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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 Regulator Set To Punish Wayward Affiliates

​​​​​​​The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has said it is taking enforcement action against 15 affiliates that have been promoting unlicensed online gambling operators.
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Gambling

Brazil Central Bank Starts Testing Use Cases Of Digital Real

The Central Bank of Brazil has announced a new partnership aimed at testing potential use cases of a central bank digital currency.
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Payments

Week In Brief - December 3, 2021

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the UK FCA's proposal to double its minimum fees, Microsoft's new BNPL update, a fine imposed on a Latvian bank for AML failures, and a new payment system cooperation between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Payments

MEPs Welcome AML Reform, But Stress Need For Proper Enforcement

EU level action must step up its game to avoid weaknesses in its fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed.
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Payments

EU Online Gambling Regulations Strengthening But Divergent On Details

Online gambling consumer protection regulations among EU member states have been strengthened since 2018 but there is still significant fragmentation across European markets, according to a new study.
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Gambling

Casino Execs Expecting More Competitive U.S. iGaming Market

Tribal and smaller regional casino operators will have a better chance in competing in the U.S. online gaming market than in the country’s sports-betting gold rush, according to leading industry executives.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 29-December 3, 2021

Lawmaker says consensus reached on Ohio sports betting, Maryland awarding two more off-track betting licenses and Cambodian online operations spreading.
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Gambling

India Merchants Struggling To Implement Card-On-File Tokenisation Rules

India’s new rules to increase the safety and security of online payments will come into force at the end of December, but merchants are struggling to meet the fast-approaching deadline.
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Payments

UK Cashback Scheme To Be Extended

The "Cashback Without Purchase" rollout will be extended to 2,000 retailers by end of the year, LINK has announced.
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Payments

EU-Wide Crypto Travel Rule Edges Closer

The EU’s 27 finance ministers of the European Council have agreed on a negotiating mandate for new crypto transfer rules in the trading bloc, bringing travel rule compliance closer for all member states.
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Payments

Lithuania On Right Track To Fight Money Laundering, MONEYVAL Finds

MONEYVAL has found that Lithuania has improved its anti-money laundering framework, a commendable achievement for the Bank of Lithuania, which is supervising the largest group of fintechs within the EU.
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Payments

New Jersey Revisiting Online Gambling Rules Amid Ad Standards 'Slippage'

New Jersey is preparing new standards on responsible gambling, bonus offerings and cybersecurity for internet gaming and sports betting, a move the state’s chief regulator expects to reduce risks to the future growth of the U.S. market.
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Gambling

Novomatic Unit Penalised In UK For AML Failings

The UK Gambling Commission has issued a penalty of £685,000 (€804,000) to Greentube Alderney, part of Novomatic, for failings in anti-money laundering and social responsibility policies.
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Gambling

Unexpected Size Of Dutch Market Shows Value of Regulation, Official Says

The Dutch online gambling market is about 40 percent larger than previously thought, underlining the urgent need for regulation, the chair of the Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has said.
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Gambling

Poland Orders Arrest Of Slot Operator's Management

As Polish authorities continue to combat illegal slot operators, prosecutors and tax officials have ordered the arrest of seven top managers of the former largest unlicensed slot operator in the Polish market, Fortuna Ltd.
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Gambling

Ministers Face The Music On APP Fraud

During a public hearing, Treasury minister John Glen and security minister Damian Hinds were held to account by members of the UK’s parliament (MPs), as they tried to defend rocketing fraud issues in the UK.
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Payments

Request To Pay Momentum Building But Challenges Remain

After the “regulatory stimulus” to payments innovation that came with the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), financial institutions must be proactive in creating an environment for request to pay (RTP), experts have agreed.
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Payments

New York Fed Teams Up With BIS

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has launched the New York Innovation Center (NYIC) to advance fintech products through a strategic partnership with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub. The partnership will also help the Fed analyse central bank digital currencies and improve cross-border payments.
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Payments

New South Wales Official Warns Slots Used To Launder Billions

A gambling investigations official with the New South Wales (NSW) state government has warned that billions of dollars in criminal proceeds are likely being laundered in slot machines across Australia.
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Gambling

IGT Lawsuit Adds New Chapter To Eternal Wire Act Saga

It has been 60 years since President Kennedy signed it into law, but instead of fading into irrelevance the Wire Act remains significant as the U.S. gaming industry transitions into a digital era.
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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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