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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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BIS, PBOC To Launch Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement For APAC Central Banks

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has partnered with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to develop a new reserve pooling scheme for central banks in Asia-Pacific.
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Payments

Reserve Bank Of India Pushes Back Deadline For Holding Card Data

India’s central bank has extended its deadline for the holding of card-on-file data by entities other than card issuers and networks, as the country struggles to prepare itself for a new tokenised alternative.
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Payments

SEC Chair Pushes For Single Rulebook For Crypto

Gary Gensler has said he is pushing for a single rulebook for crypto exchanges and reveals that the two most active US crypto regulators are close to signing a memorandum of understanding.
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Payments

Polish Ministry Looks Set To Spurn Calls For Regulator

Poland has shifted control of its blacklist to a new department, in a move that has frustrated groups pushing for the creation of a dedicated gambling regulator.
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Gambling

California Close To Consensus On Restructuring Application, License Fees

California gaming regulators will hold a hearing next month to consider approving a long list of proposed changes to the licensing process and fee structure to align them to meet with the state’s actual costs.
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Gambling

Michigan Gaming Tribes Show Once Again They Are Not Monolith

The outrage immediately following Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s rejection this month of a $180m casino proposal by a Michigan tribe seems to be fading, as other tribes in the state praise the governor’s decision.
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Gambling

Brazilian Football Clubs Lobby For Share Of Sports-Betting Spoils

​​​​​​​Major football clubs showed up at Brazil's Chamber of Deputies last week to lobby for a share of profits or data rights from sports betting, whenever it is finally regulated.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Officials Vow To Get Off Greylist In A Year

Gibraltar officials have vowed to reverse the “disappointing surprise” of being relegated to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist within 12 months.
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Payments

CFPB Ponders Regulatory Changes To Credit Card Late Fees

Amid fear of inflation, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is mulling regulatory changes to credit card late fees and to a provision that it says grants immunity for issuers against enforcement scrutiny.
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Payments

A Move In The Right Direction? Payments Players Mull UK Treasury’s BNPL Proposals

Under the new government plan, UK firms will be required to ensure loans are affordable and rules will be amended to ensure advertisements are not misleading, but some concerns remain among industry experts.
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Payments

UK Treasury Committee Launches Financial Services Subgroup

The Treasury Select Committee has launched a new sub-committee to scrutinise post-Brexit regulatory proposals for financial services.
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Payments

EBA Seeks PSD2 And E-Money Merger

The European Banking Authority (EBA) believes the “opportunities vastly outnumber the potential challenges” of merging the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the Electronic Money Directive (EMD2), although not all agree.
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Payments

Malaysian Officials Cite Huge Tax Hole In Push For Online Reform

Cabinet officials headlining Malaysia’s push for a regulated online gambling market have again publicly called for reform, warning that the current prohibition strips government coffers of 2bn ringgit ($454m) in annual tax revenue.
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Gambling

Paraguay Attempts To Exit Slot Machine Scandal

​​​​​​​Paraguay’s gaming regulator, Conajzar, is trying to move on from its slot machine scandal and focus on a sports gambling tender, as its former boss piles on criticism of his ex-employer.
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Gambling

U.S. Gambling Industry Profitable Amid Inflation, Recession Concerns

Leading U.S. gaming executives and consultants are becoming more concerned at rising inflation hitting revenues at casinos, although there is still hope that the impact of an economic recession can be avoided.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Changes Could Come Quicker Than Expected

​​​​​​​Changes to the UK’s 2005 Gambling Act could come quicker than expected, as most could be done either through the Gambling Commission or statutory instruments applied by the secretary of state, a gambling trade group executive has said.
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Gambling

Advertising, Promo Deductions Continuously Under Review By U.S. States

Advertising and promotional play deductions continue to be flashpoints in the U.S. sports-betting industry, as some states begin to make changes that could possibly curtail some advertising, while others continue to assess their options.
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Gambling

News In Brief: Woman Gets Jail Time In Danske Bank Money Laundering Case

A 49-year-old Lithuanian woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for money laundering, as the aftermath of Danske Bank’s money laundering scandal continues.
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Payments

Allow Account Information Services To Apply Own SCA, Says EBA

The EU’s banking watchdog has said that it wants to see account information services providers (AISPs) no longer relying on authentication procedures by banks, as it sends its payments legislation wishlist on to Brussels.
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Payments

Kyrgyzstan To End Gambling Ban With New Casinos

A draft law legalising tourist casinos is on the verge of being approved in Kyrgyzstan, ending a ban on gambling that has been in place since 2012.
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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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