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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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German States Take Hard-Line Stance On Slots, Poker Licensing

​​​​​​​Germany’s Gambling Committee, a group of 16 state regulators, has said it believes a transitional arrangement on virtual slots and poker has been dead for a year, and anyone offering such games without a licence can be considered “unreliable”.
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Ontario Regulator Fines DraftKings Canada For Advertising Violations

Ontario regulators have dropped their most severe fine to date for violations of the province’s prohibition on inducements in gambling advertising, slapping DraftKings Canada with a C$100,000 fine.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 27-July 1, 2022

Norway's offshore ad row is headed for dispute board, Light & Wonder lowers OpenBet price and Thailand could open five new integrated resorts.
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Gambling

No End In Sight For UK’s Bleak Fraud Results

More than £1.3bn was stolen by criminals through authorised and unauthorised fraud in 2021, according to UK Finance’s latest report.
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Payments

Dubai Islamic Bank Joins Buna Cross-Border Payment Platform

Dubai Islamic Bank has become the first Islamic bank to join the Buna cross-border payment platform as part of its digital transformation strategy.
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Payments

PSR Sets Out Provisional UK Card Acquiring Remedies

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its provisional decision on remedies for the UK card-acquiring market review, following an initial consultation earlier this year.
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Payments

US Agency Sues Walmart For Turning ’Blind Eye’ To Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission alleges Walmart allowed fraudsters to use its money transfer services, causing losses of hundreds of millions of dollars to its consumers.
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Payments

Brazil Wants 'Liberal', 'US Style' Sports-Betting Rules, Says Minister

​​​​​​​Brazil’s secretary of competition has said the country is seeking an “American model” of sports-betting regulation, but could offer no clues on a timeline for the stalled implementation decree.
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Gambling

National Football League Hires First Executive Dedicated To Sports Betting

The partnership between professional sports leagues and the sports-betting industry took another big step this week with the National Football League’s (NFL) appointment of an executive to oversee wagers on games.
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Gambling

Romanian Industry Fights Government Plans To Supersize Winnings Tax

The Romanian gambling industry is scrambling to water down government plans to introduce a 40 percent winnings tax on players.
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Gambling

Battle Of California Sports-Betting Initiatives Set To Be Most Expensive Ever

In a decision that could have an impact on their relationships with other tribal communities in California, two Native American tribes have announced their support for a newly qualified ballot measure to allow mobile sports betting state-wide, instead of a separate retail-only wagering initiative backed by other tribes.
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Gambling

Judge Lifts UK National Lottery Stay, Battle Shifts To Damages

A High Court judge has lifted a stay on the transition of the UK’s National Lottery franchise from Camelot Group to Allwyn Entertainment, a move which will allow Allwyn to begin preparing to take over one of the world’s largest lotteries.
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Gambling

Moscow Metro Pilots Homegrown Faster Payments, As Russia Eyes Payment Alliance

Authorities in Moscow have launched two pilot projects using Russia’s homegrown Faster Payments System (SBP), while President Putin sets his sights on an anti-sanctions alliance among non-aligned countries.
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Payments

VIXIO View: Barclays Takes Another Swipe At Klarna Over Buy Now, Pay Later

UK bank Barclays has said support for buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation could save almost 900,000 UK adult consumers from problem debt, adding to the litany of findings Barclays has levied against BNPL during the past six months.
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Payments

Belgian Banking Watchdog Tells PIs/EMIs To Increase Staffing

UK institutions who chose Belgium as an EU base post-Brexit need to consider bringing more operations to the country from the UK, the National Bank of Belgium has said.
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Payments

US Treasury Warns UAE Banks Against Russian Sanctions Evasion

Wally Adeyemo, deputy secretary of the Treasury, reminded its Gulf ally that financial institutions must be exceedingly cautious in handling Russian businesses as concerns grow that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may be supporting sanctions evasion.
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Payments

Demand For Office Leasing Hints At Philippine Online Recovery

More than two years of disruption and dislocation for foreign-facing Philippine online gaming operators (POGOs) may be at an inflection point, as operator demand for office space starts to pick up despite pandemic uncertainty.
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Gambling

Inflation, Not Recession, Will Be Gambling Industry Profit Poison, Economist Says

​​​​​​​Gambling could well prove resistant to any coming recession, but not to inflation, an economist has said.
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Gambling

New Jersey Preparing Ad Guidelines Amid Warnings Of Legislative Backlash

New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement is preparing to release formal guidelines on sports betting and online gaming advertising, with the aim of raising industry standards before state legislators are forced to take action.
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Gambling

UK Government Set To Simplify AML Compliance Requirements With Outcomes Focus

HM Treasury has committed to financial crime reforms, suggesting that legislation so far has been unable to solve money laundering failures for businesses and regulators alike.
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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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