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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 Licensing Applicants 'Shocked' At Demands, Lawyer Says

Applicants for a Dutch online gambling licence are often “amazed” and “quite shocked” at the level of detail required for a successful application, a Dutch gambling law attorney has said.
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Football Association Probes Arsenal Yellow Card

The Football Association has said it is investigating a yellow card for an Arsenal player after bookmakers reported suspicious betting patterns in a Premier League match this season.
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Gambling

BetMGM CEO Projects Stretches Of Profitability In 2023

BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt has said that although the business will remain subject to short-term volatility, he does expect the U.S. online gambling operator to have profitable months as early as 2023.
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Gambling

Norwegian Government Defends Research Project Walkout

Norway’s culture minister has defended state-run operator Norsk Tipping’s decision not to participate in a Nordic research project that maps changes to playing patterns during the pandemic.
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Gambling

Apple Swipes Left On Dutch Dating App Ruling

In the first-ever concession of its kind, Apple has announced that it will allow third-party payment options for in-app purchases for dating apps in the Netherlands.
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Payments

EU Payment Fraud Data Not Showing Full Story

The latest report from the European Banking Authority reveals some unusual fraud levels across the EU, with incomplete and sometimes "implausible" data meaning it is difficult to get a full picture on the impact of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in reducing fraud.
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Payments

Euro One-Leg Out Credit Transfer Rules Update Takes First Step

The European Payments Council has launched a consultation on its proposed optional Euro One-Leg Out Credit Transfer Arrangement Rulebook, which sets rules for credit transfers between a eurozone party and a non-eurozone one.
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Payments

UK Prepaid Card Cartel Fined £33m, But Is It The End Of The Story?

The UK Payment Systems Regulator has imposed a £33m fine on five companies, including Mastercard, for operating a market-sharing cartel for prepaid cards. However, the regulator’s decision may just be the starting point of potential penalties faced by these companies for their wrongdoing.
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Payments

New York Governor Calls For Issuing Three Remaining Casino Licenses In 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called for the accelerated authorization of three new casino licenses that could ultimately lead to a full casino-resort in New York City.
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Gambling

Signature Drive Begins For California Tribal Online Sports-Betting Initiative

A coalition of California Indian tribes will have six months to collect enough signatures to place their amended online sports-betting initiative on this year’s general election ballot after receiving approval from the secretary of state’s office.
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Gambling

European Blocklists Continue Rapid Growth As Spotlight Shines On Curaçao

The number of blocklisted online gambling domains across 18 reporting European countries, as monitored by VIXIO GamblingCompliance, increased by 55 percent to more than 150,000 in 2021.
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Gambling

UK University Students Borrow Money To Gamble, Study Says

More than a third of UK university students are using borrowed money to gamble, from payday loans to their student loan or overdrafts, according to a new survey.
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Gambling

EU And UK To Further Diverge In Key Payment Regulations In 2022

For the UK and the EU, the issues surrounding strong customer authentication, and its parent regulation, the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), are set to continue causing even more potential headaches for the payments world.
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Payments

UPDATE: Visa Approved! Amazon Pulls Back From Ban

Online shopping giant Amazon has U-turned on its decision to block UK customers from using Visa credit cards to make purchases.
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Payments

Pan-African Cross-Border Payment Network Launched

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, which enables instant cross-border payments in local currencies between African markets, launched last Thursday (January 13).
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Payments

PSR Lays Out Five-Year Strategy

In its new five-year strategy, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) sets out its vision of how the UK payments landscape should look and the path needed to get there.
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Payments

New Jersey Sees Record Sports Betting In 2021, But New York Threat Looms

New Jersey continued its impressive sports-betting growth in 2021, more than doubling the revenue of the previous year, but as the calendar turns, the state’s sports-betting market now faces the biggest threat yet to its meteoric rise.
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Gambling

Macau Law Grips Casino Finances, Caps Tables, Boosts CSR

Draft amendments to Macau’s casino law confirm no increase in taxes, but impose heavy burdens on junkets and inventory caps on tables and slots, while further tightening regulation and codifying corporate social responsibility (CSR) targets.
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Svenska Spel Lowers Some Players' Limits Over Finances, Behaviour

Swedish state-owned operator Svenska Spel has set lower deposit limits for a “small number” of its customers based on their financial means and behaviour.
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Gambling

MPs To Investigate Post-Brexit Card Fees, PSR Governance

The influential Treasury Select Committee has committed to investigating UK card fee rises for businesses, following correspondence with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).
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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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After Escaping CFPB Enforcement, Zelle Pitches To US Treasury Department

Zelle, the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform in the US, has offered itself to the Trump administration as the solution to its phasing out of government checks, yet continues to face scrutiny from lawmakers.
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Thai Casino Bill Withdrawn Amid Mounting Political Woes

The Thai government has indefinitely withdrawn a bill legalising casinos amid political shockwaves and a flailing legislative campaign.
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Pennsylvania Seeks To Reduce iGaming Fraud With Stricter KYC Requirements

Pennsylvania regulators have released a list of enhanced know-your-customer requirements in an effort to strengthen account security and reduce fraudulent activity, as they continue to involuntarily exclude online gaming customers for unscrupulous activities.
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News In Brief: July 7-July 11, 2025

California senators back sweepstakes ban, while Brazil's Senate scraps a planned vote on casino expansion
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