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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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UK MPs Tell Regulators To ’Get Their Skates On’ Over Fraud Reimbursement Rules

Without further action, the current proposal on how UK victims of authorised push payment fraud get reimbursed is "half-baked”, according to the Treasury Committee.
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Payments

Italian Firms Flock To Open Banking, But Customers Yet To Join

The Bank of Italia has published new data showing a rapid increase in the number of third-party providers participating in open banking, but interest from customers remains elusive.
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Payments

Georgia Sports Betting Hopes Fade Away For 2023

The lights have once again gone out for sports betting in Georgia, as legislation failed in both chambers of the state legislature on Monday, ahead of a key deadline for bills to move forward.
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Gambling

Flutter Faces $4m SEC Settlement Over PokerStars’ Russian Activities

Flutter Entertainment has agreed to pay $4m to settle allegations that payments made by PokerStars to Russia-based consultants violated federal anti-bribery laws, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement published on Monday.
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Gambling

Ladbrokes Fined In Northern Territory Amid Push For Tough Changes

Entain-controlled bookmaker Ladbrokes has been slapped with three maximum penalties in Australia’s Northern Territory, but the nominal size of the fines reinforces the need for reform, the territory’s regulator says.
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Gambling

New York Times Series Haunts Industry In Ongoing Advertising Debate

It has become almost a mantra among U.S. gaming officials to disparage the New York Times series from last November which criticizes the sports-betting industry, but the Empire State’s top gaming regulator on Monday acknowledged the articles' influence on new proposals that would restrict advertising.
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Gambling

Austrian Loot Box Ruling Adds To Gambling Loss Recovery Saga

An Austrian court has declared that loot boxes are a form of gambling that requires a licence, in a non-legally binding decision that could cost video game companies millions.
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Gambling

Problem Gambling Funding Bills Face Difficult Legislative Process

Following the rapid expansion of sports betting and online gaming in the U.S. over the last five years, lawmakers in several states have introduced bills during the 2023 legislative sessions that are designed to increase awareness as well as funding for problem gambling prevention and treatment services.
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Gambling

CENTROlink Expansion In Works, Bank Of Lithuania Confirms

A surge in instant payments made by the central bank’s SEPA product has prompted it to consider new functionalities.
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Payments

Regulators Eye Data Analytics In Fight Against Money Mules

As instant payment systems open up new opportunities for money mules, regulators from Singapore to the UK have called for greater use of data analytics, and ultimately data sharing, to detect unusual activity.
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Payments

WhatsApp Business Payments Get Green Light In Brazil

The Brazilian Central Bank has given WhatsApp the green light to launch its payment service for small- and medium-sized companies in Brazil.
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Payments

Congress Joins White House Versus Supreme Court On Indian Gaming

The Biden administration and Congress are collaborating to roll back the effects of a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling against new tribes, even though some commercial casinos and Indian gaming operators oppose the effort.
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Gambling

Market Forecast Outlook: Europe and The Americas

Regulated online gambling revenue across Europe, North America and Latin America is projected to grow from US$45.1bn in 2022 to US$72.1bn in 2026, according to VIXIO’s recently expanded suite of interactive Forecasting Dashboards.
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Gambling

Victoria Regulator Praises Crown's Rebound But Wields 'Plan B'

Victoria state’s gambling regulator has praised casino operator Crown Resorts and US-based owner Blackstone Group for their cooperation as Crown Melbourne attempts to regain licence suitability, but a “Plan B” to keep the casino operating will still apply even if the licence is cancelled.
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Gambling

Ukraine Casino Industry Under Threat As Government Calls In Debts

Ukrainian casinos will no longer be able to defer their licence fees and have been told they must pay any outstanding money in the next 30 days.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves – February 2023

Italy's gambling regulator has a new director, Bally's is to switch its CEO and Racing Australia's boss resigns in protest.
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Gambling

EU Drops In-App Payment Charge Against Apple

The European Commission has dropped a charge related to Apple’s in-app payment restrictions in one of its probes looking at app store rules.
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Payments

UK Banks ’Closely Watching’ EU Instant Payments Proposal

A senior banking official has said that the UK is keenly watching the work happening with instant payments in the EU, especially considering the country’s access to SEPA, which could be compromised depending on the final law.
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Payments

Brazil Reins In Third-Party Relationships On Pix

Brazil’s central bank, BCB, has issued new orders clarifying that it does not tolerate third parties on Pix that circumvent the regulator’s oversight, potentially affecting payments business models such as Banking-as-a-Service.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Third Former FTX Exec Pleads Guilty, Kraken Loses Banking Partner

Another former FTX executive pleads guilty to fraud, Signature Bank will no longer handle most USD transfers for Kraken, French MPs vote for stricter licensing requirements for crypto firms and more Binance blues.
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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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