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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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Crowded Field For California Online Betting Ballot Measures

A coalition of California Indian tribes on Friday filed a ballot initiative to authorize tribes to operate retail and online sports betting via servers on tribal reservations, further crowding the field for a series of conflicting referendums on sports wagering next November.
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Gambling

Florida Compact, Sports Betting In Jeopardy After Disastrous Court Hearing

The smooth ride of the Seminole compact for the last six months ended abruptly on Friday when a federal judge in Washington, D.C. became increasingly frustrated and even annoyed with responses from a government attorney defending the tribe’s historic gambling agreement with the state of Florida.
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Gambling

Industry 'Own Goals' Fuel Critics In Safer Gambling Week

The UK Gambling Commission is looking into why the websites of several Premier League football clubs were found to have links to betting sites on pages designed for children.
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Gambling

Will The DMA Be Bigtech’s PSD2?

EU regulators are increasingly hinting that they will use the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as a method of reining in bigtech’s role in the payments space.
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Payments

Week In Brief - November 5, 2021

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the success of Indonesia's QR code acceptance, new virtual currency regulations in Poland, U.S. authorities raid on Chinese payments terminal firm and the latest delclaration from international central banks to fight climate change.
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Payments

U.S. Gaming Industry Cautious On Cryptocurrency Wagering

Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, believes the adoption of digital payments has been key in the industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic but operators are still trying to figure out a future role for cryptocurrencies on the casino floor.
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Payments

Rate Of Card Fraud Down As Payments Go Digital

New statistics published by the European Central Bank have found that the rate of card fraud has reduced in the EU, even as more payments move online.
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Payments

Future Of Tribal Gaming At Stake In Florida Compact Court Hearing

Two lawsuits by Florida groups challenging the historic gambling compact negotiated by the Seminole Tribe with Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will be discussed this morning in a teleconference with U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich of Washington, D.C.
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Gambling

New York To Select Sports-Betting Operators For High-Tax Market

The New York State Gaming Commission is set to approve the winning bidders for a minimum of four mobile sports-betting licenses at a meeting on Monday.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Cautious On Cryptocurrency Wagering

Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, believes the adoption of digital payments has been key in the industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic but operators are still trying to figure out a future role for cryptocurrencies on the casino floor.
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Gambling

Curaçao Trying Again To Reform Controversial Licensing System

Under pressure from the Dutch government, Curaçao is preparing a second attempt at reform of its decades-old, much-criticised gambling legislation, VIXIO GamblingCompliance has learned.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 1-November 5, 2021

A Northern Irish political pressure group has recommended full affordability measures be introduced and Maryland disappoints again on sports-betting progress.
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Gambling

MAS Faces Post-Pandora Papers Questions

Singaporean parliamentarians have probed the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) about how effective it is at tackling money laundering and terrorist financing in light of the Pandora Papers.
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Payments

Data-Driven Industry Needs Data-Led Regulator - FCA Chief Data Officer

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify patterns that can result in consumer harm as it transforms the regulator’s data culture and capabilities, Jessica Rusu, FCA chief data, information and intelligence officer, said in a speech.
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Payments

IFR Not Working For Smaller And Medium-Sized Merchants, PSR Report Finds

UK merchants with annual card turnover of between £15,000 and £50m served by the five largest acquirers get little or no pass-through of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) savings, meaning that the supply of card acquiring services is not working well for them, a Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) report has concluded.
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Payments

Experts Tell Congress Of Growing BNPL Risks

U.S. lawmakers have placed the rapidly growing buy now, pay later (BNPL) market on their regulatory agenda, discussing for the first time in Congress concerns related to data collection and credit reporting practices of BNPL companies.
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Payments

New Jersey Moves Closer To Becoming Internet Gambling's Silicon Valley

Three years ago it sounded like a fantasy, but New Jersey’s steady dominance in sports betting is increasing the buzz about the Garden State becoming the Silicon Valley of the online gaming industry.
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Gambling

Probe Launched After Sky Bet Emails Bonus Offer To Excluded Players

The UK Gambling Commission has pledged to investigate how an online casino mistakenly offered free spins to recovering addicts during the industry’s annual Safer Gambling Week.
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Gambling

MGM Looking To Sell Mirage, Not Buy Out BetMGM Venture

MGM Resorts International on Wednesday announced that it plans to sell one of its iconic Las Vegas Strip properties, but also indicated that buying out the other half of its BetMGM joint venture is not on the company’s immediate list of priorities.
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Gambling

Danish Lawmakers Introducing Raft Of Player Protection Changes

Danish lawmakers have agreed to introduce a “player card” for land-based gambling activities, meaning consumers will have to register with betting providers before they can gamble.
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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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