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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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FATF Acts To Diminish Russia’s Influence On Organisation

In a move that could be seen as hesitancy, the anti-money laundering (AML) organisation has demoted Russia but retained it as a member.
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Payments

CFPB Scrutinises US Bank Overdraft Fees, Customer Service

In two separate moves, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking data from 20 financial institutions on their overdraft fees and is asking consumers whether they can obtain timely information about their accounts from large banks.
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Payments

Dutch Regulator To See If Operators Walk The Walk

The Dutch regulator will begin checking that operators are really putting their responsible gambling policies into practice, as it starts a new wave of supervision.
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Gambling

New Gambling Ad Controls May Vex UK Betting Industry

​​​​​​​At least one gambling lawyer thinks newly tightened restrictions on UK gambling ads aimed at protecting under-18s have more potential for grief for licensees than the much-dreaded affordability checks.
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Gambling

North Carolina House Committee Advances Sports-Betting Bills

A North Carolina House committee sent forward two bills that would legalize mobile sports betting in the state, a key step before the state legislative session’s scheduled end date next week.
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Gambling

Ethiopian Ministry Working To Ban Sports Betting

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women and Social Affairs is working to ban sports betting in a bid to protect the country’s youth and avoid “various economic and social crises”.
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Gambling

Online Gambling Legislation Scrutinised In Peru

​​​​​​​The two bills on the docket to regulate sports betting and online gambling in Peru were the centre of attention at the Peru Gaming Show last week, with operators grumbling that legislation was happening too quickly and was technically lacking.
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Gambling

Israel And Hong Kong Central Banks Partner With BIS To Study Cybersecurity Of Retail CBDC

A new partnership with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub aims to double down on data security and improve resilience of retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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Payments

Irish Antitrust Watchdog Cautiously Clears Way For Banks’ Payments App

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved a payments app developed by Ireland’s retail banks to compete with fintechs following a 14-month investigation.
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Payments

VIXIO Interview: Lord Holmes Of Richmond

In an exclusive interview with VIXIO, Lord Holmes Of Richmond, one of Westminster’s most influential fintech and payments advocates, speaks to us about financial inclusion, central bank digital currencies and how much progress has been made with the UK’s landmark Kalifa Review.
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Payments

SEC Climate Risk Proposal Under Attack From Banks, GOP Lawmakers

The American Bankers Association and a group of 131 Republicans have called for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw altogether its proposed climate risk disclosure framework.
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Payments

BetMGM To Be Profitable In 2023 As MGM Signals Progress In New York, Japan

MGM Resorts International has moved on from acquiring the 50 percent share in BetMGM owned by Entain after an $11bn bid was rebuffed as significantly undervaluing the company, according to CFO Jonathan Halkyard.
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Gambling

Illinois Population At Risk Of Problem Gambling, Report Finds

The Illinois Department of Human Services has released its first ever problem gambling report, which found more than 11 percent of the state’s population either has a gambling problem or is at risk of developing one.
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Gambling

EGBA Outlines European AML Challenges

European online gambling operators still face multiple anti-money laundering (AML) challenges across the continent, according to a Brussels-based trade association representing them.
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Gambling

Domino Effect: Two More Crypto Firms Restrict Withdrawals Due To Liquidity Issues

Finblox and Babel Finance have become the latest victims of an industry-wide crypto liquidity crunch, with both announcing new restrictions on customer withdrawals.
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Payments

Gibraltar Added To FATF Greylist As Malta Exits

Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist, as the watchdog confirms that Malta has been removed.
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Payments

India’s Central Bank Lifts Ban On New Customer Onboarding At Mastercard

The Reserve Bank of India has lifted a one-year ban on Mastercard onboarding new card customers in the country, as local card scheme RuPay sets its sights on Europe.
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Payments

UK Government Commits To Consumer Credit Reform

The plans will aim to help cut costs for businesses, simplify rules for users and allow regulators to act more quickly to protect consumers.
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Payments

Banks Freeze Accounts Of Takeover Target Okada Manila

Three banks have frozen the accounts of integrated resort Okada Manila, the Philippines' biggest casino, as an ownership battle threatens to strip more than 5,000 employees of salaries and imperil overall operations.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Added To FATF Greylist As Malta Exits

Gibraltar has been added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) greylist, as the watchdog confirms that fellow gambling licensing hub Malta has been removed.
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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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