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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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89 Percent Of IT Organisations Failing On Data Protection, Claims Survey

Given a chain is as strong as its weakest link, data protection strategies for payment firms could come undone due to increasing weaknesses in data storage, a new report finds.
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Payments

Russian Banks Booted Out Of SWIFT

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying, Western allies have finally agreed to cut off a number of Russian financial institutions from the interbank payments system.
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Payments

SCA Win? Fraud Rate Dips In France

After increasing year-on-year since 2018, Banque de France has said that there are signs that card fraud in the country is dropping and it is partially thanks to strong customer authentication (SCA).
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Payments

Senate To Seal Fate Of Brazil Gambling Bill

Brazil’s landmark legislation authorizing hundreds of thousands of bingo machines and all forms of online gaming faces an uncertain path through the Senate after its approval in the lower house, according to experts.
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Gambling

Copyright Infringement Increasingly Popular Route Into UK Market

​​​​​​​The number of gambling adverts appearing on websites in the UK known to be illegally hosting copyrighted content increased by at least 10 percent from 2021 to 2022, an affiliate compliance monitoring company has found.
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Gambling

Offshore Ad Row Burns On In Norway

The Norwegian Gambling Authority has piled further pressure on defiant TV network Discovery over offshore gambling adverts, even as stats show unlicensed ads have fallen overall.
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Gambling

UK Government Outlines Latest Sanctions For Russia

Following on from Thursday's dramatic turn of events, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined tougher implications for the Russian Federation.
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Payments

Week In Brief - February 25, 2022

A short roundup of some of the week's payments news you may have missed. This week we look at the latest access to cash statistics in the UK, Singapore's decision not to intervene over credit card bank fees, crypto AML requirements in Belgium and the latest assessment of Nigeria's eNaira.
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Payments

Ukraine’s Financial Markets Shiver In Wake Of Russian Attack

Ukraine has announced a number of temporary measures as people are rushing to cash machines to access their savings following Russia’s large-scale invasion of the country.
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Payments

FCA Weighs Up Benefits Of Financial Inclusion Mandate

Regulators from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England (BOE) have been probed by members of the UK’s Treasury Select Committee on how they can ensure less well-off communities are not financially excluded.
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Payments

Looks Like Groundhog Day For California In Ugly Fight Over Sports Betting

Eight years ago, PokerStars launched an ill-fated campaign to bring online poker to California, and this year’s effort by DraftKings, FanDuel and other operators to legalize online sports betting in the Golden State appears to be eerily similar.
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Gambling

And They're Off: Churchill Downs To Exit Online Sports Betting

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday that it will exit the U.S. online sports betting and online casino space within the next six months, arguably the most high-profile departure from the market since the country’s sports-betting boom began in 2018.
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Gambling

ANJ Wants Operators To Cut Back On Advertising

France’s gambling regulator (ANJ) has called on the gambling industry to “de-intensify” all forms of advertising, alongside releasing a series of new advertising guidelines and recommendations.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 21-February 25, 2022

Brazil's landmark bill officially moves to the Senate, poll reveals tentative public support for California sports betting and Chinese officials in Cambodia push for crackdown.
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Gambling

All Or Nothing: EBA Criticises Differing Regulatory Responses After Luanda Leaks

The European Banking Authority has published the findings of its assessment of national competent authorities’ responses to the 2020 Luanda Leaks, claiming that regulators either went beyond what was necessary or did the opposite.
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Payments

European Digital ID: A Mere Aadhaar Copy or Something More?

This regulatory analysis will examine India’s Aadhaar system and the EU’s proposed eID system. It will then compare these two systems and identify what this potentially means for firms in both these jurisdictions.
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Payments

Cross-Border Payments Only Going To Be Solved By Collaboration, FSB Cautions

It is the belief of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that cross-border transactions should be reduced in price, but this will only be sorted by solid public-private cooperation, its new chair has said.
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Payments

AI Use Should Go Hand In Hand With More Transparency To Consumers And Regulators

Despite progress made by artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, the lack of transparency in explaining outcomes of current models, as well problems with bias, can create a challenging scenario for firms.
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Payments

BetVictor To Pay £2m Settlement Over AML, Social Responsibility Failures

BetVictor will pay a settlement penalty of just over £2m for failures in anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility policies, as well as fairness in terms and conditions, the UK Gambling Commission has said.
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Gambling

Brazil Places Major Bet On Gambling Expansion

In an historic vote, the lower house of Brazil’s Congress passed a sweeping gambling expansion bill late on Wednesday night to legalize land-based casino-resorts, video-bingo operations and online gaming across the country of more than 210m people.
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Gambling
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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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