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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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EU’s Retail Payments Strategy To Focus on Instant Payments This Year, Experts Suggest

The EU’s push for instant payments looks set to continue dominating Brussels’ payments agenda this year, but will more concrete policies be unveiled?
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Payments

Swiss Test Integrates Wholesale CBDC Into Core Banking Systems

As part of Project Helvetia, the Swiss National Bank and five commercial banks have integrated a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their existing back-office systems and processes.
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Payments

U.S. Regulators To Step Up Their Crypto Enforcement In 2022

Congress is unlikely to legislate crypto in the U.S., but there is likely to be increased enforcement activities from regulators that was not expected, experts tell VIXIO.
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Payments

Swedish Stakeholders Concerned Over Black Market Plan

The two Swedish gambling trade groups support the proposals of the Ministry of Finance’s to combat match-fixing and unlicensed gambling, but both are concerned the strategy will not achieve its aims.
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Gambling

Week In Brief - January 14, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at a new initiative between U.S. banks to issue a stablecoin, the highest valued UK payments start-up, J.P. Morgan's latest actions to improve cross-border payments through blockchain, and the latest GDPR guidance on data breach notifications.
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Payments

’No Convincing Case’: House Of Lords Dismisses UK CBDC

The creation of an official UK digital currency could lead to a run on the banks during economic downturns, a bipartisan committee of peers has warned.
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Payments

Norway Coming In From The Cold As NOK Becomes NPC Scheme Currency

The Nordic Payments Council (NPC) has added the Norwegian krone (NOK) as a scheme currency after P27 exiter Norway took a strategic step to use the Nordic payment scheme.
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Payments

Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Proposal Sets High Bar To Compliance

This week, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a new discussion paper looking at what the regulatory approach to crypto-assets and stablecoins should be, causing concern for some in the process.
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Payments

Macau Amendments Back Six Operators, Ten-Year Concessions

Macau’s next era of casino gaming will see a maximum of six operators holding ten-year concessions, according to a government summary of draft legal amendments announced late Friday.
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Gambling

Ireland Online Safety Bill First Step In Updating Digital Regulations

Ireland’s government is publishing its long-awaited Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, saying it will be the first in a series of regulatory updates including its forthcoming gambling bill to update the country’s laws for a digital age.
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Gambling

German Fan Group Calls For Crackdown On Gambling-Sports Links

A German fan organisation is calling for stricter regulation of football’s links to sports betting, saying clubs have had “far too much emphasis on profit” and not enough consideration of the potential for gambling addiction.
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Gambling

Two-Front Gambling War Rages In Florida As Seminoles Defend Turf

Already battling DraftKings and FanDuel on internet sports betting, the Seminole Tribe of Florida has launched a vigorous counterattack this week against the largest commercial casino company in the world, Las Vegas Sands.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 10-January 14, 2022

Gambling fees rise in Belarus, a Virginia bill would make bonuses taxable and Star Entertainment faces a growing regulator investigation.
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Gambling

UK BNPL Regulations In Place By Year End, Say Experts

With UK buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulations looking set to be adopted by the end of the year, legal experts tell VIXIO what we can expect from a new potential framework.
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Payments

UPDATE: TIPS Announces Latest Round Of Participants

The pan-European TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform has announced 45 payment service providers have joined the platform as part of plans to ensure instant payments are fully reachable across the EU.<br />
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Payments

Merchants Call On Fed’s Powell To Complete Overdue Debit Card Regulations

The Merchants Payments Coalition is pushing the U.S. Federal Reserve’s renominated chair Jerome Powell to iron out overdue debit card routing and swipe fee regulations.
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Payments

Deadline Set For Girocard Take-Over

Germany’s payment scheme Girocard to close it e-purse card function GeldKarte by the end of 2024, the Federal Association of Public Banks has announced.
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Payments

Oklahoma Lawmaker Calls For Legalization Of Tribal Sports Betting

Another attempt to legalize sports betting at tribal casinos in Oklahoma has begun after a new bill was filed in the state legislature, as the tribal gaming industry’s top lobbyist suggests tribes are willing to at least consider the issue.
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Gambling

Crown Resorts Welcomes Blackstone's Boosted Takeover Offer

Crown Resorts’ ownership limbo has taken a major step toward resolution with its board unanimously backing a fourth Blackstone Group offer to buy out the company.
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Gambling

Betting Companies Will Not Be Allowed FA Cup Streaming, Report Says

​​​​​​​Betting companies will not be allowed to stream live FA Cup matches when the Football Association next sells TV rights, according to a UK media report.
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Gambling
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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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