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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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News In Brief: June 3-June 7, 2024

Austria details illegal gambling fines, Stake cleared in Switzerland, casinos fined in Missouri and US senator wants to ban slots on military bases.
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Gambling

Duty Of Care Fines On Dutch Horizon

A new unit is being set up at the Netherlands Gambling Authority to monitor how gambling operators fulfil their duty of care, and to hand out fines to those who do not meet the regulator’s standards.
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Gambling

Torture Victim Dies Amid Philippine Online Gambling Raid Chaos

Fallout from the raid of an online gambling and cyber-scamming operation in the Philippines is mounting amid the death of a torture victim, suspected operator links to a second raided property and delays in rescuing more victims after the withdrawal of a search warrant.
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Gambling

Regulator Clarifies 'Brazilian' Licensing Requirement

Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has now answered one of the burning questions that operators have been asking as the country’s licensing process opens and officials intend to answer another one related to permissible casino games before the end of July, according to the ministry’s newly appointed chief gambling regulator.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Regulator To Hold Hearing On ESPN Anchor's Risk-Free Comment

Penn Entertainment could face sanctions from Massachusetts regulators as a result of a comment made by an ESPN anchor earlier this year regarding “risk-free” gambling.
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Gambling

FBI Says Gambling Debt Caused NBA Player To Manipulate Prop Bets

Federal authorities have said former NBA player Jontay Porter was encouraged to manipulate his player propositions due to outstanding gambling debt owed to another person.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Makes Progress on Open Banking

On June 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule establishing minimum requirements for a standard-setting body to receive CFPB recognition; thereby, allowing them to issue consensus open banking standards when the Personal Financial Data Rights rule is finalized.
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Payments

New US Repeat Offenders Registry Will Target Non-Banks

Non-bank financial companies that violate consumer laws will be registered on a nationwide offenders list, thanks to new powers granted to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Payments

Afterpay Calls For Greater Use Of 'Partial Credit Checks' In Australian BNPL Regulation

Australia’s largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm has called for “partial credit checks” to be given a more prominent role in BNPL regulation, as the sector moves towards similar rules as other credit products.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Irish Central Bank Tipped To Launch Innovation Sandbox Programme This Year

The Central Bank of Ireland plans to launch an innovation sandbox programme in 2024, while Australia's parliament has introduced the "Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024", imposing A$5,000 fines on businesses that fail to accept cash payments for regulated in-person transactions.
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Payments

German Online Casino Market Is 'Askew', Executives Say

The online casino market in Germany is "askew", with table games separated from slots and a laborious process for approval of slots games, executives have said.
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Gambling

France Launches New Campaign To Combat Betting Ads During The Euros

France’s National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has announced the launch of a new safer gambling campaign in time for the kickoff of the European Football Championship. 
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: Singapore's Expanded Fair Dealing Guidelines, Consumer Duty Goes Global

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the expansion of its Fair Dealing Guidelines, to include all financial institutions under its regulatory ambit. These guidelines previously only applied to the selection, marketing and distribution of investment products.
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Payments

What Are The ‘Red Flags’ In India’s New Self-Regulations For Fintechs?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is keen to outsource fintech "industry standards and best practices" to self-regulatory organisations, but its new framework is not without its critics.
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Payments

Payments Insiders Hope For Implementation, Not Regulation As EU Election Begins

The European Parliament’s elections are taking place between June 6 and 9, and with that will come a new mandate for the European Commission. However, payments insiders are hoping for less, not more, from Brussels.
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Payments

Daily Dash: FCA Drops Criminal Investigation Into AML Failures At Monzo

A criminal investigation into money laundering failures at Monzo has been reduced to a civil matter, while UBS has been fined in Switzerland for failing to report suspicious transactions related to a former head of state.
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Payments

Austrian Addiction Experts Demand Sports-Betting Regulation

An Austrian-based gambling addiction support network has called on the government to introduce stricter sports-betting regulations over fears that the current rules hurt player protection measures, taxation and advertising regulations.
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Gambling

U.S. Embraces Sports Betting, Remains Cautious Of Internet Gaming

Despite many in the U.S. gaming industry believing that internet casino gaming is the future and will drive significant revenue growth, concerns about cannibalizing land-based casinos and increasing gambling addiction have stalled legislative progress so far in 2024.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports League Issues Lifetime Ban To Player, Suspends Four Others

Major League Baseball issued five suspensions on Tuesday to players found to have bet on baseball, including the first lifetime ban the league has issued for betting since the infamous ban of its all-time hits leader 35 years ago.
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Gambling

Philippine Police Raid Online Gambling Operation Over Sex Trafficking, Torture

Philippine law enforcement agencies have raided another foreign-facing online gambling operation and detained at least 186 foreign nationals and Filipinos after receiving reports of sex trafficking and torture on site.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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Launch Of Papsscard Marks A Step Forward For African Financial Sovereignty

A joint venture between African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Papss) and Mercury Payment Services, Papsscard is the first Pan-African card scheme and is intended to boost the continent’s financial autonomy.
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Finland Launches AML/CTF Legal Overhaul Consultation

Finland’s government has launched a public consultation on its plans to reform the country’s Money Laundering Act and bring its financial crime regime into line with EU regulations.
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California Attorney General Says All Daily Fantasy Sports Are Illegal

California Attorney General Rob Bonta dealt a major blow to fantasy sports operators on Thursday by releasing a long-awaited opinion declaring that state law prohibits all daily fantasy sports contests.
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Regulatory Influencer: Requirements for Market Entry in Finland

Finland is currently in the process of reforming its gambling regulatory framework and partially ending Veikkaus Oy’s exclusive right to organise online and land-based gambling in the country.The Bigger PictureOn March 20, 2025, the Finnish government submitted the draft law of the new Gambling Act to parliament, with new licensees scheduled to begin their operations in the country at the start of 2027. 
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The UK’s 2025 Regulatory Grid: Key Priorities for Payments Firms

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its most recent Regulatory Initiatives Grid in April 2025, setting out the current priorities of the financial regulator, including for the payments and e-money industry. In this piece, Vixio examines what the FCA has outlined in its latest regulatory grid, and why payments firms should care.
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