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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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’They Shouldn’t Have Purchased It In The First Place’ - ING Winds Down Payvision

The ING Group, the Netherlands largest bank, has announced that it will begin phasing out its subsidiary, Payvision, acknowledging that the payment service provider has not been sufficient for achieving its ambitions.
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Payments

Klarna’s Acquisition Of PriceRunner Helps Payments ’Move Up The Funnel’

Klarna’s bid for PriceRunner, along with other rumoured M&A activity, highlights the growing trend for fintechs to attempt to grab a bigger share of e-commerce and bring the shopping experience closer to the payment.
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Payments

Estonia And Denmark Regulators Helped Vote Down EBA’s Proposal That They Broke EU Law, Documents Show

Although the vote was originally taken by European supervisors in 2019, it has only just been made public and makes for questionable reading.
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Payments

U.S. Report Proposes Bank-Like Oversight Of Stablecoin Activities

A U.S. interagency report recommends bank-like oversight of stablecoin activities, urging Congress to take “prompt” actions.<br />
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Payments

New Jersey Voters Reject College Sports-Betting Ballot Measure

New Jersey will continue to prohibit bets on in-state college teams after a ballot measure to lift the ban was rejected by state voters on Tuesday.
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Gambling

Worst Gambling Act Fears Unlikely To Be Realised, Says Rank CEO

As the UK gambling industry frets over how to improve its woeful public perception, one of the sector’s leading chief executives has sought to dampen fears over the outcome of the pending Gambling Act review.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Leaders Concerned About Prevalence Of Advertising

The proliferation of sports-betting advertising in the U.S. remains a key area of concern for industry leaders, with both the volume of ads and prevalence of bonus offerings facing scrutiny.
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Gambling

Line Between Gambling, Gaming, Financial Products More Blurred Than Ever

An increasing number of volatile financial trading products and video games available to children closely resemble gambling, a panel of experts that includes UK Gambling Commission officials has warned.
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Gambling

Belgium Latest Country To Introduce Confirmation Of Payee In Fight Against Fraud

Learning from successful introduction of account verification services in UK and Netherlands, Belgium introduces bill to mandate a similar anti-fraud tool. Meanwhile, Bank of America launches Account Validation in the U.S.
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Payments

News In Brief - November 2, 2021

The UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority confirm investigation into Barclays CEO Jes Staley without revealing further details.
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Payments

UK Financial Regulators Rally For Climate Change

The Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Reporting Council have issued their latest reports on climate change adaptation, and how they plan to put pressure on financial institutions to take the issue seriously.
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Payments

P27 Appoints New Chief Executive

Paula da Silva, head of transaction services at SEB, has been named as the new chief executive of the Nordics prospective payments platform (P27).
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Payments

UK Affiliates Not Linking To Safer Gambling Week

As the UK Safer Gambling Week 2021 begins, new data from an affiliate compliance monitoring company has revealed the vast majority of affiliate URLs fail to include safer gambling messaging.
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Gambling

Latin American Operators Urged To Self-Regulate On Advertising

Online gambling licensees in Latin America must quickly self-regulate their advertising practices to have any hope of avoiding harsh restrictions like in Spain, according to regulators and legal experts.
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Gambling

UK Online Boom Offsets Land-Based Tax Shortfall

Increased betting and online gaming activity has driven positive growth in year-to-date UK gambling tax receipts, despite cratering returns from machine gaming.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Looking To Fit Esports In Among Slots, Table Games

Esports and casinos appear to be a perfect match, but as the gaming industry seeks to attract a new generation of customers who play video games, wagering on these events remains in its early stages.
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Gambling

Brussels Dodges Responsibility For Malta’s Greylisting

The European Commission does not turn a blind eye to the interpretation of anti-money laundering rules and hopes that any more members being greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force can be avoided in the future, the EU’s financial crime chief has said when probed about Malta becoming the first EU country on the grey list.
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Payments

Hungary Fines Banks For Partner Agents’ AML Compliance Failures

The Hungarian National Bank (MNB) fined two banks for AML compliance failures at their partner currency exchanges.
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Payments

FATF Ventures Into New Territory With Fresh Crypto Guidelines

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released new guidance on virtual assets and virtual assets service providers (VASPs), superseding those that it previously issued in 2019.
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Payments

U.S. Drops Massive Tax Reporting Proposal

House Democrats have reportedly dumped a massive tax reporting provision that would require financial institutions to report annual gross inflows and outflows in all accounts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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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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