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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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UK Gambling Minister Backs 'Proportionate' Affordability Checks

The new UK minister for gambling has called for “proportionate” affordability checks and backed a “single customer view” to share data across multiple operators to detect problem gambling behaviour.
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Gambling

Competition Winners Upbeat For Private Sector Opportunities In CBDC Race

Disintermediation for some or an opportunity to play a central role in the new payments paradigm? VIXIO discusses the increasingly real prospect of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with the three winners of the recent Singapore CBDC Global Challenge.
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Payments

News In Brief - Worldline Buys Greek Merchant Acquirer

Payments processor Worldline has announced the acquisition of an 80 percent stake in Greece’s Eurobank Merchant Acquiring services for €256m.
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Payments

Fraudsters Shift Focus To Company Executives At Payment Firms

A new payment fraud trend report published by the European Payments Council finds company executives, payment service providers and payment infrastructures have become the main target of fraudsters.
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Payments

Update: U.S. Turns Eye To AML Gaps Revealed By Pandora Papers

Two months after the leakage of millions of confidential files that became known as Pandora Papers, the first-ever U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption is now looking at financial system gatekeepers to address deficiencies in the U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) regime.
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Payments

FCA Outlines Consumer Duty Plans

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out a new consultation confirming its Consumer Duty rules will be in place by July 2022.
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Payments

Delays Expected To Finnish Gambling Law

The Finnish government's long-awaited Lottery Act amendment proposal has hit a major payment blocking roadblock, following the release of the Constitutional Committee’s opinion on the proposal on December 1.
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Gambling

Missouri Seeks Solution To Grey-Market Games, No Love For Virginia's Skill Game Ban

Despite overwhelming opposition from the Missouri gaming industry, a veteran state senator will continue his efforts in the next legislative session to legalize video lottery terminals in bars and truck stops to replace thousands of unregulated devices.
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Gambling

New Rules Allow Philippine Taxman To Close POGO Networks

A new taxation and oversight regime is in force for foreign-facing online gaming operators (POGOs) in the Philippines, tightening POGO scrutiny and ramping punishment for tax delinquency and labour violations.
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Gambling

Experts Question Effectiveness Of Latest Sanctions On Belarus

In a coordinated action, the US, EU, UK, and Canada have imposed new sanctions on the eastern European state. However, experts are divided on just how impactful they will be.
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Payments

Consumers Still Do Not Know How Fintechs Collect Data

A new survey by the interbank payments company, The Clearing House (TCH), shows U.S. consumers know little about fintechs’ data collection and sharing practices.
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Payments

India Launches Government-Backed Digital Wallet To Promote Financial Inclusion

As part of the Digital India initiative, India has announced the launch of CSCPay, a new digital application to support the inclusion of the rural population into digital payments.
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Payments

Thai Parliament Committee To Explore Casino Liberalisation

Thailand’s parliament has established an extraordinary committee with cross-party membership to examine the feasibility of an “entertainment complex” containing a major casino.
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Gambling

Betting Exchanges Near Reality In New Jersey, But Will They Succeed?

Supporters of exchange wagering in the U.S. are looking to capitalize on increased interest in retail investing spurred by Robinhood and other platforms, but key hurdles remain for the concept to reach its potential on the sports-betting side.
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Gambling

UK Pressure Mounting Ahead Of White Paper Release

​​​​​​​More UK football clubs have backed a campaign to remove all gambling sponsorships and promotions from the sport, as political pressure continues to mount on the upcoming Gambling Act white paper.
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Gambling

BNPL Black Friday Boom, But Do Consumers Know What They Are Signing Up To?

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is booming in Europe, research by Mollie and Equifax shows, but could Black Friday end up causing financial woes for consumers?
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Payments

There Is Clarity To U.S. Crypto Regulation If You Look Closely

Crypto companies have been criticizing the U.S. for a lack of clarity in crypto regulation. But what if there is a clear answer, only they do not like it? VIXIO sat down with U.S.-based crypto experts to discuss the regulation conundrum.
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Payments

Update: India Not Proposing Cryptocurrency Ban

A new Cabinet note on the proposed cryptocurrency bill shows that India is planning to regulate private cryptocurrencies, rather than banning them.
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Payments

Florida Sports Betting Halted After D.C. Federal Court Denies Appeal

The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Saturday halted sports-betting operations after a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. voted 2-1 to reject the tribe’s appeal to continue accepting wagers pending further court proceedings.
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Gambling

Ontario Online Launch Delayed As Operators Await Transition To Legal Market

Ontario will miss its targeted 2021 launch for regulated online gaming and sports betting, with the lack of a clear launch date one of several complexities causing heartburn for operators preparing to enter a uniquely attractive market in North America.
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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