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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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Puerto Rico Preparing For Sports Betting By Super Bowl

Puerto Rico will start accepting sports-betting license applications as soon as next month with the aim of seeing operators go live by Super Bowl weekend in February, according to the island’s chief gaming regulator.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 25-October 29, 2021

Sweden's gambling restrictions set to end for now, the Seminole Tribe ties up pre-launch sports-betting deals and Crown Resorts settles its costly China law suit.
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Gambling

Spain Rolls Out Register For Virtual Asset Service Providers

The Bank of Spain has released details of its register for virtual asset service providers, requiring all businesses that provide virtual currency services in the country to register with the central bank.
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Payments

PSR Set To Introduce New ATM Rules

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has launched a consultation on new rules for LINK, the free cash machine network.
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Payments

Klarna And Stripe Announce Strategic Partnership

Klarna and Stripe, the two highest valued fintechs in the world, have announced a strategic partnership that will bring Klarna’s buy now, pay later product closer to consumers in 20 countries and enable Stripe to offer more competitive solutions to merchants.
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Payments

Rishi’s Budget Divides Opinion Among UK Finance Industry

Although the UK’s largest financial institutions are winners from the UK Chancellor’s budget announcement on Wednesday, others are concerned that it undermines the country’s burgeoning fintech sector.
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Payments

Remote Registration On Agenda In Illinois Session's Final Days

With an Illinois legislative session set to end on Thursday, an 11th-hour proposal has been put forward to end the state’s cumbersome in-person registration requirement for mobile sports-betting accounts.
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Gambling

Ukraine To Pick New Chief Regulator

Ukraine’s gambling regulator is preparing to choose who will lead it into the next four years, as parliament works to settle disputes over the process and finally deal with long-running tax problems.
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Gambling

Brazil Ready To Show Its Hand On Sports-Betting Regulations

Brazil will definitely launch its regulated sports-betting market before next year’s FIFA World Cup, with details of the regulatory process set to be revealed very soon, a key government official said on Tuesday.
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Gambling

UK Criminal Justice Oblivious To Problem Gambling, Says Charity

The UK must do more to address the impacts of crime related to problem gambling, according to a UK prison reform charity.
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Gambling

Harmonisation Key To Effectiveness Of AML Package, EU Players Warn

Although greater harmonisation has been welcomed almost universally in Europe, the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) package must be serious about reining in fragmentation, private and state actors alike have warned.
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Payments

Indonesia Joins Payment Digitalisation Trend With New BI-FAST Service

Indonesia is about to join the region’s digitalisation trend as it announces plans to roll out a new instant payment service before the end of the year.
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Payments

B2B Payments Continue Steady Growth During Pandemic

Business-to-business (B2B) payments are showing particularly strong growth in the United States, indicating that the pandemic has changed businesses' payments habits in the long run, recent findings of the U.S. ACH association say.
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Payments

CBDC Starts Now? Nigeria Becomes Largest Economy To Date To Launch

Nigeria has unveiled its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, becoming the first African country to do so.
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Payments

Dutch Market Withdrawal Pounds Kindred In October

Kindred Group's gross winnings fell off a cliff in October as the online gambling company was forced to pull out of the Netherlands.
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Gambling

Hard Rock, Caesars Plan New York City Casino Bids

Executives from two major casino operators said Tuesday that their companies expect to bid for a potential casino license in New York City.
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Gambling

New Jersey Sports-Betting Handle Expected To Surpass $10bn In 2021

The leading gaming regulator in New Jersey on Tuesday said his state’s sports-betting handle this year could double the highest amount ever recorded in Nevada.
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Gambling

UK Problem Gambling Rate Decreasing, Says Commission

The UK’s overall problem gambling rate and moderate risk rate have decreased over the past year, according to the Gambling Commission’s latest data.
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Gambling

Sweden Probes Crypto Exchanges’ AML Practices

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) has opened an investigation into two leading cryptocurrency exchanges as it believes these types of entities are particularly exposed to the risk of being exploited by criminals.
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Payments

Australia Tweaks Debit Card Regulations, But Leaves Schemes Fees Alone

Australia is to alter its rules governing dual-network debit cards and least-cost routing of  transactions, but has decided not to regulate scheme fees yet, the Reserve Bank of Australia said after concluding a review of the country’s retail payments regulation.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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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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