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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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Kenya Improving Tax System, Considering National Lottery

Kenya's new government is considering setting up a national lottery and will ramp up tax collection as the country looks for ways to stimulate growth.
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Gambling

Subsidies Renewed For Indian Banks On Low-Value RuPay Debit Card, UPI Payments

The Indian government has announced that it will continue a long-standing incentive scheme that allows banks to claim subsidies for processing certain types of low-value digital payments.
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Payments

Hungary Pushes For Expanding ATM Network

As digital payments have become part of everyday life, regulators are growing concerned about the decline in access to cash. Hungary has become the latest country to regulate the number of ATMs that card issuers must provide.
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Payments

US Federal Reserve Prepares Master Account Register

The US Federal Reserve is building a public database of payment system participants as the transparency of granting valuable access to the central infrastructure is becoming a more pressing issue.
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Payments

UK Parliamentarians Warn Premier League Of Sponsor Probe

The vice chair of a coalition of UK politicians has warned the Gambling Commission and the English Premier League to account for alleged ties of eight sports-betting sponsors to convicted junket supremo Alvin Chau or face a parliamentary probe.
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Gambling

New Hampshire Legislature Debates Online Gaming Bill

The chairman of the New Hampshire Senate’s Ways and Means Committee believes his state should join six others in regulating online gambling and is proposing to use a model similar to the one already being used to regulate mobile sports betting.
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Gambling

Ukraine Passes New Bill To Hike Gambling Industry Taxes

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill which scraps the inclusion of the gambling industry in the country’s simplified taxation system and returns rates to pre-war levels.
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Gambling

Owner Of World's Richest Sports Franchise Finds Betting A Hard Sell

Valued at $8bn by Forbes Magazine, the Dallas Cowboys are the wealthiest sports team on the planet, but the team’s owner is finding it difficult to persuade lawmakers even in his home state to support sports betting.
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: US AML Probe Leads To Arrest Of Russia-Linked Exchange Founder, MiCA Vote Postponed

The US Department of Justice has arrested and charged a Russian national as part of a major crypto AML investigation, the EU has pushed back its vote on MiCA, and Three Arrows Capital has re-emerged as a bankruptcy claims exchange.
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Payments

SCA Works, At Least For Fraud Reduction, Italian Data Shows

In a recent report, Italy’s central bank found that strong customer authentication (SCA) has significantly reduced card-not-present fraud and saved around €60m.
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Payments

HSBC Admonished For API Fails In The UK

HSBC has got into trouble with the Competition and Markets Authority for failures relating to the Retail Banking Order.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Spanish Stablecoin Project Gets Go-Ahead

Banco de Espana has approved a euro-backed stablecoin project, the UK’s Treasury minister has talked up the benefits of open banking and the EU’s banking watchdog has revealed a record number of high earners in the sector.
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Payments

Indiana Online Casino Efforts Begin With New House Bill

Although the chances of passage remain slimmer than most advocates would hope, Indiana legislators have begun to mount their 2023 effort to enact online casino legislation in the state.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Fines Malta-Based Shark77 €900,000

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has fined Malta-based online operator Shark77 €900,000 for allowing Dutch players to gamble on its website without a licence.
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Gambling

Paraguay Regulator Faces Legal Action Over Sports-Betting Tender

Paraguay’s beleaguered National Gaming Commission (Conajzar) could be facing legal action from B-Gaming and Gambling SA Consortium, which narrowly missed out on the country’s sole sports-betting contract.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 16-January 20, 2023

Massachusetts regulator scheduled to approve sports-betting ad rules, University of Colorado discontinues PointsBet referral scheme and New South Wales Premier supports proposed ban on club political donations.
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Gambling

Nigeria To Create Open Banking Framework Inspired By EU’s PSD2

Nigeria has become the latest country to embrace open banking as part of the country’s new wide-ranging payment modernisation efforts, while the country also celebrates the go-live date of its domestic card scheme.
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Payments

Russia Slaps Apple With $17.4m Fine Over Pay Services

Russia has followed regulators in many other parts of the world in ruling that Apple has abused its dominant position.
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Payments

China’s CBDC To Work Offline, As PBOC Also Expands Use Cases

China’s e-CNY wallet app can now work offline allowing users to make payments where internet connection is poor or when their device runs out of battery. The country’s central bank has also announced plans to allow the central bank digital currency (CBDC) for investment purposes and to include it in its official money supply statistics.
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Payments

Maryland Makes Diversity Key Plank Of Sports-Betting Framework

After an explosive start to mobile sports betting, Maryland regulators have approved the diversity plans of newly-licensed sportsbook operators to implement a key tenet of the state’s policy framework.
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Vietnam Regulatory Overhaul Targets Alignment With International Norms

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has launched a wide-ranging consultation process aimed at amending three key regulations governing the country’s payments ecosystem.
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Hong Kong Bank Fines Aim To Deter Compliance Failings

A cluster of enforcement actions by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) underlines the tough approach the jurisdiction is taking to combating financial crime.
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Malta ‘Dear CEO’ Letter Part Of Drive For Professionalisation

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a new Dear CEO letter aimed at improving transparency and raising standards in the authorisation process for firms seeking MFSA licences.
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Regulatory Influencer: Non-Bank Stored Value Facilities Prepare For Hong Kong–China Instant Payments Corridor

Payment Connect, the first linkage between the instant payments systems of Hong Kong and mainland China, is now in operation, connecting Hong Kong’s Faster Payment System (FPS) with China’s Internet Banking Payment System (IBPS).
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Regulatory Influencer: How Will The GENIUS Act Affect Stablecoin Issuers And Intermediaries?

On July 17, 2025, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that introduces a new federal framework for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and the following day President Trump signed it into law.
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Leading Operators In French Online Casino Debate Renew Lobbying War

Public progress on legalising online casino games in France has been thin on the ground, but recent glimpses suggest that efforts to lobby key decision makers are still underway.
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Brazil Minister Rattles Industry With Regulatory Remorse

The government minister responsible for Brazil’s federal betting regulator is considering stricter rules on advertising and online casino games and says he would even outlaw online gambling altogether if given the opportunity.
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News In Brief: July 21–July 25, 2025

Gambling Commission releases account closure data to bolster transparency, while GLI is set for acquisition by Avalon Buyer Ltd
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Gambling CEOs Touting ESG Virtues Grumble About Black Market Growth

In an era where sustainability is king and politics is hostile, European gambling’s top execs are wise to advertise their ESG credentials, but say they fear an emboldened black market is undoing their good work.
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FCA’s Barclays AML Fines Underscore Push to Tackle Financial Crime

The UK financial watchdog’s decision to fine Barclays heavily for failing to conduct appropriate money laundering checks demonstrates a renewed focus on compliance in this area.
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