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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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ASPSPs Called Out As EBA Publishes Latest SCA Q&As

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has continued to clarify parts of the strong customer authentication (SCA) regulatory technical standards (RTS), delving into issues including mobile-initiated credit transfers and redirects.
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Payments

EU Shifts to Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine Conflict

Although sanctions continue, priorities are gradually shifting from punishing Russia to helping those trapped in the crossfire.
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Payments

News In Brief: April 19-April 22, 2022

FinCEN issues advice for U.S. banks to help identify kleptocracy and foreign public corruption.
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Payments

Durbin Blasts Interchange Fee Hike

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) tells Visa and Mastercard to halt the planned increase of unregulated credit card fees as the change is set to take place.
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Payments

SCA Implementation: What’s Expected from PSPs in the UK and EU?

Strong customer authentication (SCA) in the UK was expected to be implemented from March 14, 2022. This regulatory analysis focuses on the implementation and impact of SCA in the UK and the EU, as well as the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) related expectations from payment service providers (PSPs).
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Payments

Maine Grants Indian Tribes Exclusivity For Mobile Sports Betting

Maine’s four federally recognized Indian tribes will control mobile sports betting in the state under the terms of legislation backed by Governor Janet Mills and approved by both chambers of the legislature Tuesday night.
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Gambling

Wakayama’s IR Bid Near Collapse After Assembly ‘No’ Vote

The Wakayama Prefectural Assembly has voted down the city’s proposed integrated resort (IR) package, condemning the city’s bid to likely failure just eight days before Japan’s national application deadline.
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Gambling

Pennsylvania Grey-Market Games Debate Stalls, Lawsuit Claims Machines Illegally Targeted

In Pennsylvania, lawmakers remain far from reaching a consensus over how to handle thousands of “grey-market” machines, also known as skill-based games, which have appeared throughout the state and resemble slot machines but are unregulated.
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Gambling

Resilient Ukrainian Regulator Joins GREF

​​​​​​​Ukraine’s gambling regulator is continuing to offer guidance and support to the industry despite the ongoing Russian invasion and has joined forces with its peers across the continent.
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Gambling

Cryptocurrency Markets Too ‘Illiquid’ To Support Mass Russian Sanctions Evasion, Says Study

A new report by Chainalysis, a crypto analytics firm, has cast doubt on the idea that Russian oligarchs could use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions and move wealth overseas en masse.
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Payments

WhatsApp Pay To Double Indian User Base

India has granted WhatsApp Pay the permission to enrol 60m new users, a move that some believe has the potential to shake up the Indian payments landscape.
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Payments

Are The UK’s Crypto Plans Really That Exciting?

Experts are divided on just how significant the UK’s new crypto plans are, after HM Treasury published its stablecoin consultation response earlier this month.
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Payments

SCA Triggers £4.3m Daily Loss For UK Retailers

UK merchants have been hit by the new strong customer authentication (SCA) rules block on non-compliant online transactions.
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Payments

U.S. Audience For Esports Not Minors, Executive Reminds Gaming Regulators

Nevada regulators are supportive of an effort by the gaming and video game industries to develop a viable esports wagering industry in the state, despite integrity risks to the sector, as interest in competitive video game competitions has increased over the last two years.
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Gambling

NFTs Plagued By Fraud But Could Still Help Affiliate Market, Experts Say

Non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency markets are still beset by rampant fraud and wash trading, but gambling affiliates might still be able to cautiously integrate NFTs into their business plans, experts have said.
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Gambling

Sports Betting Bill Dies As Kentucky Legislature Adjourns

A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky, along with one measure banning grey-market machines, slots-like games that can be found in stores and bars state-wide, failed to pass during the final day of the General Assembly.
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Gambling

Churchill Downs Horseracing App Attracts Interest From New Hampshire Lottery, Attorney General

The ambiguity about whether federal law trumps state law is front and center in a festering dispute between the New Hampshire Lottery and Churchill Downs over the legality of its Twin Spires app, which offers pari-mutual horseracing wagers to state residents.
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Gambling

U.S. Affiliates Find Gamblers Eager For 'Fun' Bets

Affiliates have said they expect their role in the young U.S. sports-betting market to grow as fatigue over TV ads mounts.
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Gambling

Contactless Preference Keeps On Rising In The Netherlands

Dutch consumers are increasingly opting to pay contactless both with a debit card and with other methods, such as a mobile phone, according to new statistics released by the Dutch Payments Association.
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Payments

US Private Sector Builds CBDC Prototype

A new private-sector initiative is aiming to build the industry’s first prototype to test the ability of the US market infrastructure to support a Fed-issued central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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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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