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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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U.S. Gaming Industry Remains Insulated From Inflation

Despite higher gas prices, rising interest rates, and an equity market that has not done well this year, U.S. gaming industry executives were quick to point out during their first-quarter earnings conference calls that they have not seen any meaningful changes in gamblers' behavior.
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Gambling

Chicago Mayor Picks Bally's To Run Windy City's $1.7bn Casino

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced Bally’s Corporation is her choice to build and operate a mega casino in the nation’s third largest city by 2026.
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Gambling

Mystery Company Awarded First German Online Slots Licence

Germany has approved its first virtual slots licensee, a two-year-old company that is apparently linked to Gauselmann Group, the online gambling and machines giant.
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Gambling

Foreign Operators Advertising In Finland On Thin Ice

The National Police Board of Finland has said it has taken action to prevent foreign gambling companies from advertising at the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship.
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Gambling

News In Brief: May 2-May 6, 2022

DraftKings finishes its $1.5bn acquisition, former tribal gaming leader found guilty of bribery and new Brazilian lottery details released.
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Gambling

EU Proposes Sixth Russian Sanctions Package, Targets Oil And Sberbank

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has presented the EU’s sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes specific provisions banning oil imports and Russia’s largest bank.
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Payments

EBA Updates Guidance On Assessing Non-EU Confidentiality Regimes

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has widened the scope and purpose of assessing the equivalence of professional secrecy and confidentiality regimes of third-country authorities.
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Payments

Bank Of America To Pay $10m For Unlawfully Freezing Funds

In yet another enforcement action, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered Bank of America to pay a $10m civil penalty for unlawfully freezing customer accounts and sending payments to creditors.
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Payments

Flutter Soars In US, Sinks in UK, Ireland

​​​​​​​Flutter Entertainment is poised to generate more money in the US than in its home markets of the UK and Ireland, as strong performances in the US and Australia offset declines in the rest of the world.
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Gambling

Young People Need A Voice On Gambling Laws, Says RSPH

​​​​​​​The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), a charity whose members comprise more than 6,000 public healthcare professionals from around the world, wants young people to have more of a say on gambling and gaming laws after it was “surprised” by the findings of a new survey.
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Gambling

Fixed-Odds Make U.S. Debut On Saturday In New Jersey

The man primarily responsible for the expansion of sports betting in the United States will introduce fixed-odds wagering for horseracing on Saturday at Monmouth Park, the racetrack he owns in Oceanport, New Jersey.
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Gambling

Activist Fund Urges Kindred To Sell

An activist fund, Corvex Management, has acquired a 10 percent share in Stockholm-listed Kindred Group and is urging the company to hire an advisor to consider a sale or business combination.
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Gambling

AGA Takes Campaign To Ban Grey-Market Games Into Southern U.S.

The CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA) brought his campaign over “grey-market” machines, or skill-based games, to the heart of the Deep South on Wednesday to urge support for a campaign to ban the products that have proliferated in gas stations and convenience stores in recent years.
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Gambling

Australia: BNPL Code Hits One-Year Mark – Cause for Celebration or Further Regulation?

This regulatory analysis will briefly discuss recent market and regulatory developments in the Australian BNPL industry. It will then look into the content of the BNPL Compliance Report and will consider the key points that stand out from a compliance perspective. Finally, the analysis will focus on the likelihood of and possible reasons for potential regulation of the BNPL sector.
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Payments

Grab On Track For Digital Banking Licence In Malaysia

Grab Holdings and Singaporean telco Singtel have announced that their digital bank joint venture, GXS Bank, has been selected to receive a full digital banking licence in Malaysia.
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Payments

EBA Clearing, SWIFT, TCH To Pilot Cross-Border Instant Pay By End Of Year

EBA Clearing, SWIFT and The Clearing House (TCH) have announced that they plan to launch a pilot service for immediate cross-border payments beginning by the end of this year.
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Payments

Credit Suisse Accused Of Breaking Russian Sanctions In Class Action

The Swiss bank is facing a lawsuit in New York over allegations that it knowingly “concealed” its non-compliance with international sanctions.
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Payments

Not On My Watch: Canada’s Opposition Leader-In-Waiting Promises To Kill Off CBDC

A Canadian member of parliament and Conservative leadership hopeful has vowed to scrap the country’s plans to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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Payments

A Radical Move? Mastercard’s Employee Bonuses Will Be Linked To ESG Goals

The payments giant has boosted its environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials by expanding an earlier scheme for senior executives to all staff bonuses.
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Payments

Apple Pay Unlawfully Restricted Access To NFC, EC Says

The European Commission has preliminarily found that Apple Pay violated competition law by restricting access to key technology necessary to run mobile wallets.
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Payments
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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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