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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: US Judge Rejects SEC Application To Freeze Binance’s US Assets

Binance avoids having its US assets frozen as it litigates with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but it will have to answer to the testimony of a former Binance US CEO. Meanwhile, Binance retreats from Nigeria and Cyprus.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Iberpay First To Get Request To Pay Certificate

Spain’s Iberpay has become the first clearing and settlement mechanism to obtain a SEPA Request-to-Pay certificate, while new polling suggests the British are not keen on cashlessness.
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Payments

Guardian Media Group Bans Gambling Advertising Worldwide

The UK-based Guardian Media Group has imposed a ban on gambling advertising, excepting lotteries, in its UK newspapers and online operations in the UK, the US and Australia that will cut its revenue by millions of dollars.
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Gambling

Tennessee Set To Eliminate Official League Data, Sportsbook Hold Requirement

The Tennessee Sports Wagering Advisory Council approved emergency rules on Thursday that will allow the agency to implement several regulatory and tax changes overwhelmingly adopted by the state legislature during this year’s session.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission Says White Paper Changes Will Take 'Years'

The UK Gambling Commission is encouraging as many stakeholders as possible to contribute to its first round of white paper consultations in the coming weeks, as it repeated that it will approach them with “less haste and more speed” and said implementation will take "years" to avoid unintended consequences.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Says It Is Ready To Get Off FATF Greylist

​​​​​​​Gibraltar’s exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist is a matter of “when, not if”, according to the minister in charge of gambling issues, as the British Overseas Territory tackles a trio of vital issues over the coming months.
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Gambling

Rhode Island Legislature Approves Online Casino Bill

Rhode Island is on the verge of being the first, and potentially only, U.S. state to legalize online casino gaming this year following successful votes in both chambers of the legislature Thursday.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 12-June 16, 2023

Betsson is to buy its way into Belgium amid a partnership with Casino Partouche, Illinois has given the go-ahead for a temporary Bally's casino and Crown is fined in Australia yet again.
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Gambling

Diebold Nixdorf’s $2.7bn Restructuring Points To Trouble In Cash Land

Businesses that provide access to cash are struggling to compete amid digital disruption and higher interest rates, as evidenced by the decline and potential fall of the world’s largest ATM maker.
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Payments

Meta Fraud Frustrations Grow With Latest Bank Intervention

TSB has become the second bank in a month to criticise Meta over fraud, calling on the Facebook and Instagram owner to implement better procedures to prevent scams on its platforms.
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Payments

Brazil Unveils Key Pix Updates, Including International And Recurring Payments

The Brazilian official responsible for the creation and operation of Pix has announced three major updates to the country’s popular instant payment system.
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Payments

Sports-Betting Bills Signed In North Carolina, Vermont With Wagering Launching In 2024

North Carolina and Vermont have become the latest states to legalize mobile sports betting.
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Gambling

Videoslots £2m UK Regulatory Settlement For AML, Social Responsibility Failures

Videoslots will pay a £2m regulatory settlement over social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures in the UK that included allowing a customer to deposit and lose all of their savings and estimated earnings in just six months.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulator Contacting International Counterparts About Unregistered Operators

Ontario’s gaming regulator has begun contacting counterparts from international jurisdictions to help stamp out remaining unregulated operators doing business in the province.
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Gambling

UK Political Pressure Group Launches White Paper Inquiry

An influential group of Westminster politicians say they will hold the UK government to account and ensure promised reforms are implemented “as quickly as possible”.
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Gambling

Chile's President Proposes Amendments To Online Gambling Bill

Chile President Gabriel Boric and his minister of finance have proposed a series of amendments to an online gambling bill advancing through the Chilean Congress, a sign that the President will not present an obstacle to legislation that was presented before he took office.
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Gambling

Crypto Winter Wanes But U.S. Casinos Still Leery Of Alternative Currency

After a disastrous decline in 2022, the cryptocurrency market is rebounding this year, but U.S. casinos and gaming operators remain hesitant to embrace crypto and other alternative payments until federal regulations are adopted.
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Payments

Australia Looks To Protect Shrinking Cash Sector Through New Merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation for the proposed merger of Armaguard and Prosegur, the country’s two largest cash-in-transit providers.
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Payments

US Must Not ’Micromanage’ Open Banking, CFPB Chief Says

As the US is heading towards creating an open banking framework, regulators have no intention of "micromanaging" open banking, Rohit Chopra wrote ahead of an expected heated congressional hearing.
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Payments

VIXIO Chats Latest Data Standard With PCI SSC

VIXIO has spoken with the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) about the key features of the fourth iteration of its data standard, which comes into effect next year.
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Payments
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Philippines Mulls Mandatory Listing Of Online Gambling Companies

In an apparent global first, the Philippine government is considering compulsory stock market listings for online gambling companies to compel greater transparency in operations and ownership.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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FCA’s Guardrails For BNPL Aim To Bring Consumer Duty Requirements To The Space

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users are set to gain new protections under proposals published today by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has set a compliance deadline of July 2026.
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UK Industry Wrangles With Rapidly Approaching Cross-Sell Ban

When 2025 draws to a close so will the era of lucrative cross-selling promotions in the UK, with operators and affiliates facing the tall task of adapting successfully to another major shift in marketing compliance.
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Bailey Cool On UK CBDC Suggestions

Hopes of a British central bank digital currency (CBDC) were dealt a blow by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, who said he “remained to be convinced” of the need for one.
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EU Lawmakers Insist Digital Euro Must Safeguard Privacy And Preserve Cash Access

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has called for stronger guardrails for privacy and guaranteed access to physical cash in its opinion on the EU's proposed legislation to establish a digital euro.
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Regulatory Influencer: Malta’s Key Observations on Website Practices of Crypto-Asset Service Providers

Earlier in the year, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) conducted a thematic review of websites belonging to all the crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised by the MFSA in relation to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). This was part of the MFSA’s commitment to consumer protection, ensuring that the information provided was fair, transparent and not misleading. Following its review of websites, the MFSA sent out a Dear CEO letter to CASPs laying out its findings.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Philippine Central Bank As Payments Policeman And… Online Gambling Saviour?

The Philippine online gambling industry’s rapid transition from a disgraced foreign-facing segment to flourishing domestic sector is approaching a crunch moment as payments channels come under unprecedented scrutiny.
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Peru President Vetoes Consumption Tax Bill

Peru’s president has partly vetoed a bill that would reduce the impact of a controversial consumption tax applied to online gambling.
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Ukraine Releases Flurry Of Consultations As It Seeks To Update Gambling Rules

Ukrainian licence holders will only have two months to comply with a long list of updated regulations under a key new proposal, as the country unleashes a flurry of consultations aimed at updating and aligning rules as well as improving industry oversight.
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