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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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Allwyn Named UK Lottery Licensee Over Incumbent Camelot

Allwyn Entertainment has been named preferred applicant for the fourth UK gambling licence, replacing Camelot, which has run the National Lottery since 1994.
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New York Budgets Include New Sports-Betting Licenses

Both chambers of the New York legislature have expressed support for expanding the number of mobile sports-betting operators in the state in their respective one-house budget proposals.
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Will Inflation Threaten U.S. Gaming's Recovery In 2022?

The U.S. gaming industry’s recovery from the depths of the pandemic has been well documented as commercial casino revenue reached record levels last year, but rising inflation could dampen that recovery, especially in key markets such as Nevada and New Jersey.
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Spanish Minister Backs Cities Restricting Gambling Venues

Alberto Garzón, Spain’s minister of consumer affairs, wants local municipalities to have the power and tools to introduce restrictions on gambling venues in their areas.
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Merchants Seek Probe Into Visa, Mastercard Anti-Competitive Dominance

The Merchants Payments Coalition has called on U.S. Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s alleged anti-competitive dominance ahead of the card giants’ planned swipe fee increase in April.
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Crypto ATM? It’s Shutdown, Says FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has upped the ante in its pursuance of crypto ventures in the UK, telling operators of crypto ATMs in the UK to shut their machines down or face enforcement action.
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UK Regulators Give Firms Crypto Sanction Warning

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation and the Bank of England have made a call for crypto firms to adhere to the financial sanctions against Russia, following speculation that crypto-assets could be used as a way around compliance rules.
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European Regulators Face Up To EU’s De-Risking Problem

The EU stalwart problem of de-risking keeps on raging as new refugees stream in from bordering Ukraine and national regulators press the need for better collaboration with the private sector.
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FinCEN on High Alert Against Russian Sanction Evasion Attempts

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a warning to all financial institutions asking them to be on the lookout for attempts to evade sanctions.<br />
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Is Marriage Between U.S. Leagues And Sports Betting Headed For Divorce?

A Las Vegas gambling executive is sounding the alarm about the potential nightmare facing his industry and the nation’s professional sports leagues as they pursue their partnership in a quest for sports-betting gold.
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Senior UK Doctors Demand Gambling Levy

The UK National Health Service’s most senior gambling addiction experts are calling for operators to pay a new multi-million-pound statutory levy to help prevent and treat problem gambling.
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Philippine Taxman Targets Surging Online Cockfighting Revenue

Aggressive growth of e-sabong (online cockfighting) revenue in pandemic-stricken Philippines has drawn a lengthy demand from the Bureau of Internal Revenue for operators to pay their dues.
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India Brings Instant Payments To Feature Phones

The Reserve Bank of India has launched UPI123Pay, a new initiative to help 400m legacy mobile phone users connect to its real-time payment system.
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Japan’s Crypto Association To Introduce Travel Rule

Japan’s crypto-asset exchanges are set to soon join the likes of Germany, Singapore and France in complying with the travel rule standards.
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FATF Changes Beneficial Ownership Rules

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has adopted timely amendments to Recommendation 24, considering both the Ukraine-Russia crisis and the Credit Suisse money laundering scandal, and its interpretive note dealing with beneficial ownership.
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Payments

Week In Brief - March 11, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest developments in a UK class action lawsuit against Mastercard, UK attempts to deal with scam online advertising, new global fraud research and a $124m crypto fraud in the United States. We also look at concerns from the FCA over a new Binance investment.
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Norway Regulator Orders Betsson To Stop Pitching Norwegians

​​​​​​​Betsson will face “coercive fines” if it does not stop offering online gambling to Norwegian residents by March 25, the Norwegian Gambling Authority has said.
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Washington Signs Off On Final Sports-Betting Rule

Sports betting became legal in the state of Washington as the coronavirus began closing tribal casinos in March 2020, but it was not until Thursday that the state gambling commission approved the last of the regulations.
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Gambling Ads On Copyright Infringing Websites Falling, Says EU

A study by an EU watchdog appears to show a 55 percent reduction in the number of “major brand” gambling ads appearing on websites known to be infringing on intellectual property.
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Biden Administration Opposes Wire Act Change To Expand Online Gaming Protection

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal court in Rhode Island to dismiss a lawsuit by International Game Technology seeking to expand protection of the online gaming and lottery industry from prosecution under the U.S. Wire Act of 1961.
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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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