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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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Chinese Caste System Revamp Looks To Unleash New Payments Opportunities

Successful implementation of reforms to China’s Hukou household registration system could give payment firms access to millions of new customers. However, vested interests of the existing system could hold back progress.
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Allwyn Named UK Lottery Licensee Over Incumbent Camelot

Allwyn Entertainment has been named preferred applicant for the fourth UK gambling licence, replacing Camelot, which has run the National Lottery since 1994.
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Gambling

New York Budgets Include New Sports-Betting Licenses

Both chambers of the New York legislature have expressed support for expanding the number of mobile sports-betting operators in the state in their respective one-house budget proposals.
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Gambling

Will Inflation Threaten U.S. Gaming's Recovery In 2022?

The U.S. gaming industry’s recovery from the depths of the pandemic has been well documented as commercial casino revenue reached record levels last year, but rising inflation could dampen that recovery, especially in key markets such as Nevada and New Jersey.
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Gambling

Spanish Minister Backs Cities Restricting Gambling Venues

Alberto Garzón, Spain’s minister of consumer affairs, wants local municipalities to have the power and tools to introduce restrictions on gambling venues in their areas.
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Gambling

Merchants Seek Probe Into Visa, Mastercard Anti-Competitive Dominance

The Merchants Payments Coalition has called on U.S. Congress to investigate Visa and Mastercard’s alleged anti-competitive dominance ahead of the card giants’ planned swipe fee increase in April.
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Crypto ATM? It’s Shutdown, Says FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has upped the ante in its pursuance of crypto ventures in the UK, telling operators of crypto ATMs in the UK to shut their machines down or face enforcement action.
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Payments

UK Regulators Give Firms Crypto Sanction Warning

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation and the Bank of England have made a call for crypto firms to adhere to the financial sanctions against Russia, following speculation that crypto-assets could be used as a way around compliance rules.
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Payments

European Regulators Face Up To EU’s De-Risking Problem

The EU stalwart problem of de-risking keeps on raging as new refugees stream in from bordering Ukraine and national regulators press the need for better collaboration with the private sector.
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Payments

FinCEN on High Alert Against Russian Sanction Evasion Attempts

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a warning to all financial institutions asking them to be on the lookout for attempts to evade sanctions.<br />
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Payments

Is Marriage Between U.S. Leagues And Sports Betting Headed For Divorce?

A Las Vegas gambling executive is sounding the alarm about the potential nightmare facing his industry and the nation’s professional sports leagues as they pursue their partnership in a quest for sports-betting gold.
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Senior UK Doctors Demand Gambling Levy

The UK National Health Service’s most senior gambling addiction experts are calling for operators to pay a new multi-million-pound statutory levy to help prevent and treat problem gambling.
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Gambling

Philippine Taxman Targets Surging Online Cockfighting Revenue

Aggressive growth of e-sabong (online cockfighting) revenue in pandemic-stricken Philippines has drawn a lengthy demand from the Bureau of Internal Revenue for operators to pay their dues.
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Gambling

India Brings Instant Payments To Feature Phones

The Reserve Bank of India has launched UPI123Pay, a new initiative to help 400m legacy mobile phone users connect to its real-time payment system.
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Payments

Japan’s Crypto Association To Introduce Travel Rule

Japan’s crypto-asset exchanges are set to soon join the likes of Germany, Singapore and France in complying with the travel rule standards.
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Payments

FATF Changes Beneficial Ownership Rules

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has adopted timely amendments to Recommendation 24, considering both the Ukraine-Russia crisis and the Credit Suisse money laundering scandal, and its interpretive note dealing with beneficial ownership.
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Payments

Week In Brief - March 11, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest developments in a UK class action lawsuit against Mastercard, UK attempts to deal with scam online advertising, new global fraud research and a $124m crypto fraud in the United States. We also look at concerns from the FCA over a new Binance investment.
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Payments

Norway Regulator Orders Betsson To Stop Pitching Norwegians

​​​​​​​Betsson will face “coercive fines” if it does not stop offering online gambling to Norwegian residents by March 25, the Norwegian Gambling Authority has said.
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Gambling

Washington Signs Off On Final Sports-Betting Rule

Sports betting became legal in the state of Washington as the coronavirus began closing tribal casinos in March 2020, but it was not until Thursday that the state gambling commission approved the last of the regulations.
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Gambling

Gambling Ads On Copyright Infringing Websites Falling, Says EU

A study by an EU watchdog appears to show a 55 percent reduction in the number of “major brand” gambling ads appearing on websites known to be infringing on intellectual property.
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Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
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Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
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Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
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Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
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FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
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Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
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Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
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