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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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Brazil Betting Operators Facing Advertising Blackout

Offshore sportsbook operators active in Brazil could be prohibited from advertising in the country until a local licensing regime becomes effective, under legal amendments approved by the lower house of Congress late on Wednesday.
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Gambling

Prime Minister's Resignation Puts White Paper In Limbo

​​​​​​​The news that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign puts the long-awaited white paper on Gambling Act reform in limbo, with officials promising yet again that it will be released “in the coming weeks”.
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Gambling

D.C. Seeks Answers On Underperforming Sports-Betting Business

Council members in Washington, D.C. will hold a hearing next week on the district’s struggling sports-betting program after significant underperformance compared with initial expectations.
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Gambling

New Jersey Readying Responsible Gambling Guidelines

New Jersey’s online casinos and sportsbooks are being pushed to up their game on responsible gambling through new guidelines that will require implementation by next year of systems to flag signs of problematic player behavior.
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Gambling

News In Brief: July 4-July 8, 2022

A trailblazing former Nevada regulator gets top job at Las Vegas NFL team.
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Gambling

FCA Appoints Financial Crime Chief To Head Payments, Crypto Work

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed six directors as it grapples with expanded post-Brexit responsibilities.
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Payments

United Arab Bank Joins Arab Monetary Fund’s Cross-Border Payments Platform

United Arab Bank has become the latest bank to join Buna, a cross-border payments platform owned by the Arab Monetary Fund.
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Payments

Google Restricts South Korea’s Leading Messaging App Over Payments Dispute

Google has introduced a ban on new updates to the KakaoTalk messaging app in South Korea, following an alleged violation of its in-app payments rules.
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Payments

Danish FSA Sets Out BNPL Regulation

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA) is consulting on how to regulate the burgeoning buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, which could see Denmark joining European counterparts such as the UK and Ireland in adding new rules.
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Payments

Chile's Casinos Take On Foreign Online Operators In Court

Chile’s deeply entrenched casino industry, which began when the first casino opened in Viña del Mar in 1931, is waging legal warfare on online gaming and sports-betting platforms.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Suspends Bet-At-Home Licence

The Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licence of Bet-at-home.com Internet Limited as it carries out a review triggered by suspected social responsibility and anti-money laundering failings.
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Gambling

Trump To Campaign In Las Vegas For Internet Gambling Foe

Beleaguered former President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign rally on Friday in Las Vegas for a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada who opposes internet gambling.
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Gambling

UK Study Finds Gambling Sites Not Prioritising Harm Reduction

​​​​​​​A new study argues that the design of UK online gambling sites and apps are putting consumers at higher risk of gambling harm.
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Gambling

Nexi Wins Partnership With Irish Payments Project

Ireland’s first instant mobile payment service, Synch Payments, has announced that it is partnering with Italian payments system Nexi as its platform and service provider.
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Payments

India’s Central Bank Tightens M&A Rules For Non-Bank Payment System Operators

The Reserve Bank of India has issued a new directive aimed at increasing supervision of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among non-bank payment system operators.
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Payments

Apple To Allow iOS Apps In South Korea To Use Third-Party Payment Processors

Apple has opened up its App Store in South Korea to alternative payment processors, but for developers who want to opt into the scheme, they will still be charged high commission rates.
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Payments

Interview: PSR Chief Wants To Get Fraud Right, But ’We Need To Improve Incentives’

Chris Hemsley, managing director at the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), speaks to VIXIO about the regulator’s plans to rein in fraud and enhance competition.
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Payments

UK Gambling Minister Says Treasury Would Pay £600m Damages

​​​​​​​If Camelot is successful in its current bid to be awarded up to £600m in damages, the UK Treasury will likely end up footing the bill, according to Chris Philp, the minister in charge of gambling policy.
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Gambling

Nevada Regulators Closer To Updating Gaming License Requirements

As the gaming industry continues to evolve in Nevada, regulators have spent considerable time this year updating the state’s rules related to licensing, associated equipment, junket registrations and sports-betting data, among other areas.
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Gambling

Online Casino Depends On Risky Gamblers, UK Study Suggests

​​​​​​​A new British study suggests that the online casino industry draws a significant percentage of players and revenue from those with at least a moderate risk of developing a problem-gambling habit.
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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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