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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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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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EBA Recommends Enforcement Pause To Avoid PSD2-MiCA Compliance Duplication

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a No Action letter aiming to reduce the risk of crypto-asset firms needing to obtain two separate licences for certain payment activities under overlapping European rules.
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Enforcement Overhaul At FCA Welcome News For Regulated Firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) attempt to increase the transparency of its enforcement investigations could also speed up investigations, which experts say would be good news for the financial services sector.
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Lithuania Imposes New Anti-Scam Rules On Mobile Operators

Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority has ordered mobile operators to combat fake text messages sent by fraudsters, in a sign of European authorities trying to reduce authorised push payment (APP) fraud risks.
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Payments

Daily Dash: PayPal Launches Six New Features

PayPal has announced the launch of six new features in the US, focusing on seamless checkouts and personalised offers, and Swiss digital wallet app TWINT has announced that it almost doubled its in-store transactions in 2023.
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Payments

Eventus Says GST, Not Legal Risk, Forced SPiCE India's Relocation

Eventus International, organiser of the SPiCE India gaming conference and exhibition, has rejected a media report that it relocated this year’s Goa event to the Sri Lankan capital to avoid legal or immigration problems over gambling company sponsors.
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Gambling

Gaming Bills On The Move In Virginia

Virginia lawmakers are preparing to revisit the two landmark laws from 2020 that brought legal sports betting and casino gaming to the state, as they weigh alternative host cities for casinos and reconsider a prohibition on wagers on in-state college teams.
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Gambling

Irish Regulator Dismisses Concerns Around Ad Restrictions

The head of Ireland's new gambling regulator has dismissed gambling and sports industry concerns surrounding proposed advertising restrictions in a radio interview.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: Tink, Token.io Confirmed As Latest Members Of Europe's SPAA Scheme

Europe’s latest open banking scheme has welcomed its two newest members, and Alipay+ has made inroads into Pakistan through a partnership with digital wallet provider NayaPay.
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Payments

Bank Of England Tries To Allay Privacy Concerns In CBDC Consultation Response

The Bank of England has responded to its first public consultation on the digital pound with new assurances on user privacy and control — two key concerns among the public.
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Payments

New Sub-Merchant Expectations On Horizon For Dutch Payment And E-Money Firms

De Nederlandsche Bank has recently consulted on best practices for dealing with sub-merchants, an area of payment and e-money institutions business that poses potential money laundering risks.
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Payments

French Regulator Reveals New Strategy

France’s gambling regulator ANJ has promised a renewed fight against illegal gambling as it unveiled its strategy for the next two years, but emphasised that a need to drive down excessive gambling “inspires all its actions”.
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Gambling

Georgia Senators Present Bipartisan Sports-Betting Plan

New bipartisan legislation that would legalize mobile sports betting has revived a years-long legal debate in Georgia as to whether the activity can be approved without amending the state’s constitution.
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Gambling

Industry Calls For Clarity Over Brazil Bonus Ban

Forthcoming regulations should clearly define the scope of Brazil’s apparent ban on online betting bonuses to avoid distorted competition among operators who may arrive at varying legal interpretations, according to industry executives and lawyers.
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Gambling

MGM Casinos To Pay $7.45m Fine To Avoid Federal AML Charges

Two MGM Resorts International casinos in Las Vegas have agreed to pay a combined $7.45m to resolve alleged violations of federal anti-money laundering laws in a settlement connected to the guilty plea by former gaming executive Scott Sibella.
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Gambling

NFL Player Criminally Charged For Placing Underage Bets

A rookie NFL player was arrested Thursday on charges that he used an alias account to place thousands of wagers while underage, including bets on his college team.
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Gambling

Entain's Prosecution Agreement Changes Risk Levels, Lawyers Say

Entain’s December £615m agreement to settle Bribery Act charges clearly “changes the risk profile” for UK-licensed online gambling companies with so-called dot.com operations, lawyers said on Thursday.
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Gambling

Hong Kong Consults On New Information Sharing Plans

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a public consultation paper on allowing financial institutions to share information on customer accounts to reduce financial crime.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Ireland Moves Towards Mandating Cash Acceptance At Certain Retailers

Lawmakers in Ireland are set to vote on a new bill that could mandate cash acceptance and ATM provision, and India’s Razorpay has launched a new instant refunds feature for failed UPI transactions.
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Payments

News In Brief: January 22-January 26, 2024

888 details its battle against poker bots, Nevada regulator website downed by hackers and Fallsview Casino Resort fined in Ontario.
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Gambling

Philippine Regulator Under Congressional Attack Over E-Lotto

Philippine members of Congress are lining up to attack the nation’s lottery regulator over the creation of an e-lotto platform outside due process.
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Gambling

North Carolina Announces March 11 Mobile Betting Launch

Mobile sports betting in North Carolina is set to launch before the start of the March Madness college basketball tournament on March 11, the state’s gaming regulator announced Wednesday.
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Gambling

Arkansas Reviewing Rules To Reopen Pope County Casino Licensing

The decision whether to issue a Pope County casino license is once again with the Arkansas Racing Commission, but commissioners are not expected to decide on reopening an application period before first reviewing proposed rules to govern a new application process.
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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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