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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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Dutch Advertising Restrictions Inbound

​​​​​​​The Netherlands is planning to introduce more gambling advertising restrictions, including a ban on non-targeted online ads and the use of celebrities in promotions, in response to political concerns.
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Gambling

The Right Balance? Payments Insiders React To CMA’s VRP Clarification

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its standards for what sweeping can and cannot be used for when variable recurring payments (VRPs) are introduced in July this year.
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Payments

France’s Prudential Supervisor Outlines PSD2 Review Wishlist

In its new report, the ACPR, France’s prudential regulator, has laid out what needs to be addressed in the upcoming review of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), while also highlighting the issues that the payments ecosystem currently faces.
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Payments

Complex Regulation Drives Soaring UK Compliance Costs

UK banks pay billions to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering regulations, but the mounting regulatory pressure may push businesses over the tipping point, a report has warned.
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Payments

Super Apps, BNPL, Crypto Are Now Global Payments Trends

FIS’ annual survey of global payments says the rules that once limited those participating in money movement have been rewritten as payments continue to be redefined, revisited and reimagined. In Europe, this includes buy now, pay later (BNPL) entering the mainstream, and continued leadership in real-time payments and open banking.
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Payments

Gambling Costs Norway Over €520m, Says Study

​​​​​​​Problem gamblers cost Norwegian society NOK5.1bn (€520.5m), according to a survey undertaken by the National Competence Center for Gambling Research at the University of Bergen.
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Gambling

Kentucky Sports-Betting Bill Wins Unanimous Support Of House Committee

Republican state Representative Adam Koenig has successfully guided his latest proposal to legalize sports betting in Kentucky out of committee and onto the General Assembly’s agenda, but its passage is far from assured.
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Gambling

Lone U.S. Sports-Betting Holdout Benefits As March Madness Returns

As the betting frenzy known as March Madness commences today, the National Collegiate Athletic Association stands alone among all major U.S. sports organizations in refusing to fully enter the lucrative sports-betting market.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 14-March 18, 2022

The UK government is to scrutinise Allywn's lottery victory, Swedish pandemic measures of uncertain effectiveness and Ontario's regulator issues a reminder.
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Gambling

I TWINT You! Switzerland’s Payments Landscape

As with its neighbours in the DACH region, Switzerland has long been a lover of cash payments. However a popular domestic payments scheme has pushed the country increasingly towards digital payments.
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Payments

Bitcoin Ban Kicked Out By EU Parliament, As It Passes MiCA Draft

The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has voted down an amendment that would have effectively banned Bitcoin and other energy-intensive crypto-assets in the trading bloc.
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Payments

Paytm Denies RBI Ban Relates To Chinese Data Sharing

Refuting media reports, Indian super app Paytm has said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did not ban the firm from onboarding new customers because it was sharing information with Chinese affiliates.
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Payments

EU Tightens Grip On Russia With Fresh Set Of Sanctions

The fourth package of EU sanctions heats up the pressure on the Russian economy, but leaves the door open to further restrictions, experts say.
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Payments

Ireland's Ministry Of Justice Provides Regulator Update

​​​​​​​Applications to become the head of Ireland’s long-awaited Gambling Regulatory Authority are only open until 3:00pm on March 21, according to an update on the timeline for reforms from the Ministry of Justice.
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Gambling

Thailand Poses Ongoing Challenges For Possible LVS Casino

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has revealed it is in talks with an Asian government to develop a Singapore-style integrated resort, but likely target Thailand retains challenging political and social obstacles.
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Gambling

Georgia Senate Rejects Horseracing Constitutional Amendment

Georgia legislators rejected a measure ahead of a key legislative deadline on Tuesday that would have given voters the opportunity to allow parimutuel and fixed-odds wagering on horseracing in the state.
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Gambling

Which? Flags SCA Weak Spots As Enforcement Kicks Off

Strong customer authentication (SCA) could come at a cost for certain customers and open up new ways for fraudsters, the UK consumer association warns as the full implementation deadline glides by.
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Payments

Contactless Payments And AML Regs Tackled In Latest EBA Q&As

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has provided answers to two more Q&As relating to the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and strong customer authentication (SCA) rules.
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Payments

Cost Of Living Bites As UK Charity Warns Of BNPL Risks

One in 12 people turned to buy now, pay later (BNPL) to cover basic costs such as food and toiletries in the last six months, new research from Citizens Advice has found in a sign that the debate of whether the products are appropriately regulated is not going away.
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Payments

Chinese Caste System Revamp Looks To Unleash New Payments Opportunities

Successful implementation of reforms to China’s Hukou household registration system could give payment firms access to millions of new customers. However, vested interests of the existing system could hold back progress.
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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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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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