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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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Biden Administration Opposes Wire Act Change To Expand Online Gaming Protection

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal court in Rhode Island to dismiss a lawsuit by International Game Technology seeking to expand protection of the online gaming and lottery industry from prosecution under the U.S. Wire Act of 1961.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 7-March 11, 2022

Tennessee adds three new operators and Philippines inquiry launched over cockfighting abductions.
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Gambling

Biden Signs Historic Digital Assets Executive Order

President Joe Biden’s long-awaited crypto executive order affirms crypto is to stay, and the United States wants to embrace it.
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Payments

FATF Stops Short Of Action Over Russian Invasion

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) expresses “deep sorrow” over Ukraine, but Russia’s largely compliant status makes it unlikely for FATF to pursue any meaningful action towards Russia in the short term.
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Payments

EU Extends SWIFT Ban To Belarusian Banks

Belarusian financial institutions join Russia in being in the firing line over the Ukraine invasion, as the EU agrees on a further round of sanctions.
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Payments

£28K Lost To APP Fraud Every Hour, Which? Suggests

Bank transfer scams continue to grip the UK, as the pressure piles on for the government and regulators to do more to solve the issue.
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Payments

Ganapati's Taiwan Staff Avoid Jail Despite Online Convictions

A Taiwanese court has convicted 12 Japanese and Taiwanese employees of B2B online games supplier Ganapati for gambling offences, as well as company founder Hayato Kinoshita, although all have avoided jail time.
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Gambling

Nevada Esports Advisory Committee To Propose Regulatory Oversight

As sportsbooks in Nevada desperately searched for alternatives to traditional sports that were shut down during the initial months of the coronavirus pandemic, some operators have turned to video game competitions as one substitute.
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Gambling

Alabama Senate Committee Approves Plans For Lottery, Casinos, Sports Betting

Two pieces of legislation that would allow for five casinos, two satellite facilities, sports betting and create a gaming commission to regulate the industry in Alabama were passed out of committee on Wednesday and sent to the full Senate for consideration.
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Irish Industry Discuss Regulatory Proposals With Lawmakers

Key stakeholders in Ireland’s gambling market have told the government they want a well-funded, nimble regulator as legislators continue to lay the groundwork for the country’s new gambling bill.
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Gambling

EU Launches Timely Whistleblower Tool For Sanctions

The European Commission has rolled out a whistleblower tool to facilitate the reporting of possible sanctions violations as its new rules against Russia and Belarus become law.
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Payments

No ESG Clause In MiCA, MEP Confirms

Following concerns that the EU’s crypto-asset regulation would include a mining ban, an influential member of the European Parliament has rowed back on the possibility of climate issues being incorporated into the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) law.
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Payments

NatWest Leads Race For Open Banking Recurring Payments

NatWest is aiming to become one of the first UK banks to enable variable recurring payments as the bank announces the first successful transaction.
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Payments

Private Sector Needs Clarity To Navigate Uncharted Territory Of Russian Sanctions

The private sector plays a key role in the implementation of sanctions, but they are wandering over an unknown territory without sufficient guidance from the government, witnesses have told the UK Treasury Committee.
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Payments

Flutter's Sky Bet Fined By UK For Marketing To Self-Excluded

The UK Gambling Commission has fined Sky Betting & Gaming nearly £1.2m for sending “free spins” marketing emails to players who had self-excluded or opted out of receiving marketing.
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Northern Irish Bill Approval Is 'First Step' Of Legal Overhaul

Northern Ireland’s new gambling bill was set to overcome its final legislative hurdles before becoming law on Tuesday, with more changes planned.
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UK Gambling Minister: 'Significant Reform' Needed

The UK minister in charge of gambling policy has said reform is “long overdue” and promised the government’s Gambling Act review white paper will be published “very, very soon”.
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Gambling

DC Lottery Continues To Back Lottery-Operated Mobile Betting

The DC Lottery continues to defend the monopoly of its district-wide mobile betting platform despite massive cuts to the projected profit the GambetDC program is expected to provide to the District of Columbia’s coffers.
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Gambling

Minnesota Tribes Confirm Support For New Sports-Betting Bill

The tribes that own and operate some 18 casinos across Minnesota confirmed their support on Tuesday for an amended House measure that would legalize retail and mobile sports betting, but the bipartisan bill still has a long road through the state legislature.
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Gambling

DLT Comes To Swiss Payment System

Switzerland, which has led the way in the digital finance space, is adding distributed ledger technology (DLT) trading facilities to its payment system.
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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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