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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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Singapore Publishes Further Requirements For COSMIC Data Sharing

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has opened a new consultation on requirements for financial institutions using COSMIC, a platform designed to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Payments

Belgian Operators Agree Voluntary Care Code

The six members of the Belgian Association of Gaming Operators have agreed to abide by a new voluntary duty of care requirement.
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Gambling

Maryland Senator Says iGaming Needed To Plug Budget Deficit

Democratic state Senator Ron Watson has said a new study submitted to the Maryland General Assembly makes it clear the state would benefit financially from a regulated online gaming market, although projected revenues are not enough to close an anticipated budget deficit.
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Gambling

News In Brief: November 13-November 17, 2023

UK Gambling Commission to launch a second round of consultations in "coming weeks", Dutch TOTO loses legal fight over technical error payout and the California Nations Indian Gaming Association votes against two sports-betting proposals.
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Gambling

Gambling Among British Children Declining, Says Report

Far fewer children and young people gambled in England, Scotland and Wales over the past 12 months than last year, according to the Gambling Commission’s latest report.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: New York Strengthens Token Listing Rules In New Guidance

New York tightens up its coin listing and delisting rules, US lawmakers request a full accounting of Hamas crypto wallets, and LUNA creator Do Kwon sees his Montenegro prison sentence upheld.
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Payments

MEP Wants Payment Services Regulation To Hold Social Media Firms Accountable For Fraud

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is seeking amendments to the Payment Services Regulation, requiring stricter oversight for social media firms and others to crack down on payments fraud.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Wholesale CBDC To Go Live In Singapore In 2024

Singapore has confirmed that it will launch a "live" wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2024, Commerzbank has become the first bank in Germany to obtain a crypto custody licence, and Czechia has launched a new mobile payments platform.
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Payments

Mexico President Publishes Prohibitive Gaming Decree

Mexico’s government has enacted drastic regulatory reforms to ban slot machines or other casino games in the country’s gaming halls, ignoring industry pleas that the changes would decimate revenues and lead to thousands of job losses.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Regulators Grant Further Extensions For Data Privacy Rules

Massachusetts regulators have agreed to waive certain parts of their new data privacy regulations through next June, as operators continue to push for more time to implement the complex rules.
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Gambling

Maryland Study Supports iGaming Legalization

Amid the debate over whether lawmakers will ask Maryland voters next year to legalize internet gaming, an official legislative study has projected that a regulated market for online slot machines and table games could generate almost a billion dollars in annual gross gaming revenue.
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Gambling

DraftKings Introduces New Parlay Sportsbook Product

DraftKings has unveiled plans for a new offering that rivals some products offered by competing daily fantasy companies as pick’em-style contests.
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Gambling

Suppliers Eyeing Up LatAm Opportunities

Gambling industry suppliers are eagerly awaiting new Latin American markets to regulate online gambling, according to a panel of industry experts.
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Gambling

Irish Banks End Plans For Mobile Payments App

Ireland’s banking industry has confirmed it is winding down plans to launch a mobile payments service due to a changing landscape.
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Payments

European Parliament Releases Industry-Friendly Amendments To PSD3

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has shared its thoughts on the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD3), suggesting amendments in favour of payment and e-money institutions.
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Payments

Daily Dash: IMF Launches CBDC Handbook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a central bank digital currency (CBDC) handbook, while the Belgium regulator has issued a survey on preparedness for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
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Payments

Dutch Lottery Contracts To Be Reviewed After European Court Ruling

The European Commission must investigate whether or not selecting Dutch lottery operators constituted state aid, after a victory for the European Gaming and Betting Association in the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Gambling

Brazil Betting Bill Lacks Urgency But Still Set For Senate Vote

Brazil’s President has removed the urgency requirement attached to pending legislation to regulate online betting and casino games, but only after Senate leaders committed to voting on the measure as soon as next Tuesday.
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Gambling

North Carolina Scraps Pick'em Language From Sports-Betting Rules

Language that would have restricted pick’em-style fantasy sports has been removed from proposed sports-betting regulations in North Carolina following pushback from fantasy operators.
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Gambling

Virginia Skill-Games Ban Lawsuit Dismissed, Fight Moves To Legislature

A decision by a judge in rural Virginia to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on unregulated skill-game machines has disappointed small business owners and manufacturers, but was overwhelmingly supported by the U.S. gaming industry.
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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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