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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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Crypto, Card Acquiring And Fraud Take Centre Stage In PSR Annual Plan

Shaping new crypto regulations, improving the card-acquiring market and preventing fraud are some of the seven key projects the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is planning to focus on in the year ahead.
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Payments

Ukraine Demands Gambling Industry Severs Ties With Russia

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has praised operator Parimatch for completing its withdrawal from the Russian market and urged other industry stakeholders to cut all ties with the country.
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Gambling

Kansas Sports-Betting Bill In Flux Before Friday Deadline

Legislation to permit sports betting in Kansas experienced a rollercoaster ride on Tuesday that leaves its status uncertain as a key legislative deadline approaches this week.
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Gambling

Huddleston Cautious On Affordability In Latest UK Debate

​​​​​​​As the long wait for the UK white paper persists, politicians continue to debate the big issues, with the minister overseeing the review appearing to tread a careful line on affordability checks and advertising.
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Gambling

Seneca Nation Accuses New York Of Forcing Payment To Resolve Gaming Compact Dispute

The Seneca Nation claims New York officials employed coercive tactics to force a vote this week by the tribe’s council to pay the state almost $565m to resolve a gambling compact dispute.
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Gambling

BoE Teams Up With MIT To Explore CBDC Tech Design

The Bank of England (BoE) has become the latest central bank to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore technical aspects of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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Payments

EU AML Body Should Have Powers To Regulate Crypto, EBA Chair Suggests

The rapid growth of crypto-assets in the EU needs to be accounted for in the trading bloc’s financial crime package, the EU’s banking watchdog chief has suggested in a letter to co-legislators.
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Payments

’We Need To Think Ahead’: Key EU Regulators Make Biggest PSD3 Hints So Far

The Payment Services Directive has become a worldwide reference point, according to the European Commission’s financial services chief, but time has come for reform.
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Payments

Experts Sceptical Over Transatlantic Data Privacy Pact

Although the new EU-U.S. "in principle" agreement is a significant step to enabling transatlantic data flow, there is still very little known about the specifics, leaving experts wondering whether the new framework will fall short of addressing EU concerns about surveillance and privacy.
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Payments

Irish Government 'Enthusiastic' About Regulatory Reform

James Browne, the minister of state for law reform, has said he is “especially enthusiastic” about progressing gambling regulations in 2022, in the latest government bulletin on Ireland’s protracted legal reforms.
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Gambling

Georgia House Committee Revives Gaming Expansion, Sports-Betting Bills

With the end of the legislative session approaching next week, Georgia legislators have launched another effort to expand gaming in the state, including state-wide mobile sports betting and potentially casinos.
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Gambling

Continental Drift: U.S., Europe On Different Tracks For Online Gambling Enforcement

One day before New Jersey published the joint largest fine of the post-PASPA era of U.S. sports betting earlier this month, the UK Gambling Commission issued a penalty almost 100 times that amount, underlining different approaches to enforcement actions on the two sides of the Atlantic.
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Gambling

Bank Of England Begins To Set Out Crypto Regulatory Ambitions

The UK authorities’ deluge of recent crypto-asset interventions has continued with the Bank of England making further rumblings about the need for regulation, while also outlining what it regards as the main risks.
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Payments

Singaporean Fintechs Take BNPL Regulation Into Their Own Hands

Singaporean buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers have joined forces to create an industry framework for the Singaporean market under the guidance of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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Payments

CMA Shuts Down OBIE As Mandate Ends

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will replace the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) with a "future entity" as the latter completes its mission to implement open banking standards.
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Payments

Big Changes For Bigtech: Council And Commission Reach Agreement On Digital Markets Act

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the Digital Markets Act, and final technical work will make it possible to finalise the text in the coming days.
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Payments

Despite Shortlist, Chicago Casino Still Years From Opening

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot surprised almost no one last week by announcing the three finalists to develop and operate a $2bn state-of-the-art casino in the third most populous city in the United States.
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Gambling

Star Entertainment Probe Claims CEO Matt Bekier

The CEO and managing director of Australian casino operator Star Entertainment Group has submitted his resignation over company compliance failures exposed during an ongoing New South Wales state government regulatory review.
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Gambling

Camelot To Appeal Lottery Licence Decision In High Court

Camelot is reportedly set to launch a High Court challenge over claims the UK's gambling regulator broke the law when it changed the scoring system in deciding who should win the new National Lottery licence.
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Gambling

Lithuania Crypto Services Set For Increased AML Rules

The Ministry of Finance, together with financial regulators, has prepared amendments to the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws that are aimed at strengthening the operating conditions of crypto service providers.
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President Trump’s Tax Bill Raises Slot Tax Reporting Threshold

A tweak to the tax bill signed by President Donald Trump would modernize gaming tax policy by increasing the threshold for reporting jackpot wins on slot machines and video lottery terminals in casinos.
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Gambling Commission Fine Transparency Improving But UBO Rules Cause Concern

The Gambling Commission's new criteria for imposing fines will help increase the transparency around predicting fine amounts, but some concerns remain over how the rules impact ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), according to legal experts.
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Consultation May Signal End Of Surcharges In Australia

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opened a consultation into card surcharging, which it says is no longer achieving its intended purpose of guiding consumers towards efficient payment choices.
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EBA Clarifies PSD2 Scope On Credit, Postal Orders And Fuel Cards

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published clarifications on applying the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), covering the definition of credit, the status of postal money orders, and the classification of fuel cards as payment instruments.
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Wise Fine Highlights Evolution Of US Payments Regulation

The $4.2m fine for money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations reflects both a trend towards local enforcement and a sharpened focus on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF).
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DraftKings Pays $3m To Settle Connecticut Marketing Investigation

DraftKings has agreed to return more than $3m to players and pay a $50,000 penalty in a second high-profile settlement announced by Connecticut regulators in as many months.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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