dollar stablecoin, and LUNA, its collateral token, are now officially laid to rest.
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Payments

PSR Fines NatWest Group For Interchange Overcharge

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has punished the retail banking group after four of its banks failed to comply with the Interchange Fee Regulation.
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Payments

Commission Sets Sights On Stronger Consumer Protection Rules

The European Commission has adopted a reform of the current EU Rules on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services, which govern distance selling.
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Payments

The Tinder Swindler: Dating Apps Accuse Google Of Anti-Competitive Behaviour In California Lawsuit

Match Group, owner of popular dating apps Tinder, Match and OKCupid, is suing Google after accusing it of establishing an in-app payments monopoly.
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Payments

NSW Regulator Laments 'Scary' Lack Of Control Over Slots

The head of the New South Wales (NSW) state gambling regulator complained to government officials in December that his agency had “very few regulatory levers to pull” on the poker machine (slots) industry, according to leaked documents.
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Gambling

Minnesota House Approves Sports-Betting Bill

​​​​​​​The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation that would legalize sports betting in the state Thursday night, but even House legislators acknowledged the bill is not likely to clear the Senate.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Poll Finds Popular Support For Casino Expansion

A poll conducted by Brazil’s Senate has suggested strong popular support for casino expansion, even though a vote on a sweeping measure that passed the lower house in February seems highly unlikely until after October’s elections.
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Gambling

UK Children See Fewer TV Gambling Ads As Habits Shift

​​​​​​​Children across the UK are seeing fewer gambling adverts on TV, but the Advertising Standards Authority is warning that the real challenge for the industry has shifted online.
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Gambling

BetMGM Pulls Back In High-Tax New York

BetMGM executives have said the MGM-Entain joint venture has made “a concerted decision” to lessen its pursuit of mobile sports-betting customers in New York due to the state’s steep tax rate.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 9-May 13, 2022

Mr Green loses another fine appeal, Kyrgyzstan plans gambling law overhaul and Kansas sports-betting bill signed into law.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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FCA’s Guardrails For BNPL Aim To Bring Consumer Duty Requirements To The Space

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users are set to gain new protections under proposals published today by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has set a compliance deadline of July 2026.
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UK Industry Wrangles With Rapidly Approaching Cross-Sell Ban

When 2025 draws to a close so will the era of lucrative cross-selling promotions in the UK, with operators and affiliates facing the tall task of adapting successfully to another major shift in marketing compliance.
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Bailey Cool On UK CBDC Suggestions

Hopes of a British central bank digital currency (CBDC) were dealt a blow by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, who said he “remained to be convinced” of the need for one.
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EU Lawmakers Insist Digital Euro Must Safeguard Privacy And Preserve Cash Access

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has called for stronger guardrails for privacy and guaranteed access to physical cash in its opinion on the EU's proposed legislation to establish a digital euro.
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Regulatory Influencer: Malta’s Key Observations on Website Practices of Crypto-Asset Service Providers

Earlier in the year, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) conducted a thematic review of websites belonging to all the crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised by the MFSA in relation to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). This was part of the MFSA’s commitment to consumer protection, ensuring that the information provided was fair, transparent and not misleading. Following its review of websites, the MFSA sent out a Dear CEO letter to CASPs laying out its findings.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Philippine Central Bank As Payments Policeman And… Online Gambling Saviour?

The Philippine online gambling industry’s rapid transition from a disgraced foreign-facing segment to flourishing domestic sector is approaching a crunch moment as payments channels come under unprecedented scrutiny.
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Peru President Vetoes Consumption Tax Bill

Peru’s president has partly vetoed a bill that would reduce the impact of a controversial consumption tax applied to online gambling.
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Ukraine Releases Flurry Of Consultations As It Seeks To Update Gambling Rules

Ukrainian licence holders will only have two months to comply with a long list of updated regulations under a key new proposal, as the country unleashes a flurry of consultations aimed at updating and aligning rules as well as improving industry oversight.
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California Tribes Seeking Second Win With Anti-Sweepstakes Legislation

In the wake of an opinion from California’s attorney general that threatens the future of daily fantasy sports in the state, Indian gaming tribes are looking to score a second major policy victory that could threaten sweepstakes operations as well.
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