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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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Railsr Bankruptcy Deal Nears As Regulatory Troubles Mount

As the once UK fintech unicorn Railsr reportedly mulls a pre-pack administration deal, market players react and question the business models of some banking-as-a-service (BaaS) providers.
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Payments

Get Your Priorities Straight, FCA Tells Finance Firms Ahead Of Consumer Duty

In a new Dear CEO letter to retail finance providers, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to adopt "effective prioritisation" measures ahead of a key deadline. However, some buy now, pay later firms will not receive the letter for now.
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Payments

BetMGM Boss Still Concerned About Potential U.S. Backlash

BetMGM’s top executive said Wednesday that the U.S. sports-betting industry remains at “significant risk” of facing a similar regulatory backlash to European jurisdictions.
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Gambling

Colorado Regulator Smacks Down WWE Sports-Betting Talks

Colorado’s gaming regulator has denied a report that it was “in talks” with professional wrestling giant WWE to permit wagering on the company’s events.
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Gambling

Kentucky Approves Sports Betting, Grey-Market Games Bills

Kentucky has moved closer to passing two significant gambling reforms after a House committee approved legislation to authorize sports wagering and the full House passed a measure to prohibit unregulated gaming devices supposedly based on skill.
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Gambling

UK Study Suggests 'Think' Slogan Had No Effect On Gambling Habits

​​​​​​​A new academic study has concluded that the UK gambling industry’s safer gambling message, “Take time to think”, shows “no credible effect” on gambling behaviour.
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Gambling

EGBA AML Guidelines Target Lack Of Sector-Specific Rules

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has published its first pan-European online gambling anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines, as it seeks to address previously highlighted shortcomings.
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Gambling

News In Brief: March 6-March 10, 2023

Veikkaus has just over 50 percent of the Finnish online market, a California cardroom bill makes progress, PAGCOR cancels its controversial audit contract and Argentina's Córdoba province moves forward with licensing finally.
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Gambling

Happy International Women’s Day! But More To Do As EBA Warns Representation Still Not Good Enough

Ahead of international women’s day, the European Banking Authority published new data on gender diversity. It finds that, despite improvements, there is still a big imbalance in how men and women are represented at the managerial level at financial services firms.
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Payments

Impact Index February 2023

VIXIO’s impact index rose 23 points in February, a significant increase from January’s low but below the same period last year.
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Payments

’A Relic Of The Past’: Payments Insiders Want Movement On Settlement Finality Directive

The UK and Switzerland have opened up access to key payment systems to non-banks, but Brussels continues to drag its heels and time is beginning to run out for the current European Commission.
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Payments

White House Backs Development Of Digital ID Ecosystem

In its new cybersecurity strategy, the White House says a digital identity ecosystem could bring new opportunities for digital contracts and payment systems to the United States.
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Payments

Chief Lobbying Arm For U.S. Casinos Stuck In Middle On Tribal Regulations

A top lobbyist for the American Gaming Association on Tuesday said it does not have a position on “vexing” proposed regulations that would broaden the authority of the federal government to take land into trust for tribes hoping to build casinos.
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Gambling

Tabcorp CEO Pivots On Regulator Reform

The chief executive of Australian wagering giant Tabcorp Holdings has softened his call for a national online sports-betting regulator, suggesting an industry-backed agreement across eight states and territories is more practical than a new federal agency.
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Gambling

DCMS Finally Confirms New UK Gambling Minister

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has confirmed that MP Stuart Andrew is the new government minister overseeing UK gambling policy, as the industry continues its long wait for the Gambling Act review white paper.
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Gambling

Brazil Betting Integrity Association Launches As Regulation Draws Near

A group of betting and fantasy sports companies is set to launch Brazil’s first sports integrity association, in a move that comes as the government prepares to establish a regulatory regime for online betting and lawmakers prepare to probe a recent match-fixing scandal.
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Gambling

Gaming Industry Makes Pitch For Online Casino In New York

New York state legislators said Tuesday that in order for online casino legislation to be considered this year, it will have to be included in one of the legislature’s one-house budget proposals to be finalized this week.
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Gambling

Mexico's Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of 'Double Taxation'

“My first reaction when I saw the news was ‘this sets bad precedent’,” Alfredo Lazcano, gaming lawyer and founder of Lazcano Sámano, said of the Mexican Supreme Court's decision to allow for double taxation of gambling winnings last week.
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Gambling

Malta's N1 Interactive Will Fight €12m Dutch Fine

The target of the Netherlands' largest ever gambling fine has said it rejects the accusations and is launching a legal challenge.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator To Extend Duty Of Care Review

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has said it will extend its review into a requirement that licensees exercise a “duty of care” toward players because it has uncovered “new, in-depth questions” about what this looks like in practice.
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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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