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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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American Gaming Association Claims Mischaracterizations In New York Times Series

The New York Times published its long-awaited series on the expansion of sports betting in the United States this weekend, criticizing the industry for overly lofty projections for tax revenues and marketing partnerships that target college students.
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Gambling

Islamic Party's Success Jeopardises Online Reform In Malaysia

The possibility of online gambling regulation in Malaysia may have been extinguished for the foreseeable future, following shock gains by a leading Islamic party in Saturday’s national elections.
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Gambling

U.S. Federal Court Rules Horseracing Integrity And Safety Act Unconstitutional

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, a federal anti-doping law enacted in 2020 that created a private agency to regulate the industry, has been struck down by a federal appeals court as an unconstitutional delegation of government power to a private entity.
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Gambling

Massachusetts Receives 12 Applications For Mobile Sports-Betting Licenses

Despite heavy early interest from operators, Massachusetts’s gaming regulator reported Monday that it had received fewer applications than available slots for mobile sports-betting licenses.
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Gambling

It’s A No From Me! Lithuania President Vetoes Payments Law

Data protection problems prevent amendments to payments law coming into effect in Lithuania, as the legislation heads back to the country’s parliament.
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Payments

India U-Turns On Personal Data Lockdown, Permits Cross-Border Transfers In New Bill

Three months after withdrawing a bill that sought to impose restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal data, the Indian government has had a rethink, publishing a new bill with fewer localisation requirements.
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Payments

Turkey Proposes Changes To Payment Card Rules

Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency has published a draft amendment to its payment card regulations aimed at incentivising international players to partner with local processors in the country.
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Payments

Sweden's Culture Committee Opposed To 'Adjusted Moderation' Of Gambling Ads

​​​​​​​Sweden’s culture committee wants legislators to reject proposals relating to the “adjusted moderation” of gambling advertising in a government bill introduced earlier this year designed to enhance controls on the industry.
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Gambling

Norway Restarts Daily Kindred Fines, Says Operator

Norway has reinstated a series of multi-million euro fines against Kindred, only weeks after a deal to suspend the enforcement was reached, according to the Stockholm-listed operator.
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Gambling

Allwyn Deal To Buy Camelot Ends UK Lottery Licence Challenge

Czech lottery giant Allwyn has agreed to buy current UK National Lottery operator Camelot in a deal that is set to end the bitter legal battle between the two.
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Gambling

FanDuel Looks To Extend U.S. Sports-Betting Dominance With Marketing Spend Advantage

When FanDuel started to see marketing spend decline among its competitors following this year’s Super Bowl, the Flutter-owned company saw an opportunity to hit the accelerator, according to CEO Amy Howe.
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Gambling

The Curious Case Of Illinois Sports Betting

A second application process for three online-only licenses is the latest chapter in the story of an Illinois sports-betting market that has become the second largest in the U.S. but taken on a very different shape than was anticipated when a state law was passed three years ago.
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Gambling

PSPs Among Those EBA Wants Input From On Greenwashing Risks

The EU’s supervisory authorities have launched a joint call for evidence on greenwashing and how best to tackle it. This includes wanting to hear from payment institutions.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: FTX Celeb Promoters Sued For Damages, While Genesis, BlockFi Bar The Doors

Another week in crypto is dominated by the collapse of FTX, whose celebrity endorsers are now facing a class action lawsuit. Meanwhile, the contagion spreads to FTX partners Genesis and BlockFi.
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Payments

Demands Without Delay: The EU’s New Instant Credit Transfer Requirements Create Challenges and Opportunities for PSPs

This regulatory analysis will: look into the background of instant payments (IPs) in Europe and the motivation of the European Commission to take legislative action in this field; provide an overview of the current institutional and legislative framework that applies to IPs in the European Union (EU); explore the key legal obligations and definitions introduced by the proposed IPs regime; and examine the implications of the proposed measures for PSPs from a compliance, enforcement and business perspective.
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Payments

Fintechs May Exploit Debit Card Rules, US Treasury Finds

The US Treasury warns that fintechs may take advantage of an exemption applicable to small banks to circumvent the federal interchange fee cap on debit card transactions.
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Payments

Consumer Duty Will Deal With Bigtech, Says FCA Chief

The Consumer Duty will help with managing the entry of bigtech firms into the UK retail financial service, ensuring a level playing field, the chief executive of the financial services watchdog has said.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK Chancellor Addresses Bigtech Monopolies In Budget

UK Chancellor warns of increased bigtech scrutiny, the Clearing House (TCH) has published its US real-time payments transactions data for the first time, and the European Central Bank joins new EU cloud network initiative.
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Payments

How Do You Sleep, Ronaldo? Bettors Might Like To Know

​​​​​​​Does footballer Cristiano Ronaldo play better if he gets more than six hours sleep before a match? Want to bet on it? The future of gambling may see this kind of highly personal data as fair game.
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Gambling

Argentine City of Córdoba Hits Last Minute Regulation Roadblock

Officials in the city of Córdoba are putting up a fight to oppose attempts by the Argentine province of the same name to regulate online gambling.
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AI Joint Venture Demonstrates UAE’s Digital and Financial Ambitions

The Middle Eastern state continues to harness financial services as an asset, moving to modernise its payments infrastructure through a public-private initiative involving the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Regulatory Influencer: The Digital Ruble - Russia’s Leap into Central Bank Digital Currencies

On July 15, 2025, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced that September 1, 2026 would be the beginning of the large-scale implementation of the digital ruble. The implementation date was set following an initial delay of the rollout that was scheduled to commence in July 2025. ​The digital ruble is a digital representation of a traditional ruble issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). Unlike other cryptocurrencies, it operates under the CBR’s direct control, offering an official, government-backed alternative to cash and other electronic payment methods.
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Open Banking Can Plug Gaps In Financial Checks, Say Experts

As the gambling industry and its regulators ponder how to balance the growing demand to diagnose gamblers’ financial vulnerability with customer privacy, open banking evangelists still believe the technology has a key role to play.
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Ukraine Revokes Multiple B2B Licences Under New Zero Tolerance Approach

Ukraine’s new gambling regulator, PlayCity, has begun its work to remove any potential Russian-linked businesses, revoking several business-to-business licences in a single day after they failed to provide enough evidence that they have no link to countries at war with Ukraine.
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U.S. Congressional Leaders Pledge Cooperation On Gaming Tax Deduction Reversal

The CEO of the American Gaming Association reiterated his support for the restoration of the full gambling loss tax cap deduction as members of the House Committee on Ways and Means held a field hearing Friday in Las Vegas on the One Big, Beautiful Bill.
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News In Brief: July 28 - August 1, 2025

New Jersey seeks to ban micro sports betting, while Irish banks introduce gambling blocks ahead of national self-exclusion rollout
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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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