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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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Danes Outline New AML Strategy With Push For More Collaboration

The Danish government’s justice, business, and taxation departments have announced a new money laundering strategy for 2022-2025, aiming to move on from past scandals and criticism.
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Payments

Evolution Or Revolution? Europe Needs A Payment Solution ASAP

A pan-European payment solution is on the way, experts agree; however, it is less obvious how this will happen and which form it will take.
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Payments

After Spreading Like Wildfire, U.S. Sports Betting Grinding Down

Last month’s heartbreaking defeat in North Carolina coming on the heels of a similar failure in May in Minnesota could be the new normal for the campaign to expand sports betting across the United States.
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Gambling

U.S. Gaming Industry Struggles With Narrative For Legalizing Online Casinos

As sports betting is now legal in 35 states, the U.S. gaming industry plans to increase its lobbying of state legislatures to legalize internet gaming, a task that has been difficult as politicians have so far dismissed the narrative about significant tax revenues that could be generated.
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Gambling

Gammix Battles Dutch Cease And Desist Order

​​​​​​​Malta-based Gammix Limited is fighting back against a cease and desist order from the Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) for offering online games without a licence, but could face millions of euros in fines.
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Gambling

GambleAware Pleads For White Paper Release

UK charity GambleAware has publicly implored ministers not to further delay publication of the Gambling Act white paper, despite the political chaos that currently grips the ruling Conservative Party.
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Gambling

Canadian Telco Outage Causes Payments System Havoc

A blackout at telco Rogers has caused widespread disruption to essential services across Canada, including bringing many of the country’s payments systems to a halt.
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Payments

New Zealand Regulator Takes AML Action Against One Of Country’s Largest Banks

The Bank of New Zealand, one of the country’s oldest commercial banks, has been chastised by the central bank for money laundering failures.
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Payments

US Treasury Proposes Framework For International Engagement On Digital Assets

The US Treasury has proposed a new interagency framework for engagement and cooperation with foreign counterparts and international fora on digital assets regulation.
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Payments

Lithuania Keeps On Growing As Payments Hub, As De-Risking Remains A Problem

Lithuanian payments and electronic money institutions had almost 10m customers in 2021, with revenues growing 3.5 times as the country tries to grapple with the size and knock-on effects of its burgeoning sector.
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Payments

’A Classic Ponzi Scheme’ - Celsius Faces Major Fraud Complaint From Former Asset Manager

An asset manager who worked with crypto-lending platform Celsius has filed a fraud complaint in which he accuses his former partner of operating a “classic Ponzi scheme”.
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Payments

Ireland In 'Final Stages' Of Regulator CEO Selection

Ireland is in the “final stages” of its process to select the first CEO of its much-anticipated Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.
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Gambling

German Regulator Targets Lottoland, But Offers Reprieve To Pending Applicants

Germany’s new federal regulator has waited less than two weeks to take its first enforcement action, as it moves against Lottoland, but clarity on its plans to combat the black market will be a relief to operators that have applied for a licence.
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Gambling

Cryptocurrency Is Coming Whether Gaming Regulators Are Ready Or Not

State gaming regulators are going to be left behind unless they prepare for the inevitable surge in cryptocurrency and other forms of digital payments, according to Colorado’s director of gaming.
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Gambling

Hurdles Remain For Sports Betting In California, Massachusetts

Despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by California tribes to defeat the company's online sports-betting ballot initiative this November and opposition from the state's Democratic Party, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins has said he is confident the proposal is an innovative solution to societal problems in the largest state in the nation.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: Insolvencies Escalate As FTX Goes On Shopping Spree

As the crypto insolvency crisis continues to claim new victims, FTX billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has said he is willing to spend up to $2bn to stop the bleeding and save the industry.
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Payments

Is It Really Worth It? Experts Split Over SCA Impact

The implementation of strong customer authentication (SCA) has been a bumpy road but experts are still divided in their views on whether it has been worth it.
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Payments

Revolut Makes Pitch To Business Customers With New mPOS Device

Revolut has expanded its merchant acceptance business in the UK and Ireland with the launch of its first mobile point of sale (mPOS) reader as it looks to expand its merchant customer base. This follows the launch of an Irish buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution in June.
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Payments

Singaporean Lawmakers Probe MAS On Digital Banking Failures

Members of Singapore’s parliament have questioned the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on a range of matters, including how the country can improve on recent banking outages, ESG rules and crypto protections.
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Payments

Cash Still King In Germany, While Its Neighbours Go Cashless

New data from the Bundesbank shows that cash remains dominant in the EU’s largest economy, while research in neighbouring Belgium shows clear digital preferences.
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Payments
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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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