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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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News In Brief: March 7-March 11, 2022

Tennessee adds three new operators and Philippines inquiry launched over cockfighting abductions.
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Gambling

Biden Signs Historic Digital Assets Executive Order

President Joe Biden’s long-awaited crypto executive order affirms crypto is to stay, and the United States wants to embrace it.
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Payments

FATF Stops Short Of Action Over Russian Invasion

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) expresses “deep sorrow” over Ukraine, but Russia’s largely compliant status makes it unlikely for FATF to pursue any meaningful action towards Russia in the short term.
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Payments

EU Extends SWIFT Ban To Belarusian Banks

Belarusian financial institutions join Russia in being in the firing line over the Ukraine invasion, as the EU agrees on a further round of sanctions.
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Payments

£28K Lost To APP Fraud Every Hour, Which? Suggests

Bank transfer scams continue to grip the UK, as the pressure piles on for the government and regulators to do more to solve the issue.
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Payments

Ganapati's Taiwan Staff Avoid Jail Despite Online Convictions

A Taiwanese court has convicted 12 Japanese and Taiwanese employees of B2B online games supplier Ganapati for gambling offences, as well as company founder Hayato Kinoshita, although all have avoided jail time.
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Gambling

Nevada Esports Advisory Committee To Propose Regulatory Oversight

As sportsbooks in Nevada desperately searched for alternatives to traditional sports that were shut down during the initial months of the coronavirus pandemic, some operators have turned to video game competitions as one substitute.
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Gambling

Alabama Senate Committee Approves Plans For Lottery, Casinos, Sports Betting

Two pieces of legislation that would allow for five casinos, two satellite facilities, sports betting and create a gaming commission to regulate the industry in Alabama were passed out of committee on Wednesday and sent to the full Senate for consideration.
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Gambling

Irish Industry Discuss Regulatory Proposals With Lawmakers

Key stakeholders in Ireland’s gambling market have told the government they want a well-funded, nimble regulator as legislators continue to lay the groundwork for the country’s new gambling bill.
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Gambling

EU Launches Timely Whistleblower Tool For Sanctions

The European Commission has rolled out a whistleblower tool to facilitate the reporting of possible sanctions violations as its new rules against Russia and Belarus become law.
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Payments

No ESG Clause In MiCA, MEP Confirms

Following concerns that the EU’s crypto-asset regulation would include a mining ban, an influential member of the European Parliament has rowed back on the possibility of climate issues being incorporated into the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) law.
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Payments

NatWest Leads Race For Open Banking Recurring Payments

NatWest is aiming to become one of the first UK banks to enable variable recurring payments as the bank announces the first successful transaction.
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Payments

Private Sector Needs Clarity To Navigate Uncharted Territory Of Russian Sanctions

The private sector plays a key role in the implementation of sanctions, but they are wandering over an unknown territory without sufficient guidance from the government, witnesses have told the UK Treasury Committee.
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Payments

Flutter's Sky Bet Fined By UK For Marketing To Self-Excluded

The UK Gambling Commission has fined Sky Betting & Gaming nearly £1.2m for sending “free spins” marketing emails to players who had self-excluded or opted out of receiving marketing.
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Gambling

Northern Irish Bill Approval Is 'First Step' Of Legal Overhaul

Northern Ireland’s new gambling bill was set to overcome its final legislative hurdles before becoming law on Tuesday, with more changes planned.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Minister: 'Significant Reform' Needed

The UK minister in charge of gambling policy has said reform is “long overdue” and promised the government’s Gambling Act review white paper will be published “very, very soon”.
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Gambling

DC Lottery Continues To Back Lottery-Operated Mobile Betting

The DC Lottery continues to defend the monopoly of its district-wide mobile betting platform despite massive cuts to the projected profit the GambetDC program is expected to provide to the District of Columbia’s coffers.
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Gambling

Minnesota Tribes Confirm Support For New Sports-Betting Bill

The tribes that own and operate some 18 casinos across Minnesota confirmed their support on Tuesday for an amended House measure that would legalize retail and mobile sports betting, but the bipartisan bill still has a long road through the state legislature.
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Gambling

DLT Comes To Swiss Payment System

Switzerland, which has led the way in the digital finance space, is adding distributed ledger technology (DLT) trading facilities to its payment system.
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Payments

Update: Visa, Santander Tapped To Trial Use Cases Of Brazil’s Digital Real

The Brazilian Central Bank (BCB) has named nine groups of participants in its LIFT Challenge, including Visa, Santander and Mercado Bitcoin, that will help evaluate use cases for its future digital fiat.
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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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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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