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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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Tipwin Reported To Danish Police Over AML Failings

​​​​​​​The Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) has reported Malta-based operator Tipwin to the police for allegedly neglecting its anti-money laundering (AML) obligations.
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Gambling

Nevada Fines Station Casinos For Sports-Betting Violations

Station Casinos will pay an $80,000 fine to Nevada gaming regulators to settle a two-count complaint over issues with the company’s sports wagering system that allowed the operator to accept online and mobile wagers on sporting events after they concluded.
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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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Gambling

A Future Gamble: How Artificial Intelligence Can Protect Players

Trade group European Lotteries held an event on Wednesday in Brussels to discuss ushering lotteries into the digital age, with the potential use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a means to protect players a highlight of the discussion.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 20-June 24, 2022

The lawyer who wrote a damning Wire Act opinion that nearly sunk the US online gambling market has appeared as a witness in hearings in the 2020 Trump election debacle.
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Gambling

UK Government Commits To SME-Friendly Data Protection Reforms

Despite a desire from the UK government to reduce compliance for businesses, there has been pushback from respondents over a number of issues.
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Payments

Jump In Suspicious Reporting In Malta Following FATF Greylisting

The number of suspicious reports and intelligence reports at Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit shot up in 2021.
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Payments

Dutch Finance Minister Outlines PSD2 Evaluation To Parliament

The Netherlands’ government has shared its wishlist for improvements to the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), pointing to setbacks with application programme interfaces (APIs) and data protection issues as priorities.
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Payments

BIS: Crypto Has No Place In Future Monetary System, It’s All About CBDC

A new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), not crypto, will be the foundation of the future monetary system.
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Payments

Fintechs Push Agenda As Colombians Elect Petro As First Leftist President

Following the election of Colombia's first left-wing President, Gustavo Petro, Colombian firms are worried about what this means for the emerging fintech landscape. Meanwhile, Colombia Fintech is pushing for a comprehensive cryptocurrency framework and a gradual open banking regime.
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Payments

EDPS Calls For Pan-European Enforcement Of Data Protection Rights

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has said it is high time to deliver on the promise of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and that it requires a pan-European enforcement model.
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Payments

’Shame On Us’: Payments Experts Reflect On UK’s Fraudemic

UK payments players cannot wait for regulation to improve the country’s fraud problems, insiders have agreed.
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Payments

Duty Of Care, Stake Limits Among Belgian Regulator's Blueprint For Change

Belgian gambling regulators have given the government a blueprint to improve the country’s gambling regulation, including limits on player deposits and stakes.
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Gambling

Kindred Subsidiary Defiant After Norwegian Court Loss

Norway’s Oslo District Court has ruled against a subsidiary of the Kindred Group in its bid to defy the regulator and offer its gambling services in the country.
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Gambling

Military Deal Boosts Myanmar Border Casino Operations

A project city on the Myanmar-Thailand border with likely significant online and land-based casino gambling interests appears to be booming, after the regional militia secured junta approval in exchange for frontline soldiers.
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Gambling

U.S. Gambling Statutes Inspire Fear And Loathing But No Lobbying

Antiquated gambling laws loom as potential roadblocks to the industry’s future progress, but there is little, if any, interest in lobbying Congress to update federal gaming regulations.
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Gambling

North Carolina Sports-Betting Legislation Goes South

Mobile sports-betting legislation in North Carolina went from the fast track toward passage to all but dead Wednesday following an unfavorable vote on one of the two proposed bills.
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Gambling

Irish Central Bank Makes IBAN Discrimination Intervention

Europe’s IBAN problems appear to have not been helped by awareness campaigns, as the Central Bank of Ireland calls for assurance from the financial services industry that they are compliant with the rules.
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Payments

PSR Launches Long-Awaited Card Fee Reviews

Scheme and processing fees, as well as cross-border interchange, are top of the agenda for the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) as it launches two market reviews into debit and credit card payments in the UK.
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Payments

Crypto Investors Ponder Redress Mechanisms As Celsius’ Doors Stay Shut

It has been more than a week since Celsius shut its doors to withdrawals, but still no time has been given for when customers will be able to get their money back, if ever.
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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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