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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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Week In Crypto: Binance Motion To Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Mostly Fails

A judge rules that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may proceed with its civil suit against Binance, FTX’s former banking partner settles a $63m anti-money laundering claim, and Paxos obtains a licence to issue stablecoins in Singapore.
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Payments

Bank Of Lithuania Takes On De-Risking With New Guidelines

From next year, financial institutions in Lithuania will need to comply with new requirements intended to improve payment service user experience, increase financial inclusion and implement money laundering risk management measures.
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Payments

Brazil Sees Surge In Contactless Payments As Digital Revolution Gathers Pace

Data from the Central Bank of Brazil shows contactless credit card transactions in the country leapt from 23.1 percent of all transactions in 2022 to 31.1 percent in 2023, highlighting the evolving payments landscape.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Latvia, Mastercard Launch New Campaign To Combat Phone Scams

Mastercard has partnered with a Latvian trade association in an effort to reduce phone scams, while Singapore’s financial regulator has answered questions on its support for visually impaired banking customers.
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Payments

Tougher Online Regulation In Force In Australia's Northern Territory

New gambling legislation is in force in the Northern Territory, Australia’s online gambling regulatory hub, which increases penalties, toughens licensing criteria and forms a new regulator.
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Gambling

Brazil Judge Orders Unlicensed Rio Operators To Account For Lack Of Authorisation

A Brazilian court has ordered the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) to ask sports betting and online casino operators not licensed by the Rio de Janeiro Lottery to account for their operations in the state.
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Gambling

Interim Report Suggests More German Ad Restrictions Coming

​​​​​​​An interim report on Germany’s 2021 interstate gambling treaty suggests that further advertising and sponsorship restrictions may be coming, an attorney has said.
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Gambling

Finland's Draft Licensing Law Does Not Include Cooling-Off Period

Finland’s new draft law does not include a cooling-off period but “past infringements will lead to the rejection of licence applications”, according to a local legal advisor.
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Gambling

New Singapore AML Bill To Assist Law Enforcement In Transnational Cases

Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced new legislation that aims to help local law enforcement pursue money laundering cases that originate from overseas criminal activity.
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Payments

EBA Clarifies Transaction Fees And Payee-Initiated Transactions Under PSD2

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released new clarifications regarding two aspects of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), addressing transaction fees' accessibility and the availability of payee-initiated transactions through dedicated application programming interfaces (APIs).
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Payments

EPI's Plans Take Shape As It Launches Wallet Solution Wero

The European Payments Initiative (EPI), the EU’s long-desired payments champion, has announced the launch of its new instant account-to-account payment solution, Wero, in Germany.
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Payments

Daily Dash: New Zealand Consults On Proposed Agreement To Develop Open Banking

New Zealand’s open banking framework is taking shape under a new proposal from the Commerce Commission, while Lithuania has fined a former board member of global payments firm Majestic Financial.
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Payments

Vanuatu Launches Upgraded Online Gambling Regime

Vanuatu is the latest remote jurisdiction to pitch a revised regulatory framework to online gambling operators amid global offshore licensing turbulence.
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Gambling

Questions Linger For Canadian Gaming Expansion Beyond Ontario, Alberta

With one province embracing a privatized online gaming model, and another soon to follow, the question for many becomes if and when the rest of Canada will follow suit.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Regulator Gains Powers Under New Regime

Gibraltar’s planned gambling law update would regulate individuals and give the Gambling Commissioner new powers to fine licensees for violations.
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Gambling

Spain Loot Box Changes Will Not Regulate Most In-Game Purchases, Warns Academic

Spain’s loot box rule changes designed to protect minors will allow most types of in-game purchases to remain unregulated, according to an academic researcher of video game law.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: Singapore's New Anti-Money Laundering Bill Enters Parliament and Other Reforms

The Singaporean government has tabled its new Anti-Money Laundering Bill in parliament for its first reading as part of its ongoing reforms of AML regulation.
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Payments

India Links Up With ASEAN On Instant Cross-Border Payments Platform

India has become the first non-ASEAN country to join the latest phase of Project Nexus, a multilateral effort to deliver instant cross-border payments by interlinking domestic payment systems.
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Payments

EBA Clarifies DORA's Applicability To Third-Country Branches In The EU

In its first Q&A on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) has made clear that third-country branches of credit institutions are not covered by the regulation.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK's Open Banking Limited Announces Major Update With Standard v4.0

The fourth and latest version of the UK’s Open Banking Standard has been released, and a new instant payments system has launched in Kuwait after receiving central bank approval.
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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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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