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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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Lithuania On Right Track To Fight Money Laundering, MONEYVAL Finds

MONEYVAL has found that Lithuania has improved its anti-money laundering framework, a commendable achievement for the Bank of Lithuania, which is supervising the largest group of fintechs within the EU.
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New Jersey Revisiting Online Gambling Rules Amid Ad Standards 'Slippage'

New Jersey is preparing new standards on responsible gambling, bonus offerings and cybersecurity for internet gaming and sports betting, a move the state’s chief regulator expects to reduce risks to the future growth of the U.S. market.
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Gambling

Novomatic Unit Penalised In UK For AML Failings

The UK Gambling Commission has issued a penalty of £685,000 (€804,000) to Greentube Alderney, part of Novomatic, for failings in anti-money laundering and social responsibility policies.
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Gambling

Unexpected Size Of Dutch Market Shows Value of Regulation, Official Says

The Dutch online gambling market is about 40 percent larger than previously thought, underlining the urgent need for regulation, the chair of the Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has said.
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Gambling

Poland Orders Arrest Of Slot Operator's Management

As Polish authorities continue to combat illegal slot operators, prosecutors and tax officials have ordered the arrest of seven top managers of the former largest unlicensed slot operator in the Polish market, Fortuna Ltd.
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Gambling

Ministers Face The Music On APP Fraud

During a public hearing, Treasury minister John Glen and security minister Damian Hinds were held to account by members of the UK’s parliament (MPs), as they tried to defend rocketing fraud issues in the UK.
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Payments

Request To Pay Momentum Building But Challenges Remain

After the “regulatory stimulus” to payments innovation that came with the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), financial institutions must be proactive in creating an environment for request to pay (RTP), experts have agreed.
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Payments

New York Fed Teams Up With BIS

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has launched the New York Innovation Center (NYIC) to advance fintech products through a strategic partnership with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub. The partnership will also help the Fed analyse central bank digital currencies and improve cross-border payments.
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Payments

New South Wales Official Warns Slots Used To Launder Billions

A gambling investigations official with the New South Wales (NSW) state government has warned that billions of dollars in criminal proceeds are likely being laundered in slot machines across Australia.
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Gambling

IGT Lawsuit Adds New Chapter To Eternal Wire Act Saga

It has been 60 years since President Kennedy signed it into law, but instead of fading into irrelevance the Wire Act remains significant as the U.S. gaming industry transitions into a digital era.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Addiction Treatment Reports Improvements, But Fewer Clients

A high percentage of people completing the UK’s National Gambling Treatment Service measurably improved their condition, but fewer people received treatment in the 2020-21 fiscal year, GambleAware has said. About 92 percent of those completing the treatment improved their Problem Gambling Severity Index scores, the non-profit group said on Tuesday.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - November 2021

John Coleman stepping down as Microgaming CEO, Canadian Gaming Association appoints four new members to its board of directors, inaugural chair of the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission named.
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Gambling

AISPs Win As FCA Changes SCA Rules

From March 26, 2022, UK banks will be encouraged to only use strong customer authentication for the first access request from an account information service provider, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said
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Payments

Non-Banks Have Two Weeks To Apply For e-Money Licence In Philippines

The Philippines central bank has imposed a two-year moratorium on electronic money issuer licences to non-banks, starting from December 15.
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Payments

Japan’s Banks Plot Digital Currency Launch In 2022

A coalition of Japan’s financial institutions has committed to issuing a digital currency to the Japanese population in late 2022, with trials beginning as early as this year.
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Payments

Entain Fined Again, Warned Licence At Risk In Australia

The Northern Territory Racing Commission has issued a second maximum fine to sports betting giant Entain Group for offering bonuses to potential customers, warning of licence cancellation in the event of a third “extremely serious” breach.
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Gambling

New U.S. Sports-Betting Regulators To Monitor Ad Boom

As some legislators and regulators in established U.S. sports-betting states have begun to express concern over advertising saturation, regulators in new markets say it is something they will monitor. Regulators from Arizona, Louisiana and Maryland spoke about advertising and a host of other topics on VIXIO GamblingCompliance’s “Meet the Regulators” webinar earlier this month.
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Gambling

Ireland Lottery Rules Under Pressure

Ireland’s interim lottery laws and main National Lottery game are under pressure following calls for an audit and investigation into the number of times the jackpot has gone unclaimed.
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Gambling

BIS Outlines Plans For 24/7 Central Bank Settlement

A new consultation report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) seeks to increase opening hours for real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, but experts are split on just what the solutions proposed can do.
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Payments

India Unlikely To Ban Crypto Completely

India has tabled a new cryptocurrency bill that may restrict certain cryptocurrency activities while paving the way for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). However, it is unlikely that the country would impose a complete ban on crypto activities.
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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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