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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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Daily Dash: Ex-Mastercard Chief Gets Biden’s Endorsement For World Bank

President Biden has endorsed a former Mastercard boss for the World Bank presidency, US card skimming attacks are on the rise and New York regulator boosts crypto fraud detection powers.
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Payments

New York To Tighten Regulations For Sports-Betting Advertising

The New York State Gaming Commission is proposing to ban advertising on college campuses and require clearer disclosures for player bonuses as part of new rules to govern sports-betting advertising due to be taken up next week.
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Gambling

U.S. Legislative Flurry Sees One iGaming Bill Die, While Another Lives On

With key legislative deadlines approaching in several states, this week there has been a flurry of activity that includes new sports-betting bills, sports wagering and internet gaming bills advancing, and in one closely-watched state, online casino legislation dying for another year.
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Gambling

French Regulator Seeks Reduction In Spend From Problem Gamblers

The French gambling regulator has called on operators to prioritise reducing their share of gross gaming revenue generated by problem gamblers in 2023.
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Gambling

Visa, Mastercard Targeted In UK With New Multi-Billion Card Fee Claim

Harcus Parker, a UK-based commercial litigation law firm, is to launch a second class action lawsuit against Mastercard and Visa on behalf of merchants.
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Payments

Nigeria Supreme Court Postpones Ruling On Cash Swap Until After Election

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has voted to postpone a key decision on the withdrawal of "old series" naira banknotes until after the country’s presidential election following criticism.
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Payments

Libya Embarks On Payment Modernisation Journey With EU Backing

Libya is planning to launch a new instant payment system and open banking framework, supported by the EU and part of a wider effort to boost the digitalisation of financial services in the war-worn country.
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Payments

U.S. Legislative, Legal Battles Continue Over Unregulated Gaming Machines

The dispute over whether supposedly skill-based games found in convenience stores throughout the U.S. should be made legal and taxed or simply legislated out of existence continues to play out as lawmakers in various states have been unable to resolve the issue through legislation.
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Gambling

Atlantic City College To Offer Esports Degree As States Seek To Lead Sector

A New Jersey college is poised to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in esports management, in the latest sign of the increasing importance of esports in key gaming states.
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Gambling

South Korean Lawmakers Advance Online Racing Reforms

After a lengthy delay, the South Korean legislature is heading toward legalising online betting for horseracing in response to pandemic impacts on industry revenue.
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Gambling

No Head Of Gambling Policy As Premier League Looks Set To Vote On Sponsorships

The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has said there is currently no minister appointed to oversee the country’s gambling policy.
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Gambling

News In Brief: February 20-February 24, 2023

Brazilian state launches first ever regulated sports-betting site, Hong Kong will extract an additional HK$12bn from the Hong Kong Jockey Club over five years and Missouri committee favours bill without VLTs.
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Gambling

UPI Meets PayNow As India-Singapore Payments Linkage Goes Live

India and Singapore have announced that the bilateral linkage of their instant payment systems, UPI and PayNow, is now live, marking the first linkage of its kind for India.
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Payments

Open Banking Surpasses Seven Million Milestone In UK

Open banking products are being used by 7m UK customers, it has been announced, five years on from the regulatory requirements introduced by the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
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Payments

Extend RTGS Operating Hours For Cross-Border Payments Boost, Says BIS

A new report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has called on central banks to improve cross-border payments efficiency by extending the operating hours of real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems.
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Payments

CBDC Pilots Ready For Take Off In Brazil, Russia And Japan

Brazil, Japan and Russia have become the latest economies to announce a pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as global momentum continues.
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Payments

U.S. Betting Operators Begin To Re-Evaluate League, Team Partnerships

U.S. sports-betting market leaders have begun to take different stances in pursuing partnerships with professional sports leagues and their teams that have been a common but expensive marketing tool in recent years.
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Gambling

Australia's Online Regulator Punishes BetDeluxe Over Spam

Australia’s national online gambling regulator has fined corporate bookmaker BetDeluxe more than A$50,000 ($34,200) for spamming customers and ordered an operational review, the second such punishment since issuing a massive fine to Flutter subsidiary Sportsbet.
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Gambling

Swedish Regulator Will Not Issue Umbrella Supplier Licence

The Swedish Gambling Authority has said it will not issue umbrella licences or permits to online gaming suppliers, despite major concerns from industry stakeholders that this will be costly and time-consuming.
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Gambling

Greece To Use TIPS For Government Payments

The Bank of Greece has announced it will be the first central bank in the Eurosystem to join the TARGET Instant Payment Scheme (TIPS) as the beneficiary's bank for domestic and cross-border government payments.
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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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