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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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Russian Banks Booted Out Of SWIFT

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying, Western allies have finally agreed to cut off a number of Russian financial institutions from the interbank payments system.
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Payments

SCA Win? Fraud Rate Dips In France

After increasing year-on-year since 2018, Banque de France has said that there are signs that card fraud in the country is dropping and it is partially thanks to strong customer authentication (SCA).
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Payments

Senate To Seal Fate Of Brazil Gambling Bill

Brazil’s landmark legislation authorizing hundreds of thousands of bingo machines and all forms of online gaming faces an uncertain path through the Senate after its approval in the lower house, according to experts.
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Gambling

Copyright Infringement Increasingly Popular Route Into UK Market

​​​​​​​The number of gambling adverts appearing on websites in the UK known to be illegally hosting copyrighted content increased by at least 10 percent from 2021 to 2022, an affiliate compliance monitoring company has found.
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Gambling

Offshore Ad Row Burns On In Norway

The Norwegian Gambling Authority has piled further pressure on defiant TV network Discovery over offshore gambling adverts, even as stats show unlicensed ads have fallen overall.
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Gambling

UK Government Outlines Latest Sanctions For Russia

Following on from Thursday's dramatic turn of events, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined tougher implications for the Russian Federation.
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Payments

Week In Brief - February 25, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest access to cash statistics in the UK, Singapore's decision not to intervene over credit card bank fees, crypto AML requirements in Belgium and the latest assessment of Nigeria's eNaira.
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Payments

Ukraine’s Financial Markets Shiver In Wake Of Russian Attack

Ukraine has announced a number of temporary measures as people are rushing to cash machines to access their savings following Russia’s large-scale invasion of the country.
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Payments

FCA Weighs Up Benefits Of Financial Inclusion Mandate

Regulators from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England (BOE) have been probed by members of the UK’s Treasury Select Committee on how they can ensure less well-off communities are not financially excluded.
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Payments

Looks Like Groundhog Day For California In Ugly Fight Over Sports Betting

Eight years ago, PokerStars launched an ill-fated campaign to bring online poker to California, and this year’s effort by DraftKings, FanDuel and other operators to legalize online sports betting in the Golden State appears to be eerily similar.
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Gambling

And They're Off: Churchill Downs To Exit Online Sports Betting

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday that it will exit the U.S. online sports betting and online casino space within the next six months, arguably the most high-profile departure from the market since the country’s sports-betting boom began in 2018.
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Gambling

ANJ Wants Operators To Cut Back On Advertising

France’s gambling regulator (ANJ) has called on the gambling industry to “de-intensify” all forms of advertising, alongside releasing a series of new advertising guidelines and recommendations.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 21-February 25, 2022

Brazil's landmark bill officially moves to the Senate, poll reveals tentative public support for California sports betting and Chinese officials in Cambodia push for crackdown.
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Gambling

All Or Nothing: EBA Criticises Differing Regulatory Responses After Luanda Leaks

The European Banking Authority has published the findings of its assessment of national competent authorities’ responses to the 2020 Luanda Leaks, claiming that regulators either went beyond what was necessary or did the opposite.
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Payments

European Digital ID: A Mere Aadhaar Copy or Something More?

This regulatory analysis will examine India’s Aadhaar system and the EU’s proposed eID system. It will then compare these two systems and identify what this potentially means for firms in both these jurisdictions.
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Payments

Cross-Border Payments Only Going To Be Solved By Collaboration, FSB Cautions

It is the belief of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that cross-border transactions should be reduced in price, but this will only be sorted by solid public-private cooperation, its new chair has said.
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Payments

AI Use Should Go Hand In Hand With More Transparency To Consumers And Regulators

Despite progress made by artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, the lack of transparency in explaining outcomes of current models, as well problems with bias, can create a challenging scenario for firms.
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Payments

BetVictor To Pay £2m Settlement Over AML, Social Responsibility Failures

BetVictor will pay a settlement penalty of just over £2m for failures in anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility policies, as well as fairness in terms and conditions, the UK Gambling Commission has said.
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Gambling

Brazil Places Major Bet On Gambling Expansion

In an historic vote, the lower house of Brazil’s Congress passed a sweeping gambling expansion bill late on Wednesday night to legalize land-based casino-resorts, video-bingo operations and online gaming across the country of more than 210m people.
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Gambling

Gambling Officials Expected To Speak At Suicide Inquiry

​​​​​​​The UK Gambling Commission and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport are expected to give evidence in an ongoing inquest into the suicide of a person suspected of having an undiagnosed gambling disorder.
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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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