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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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Swedish Treasury Pushes Black Market, Data Protection As Regulatory Focus

Sweden’s State Treasury has found that government revenue and gambling addiction have remained largely unchanged since the country reformed its online market, as it backs new measures to protect players.
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Gambling

UK Penalises White-Label Firms Over AML, Safer Gambling Failings

​​​​​​​Two white-label gambling companies, which each operate more than 200 websites for other companies, have been assessed more than £700,000 for failings in anti-money laundering (AML) and safer gambling policies.
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Gambling

Big Three Of California, Florida, Texas Vital To U.S. Sports Betting

The future of the U.S. sports-betting market hinges on the three states of California, Florida and Texas, with excessive advertising a legitimate concern but cannibalization of traditional casino revenue an unproven myth, according to New Jersey’s chief gambling regulator.
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Gambling

California Tribes See Battle Against Mobile Sports Betting As 'Fight For Survival'

By far the most high-stakes and most expensive campaign ever in the U.S. to legalize sports betting continues to escalate in California as tribes and commercial operators battle for voter support of their competing initiatives.
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Gambling

US Trade Bodies Release AML Best Practices For Money Transmitters

Best practices have been released to guide money service businesses on how to develop a programme for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance and addresses the challenge of de-risking.
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Payments

Instant Payments Mandate Could Speed Up Adoption, But Comes At A Cost

The European Commission is expected to unveil new instant payments regulation this autumn, including mandating banks to accept it, but Brussels has a long wait before it finally becomes "the new normal".
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Payments

BIS Provides Tools To Boost Payment Firms’ Direct Access To Central Bank Systems

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a self-assessment report for central banks to encourage the direct participation of payment firms in central bank payment systems. In a separate report, the organisation also calls for a global settlement window to increase the speed of cross-border payments.
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Payments

New York iGaming Bill 'Too Much, Too Soon' In 2022

New York state Senator Joseph Addabbo has acknowledged he may have acted too soon by introducing an online gaming bill during this year’s legislative session as lawmakers were coming off approving mobile sports betting and then three downstate casino licenses.
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Gambling

Curaçao Now Targets End-Of-Year Gambling Reform

​​​​​​​The Curaçao government is promising a long-delayed reform of gambling legislation to fix what an independent body calls “shortcomings in regulation” by the end of the year.
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Gambling

More M&A Activity Expected Amid Stock Sell-Offs

U.S. gaming stocks continue to extend their recent losing as investors worry about ongoing inflationary pressures, but there are still merger and acquisition opportunities within the industry, according to a panel of financial analysts.
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Gambling

LUNA’s Crash Landing: Algorithmic Stablecoin Experiment Ends In Tears

TerraUSD, a US dollar stablecoin that runs on the Terra blockchain, appears to have met its maker after shedding 70 percent of its market cap in a single day.
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Payments

Counting The Cost: How Will The LUNA Crash Impact Crypto Regulations?

With the Terra blockchain halted on May 12, both TerraUSD, an algorithmic US dollar stablecoin, and LUNA, its collateral token, are now officially laid to rest.
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Payments

PSR Fines NatWest Group For Interchange Overcharge

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has punished the retail banking group after four of its banks failed to comply with the Interchange Fee Regulation.
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Payments

Commission Sets Sights On Stronger Consumer Protection Rules

The European Commission has adopted a reform of the current EU Rules on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services, which govern distance selling.
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Payments

The Tinder Swindler: Dating Apps Accuse Google Of Anti-Competitive Behaviour In California Lawsuit

Match Group, owner of popular dating apps Tinder, Match and OKCupid, is suing Google after accusing it of establishing an in-app payments monopoly.
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Payments

NSW Regulator Laments 'Scary' Lack Of Control Over Slots

The head of the New South Wales (NSW) state gambling regulator complained to government officials in December that his agency had “very few regulatory levers to pull” on the poker machine (slots) industry, according to leaked documents.
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Gambling

Minnesota House Approves Sports-Betting Bill

​​​​​​​The Minnesota House of Representatives passed legislation that would legalize sports betting in the state Thursday night, but even House legislators acknowledged the bill is not likely to clear the Senate.
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Gambling

Brazil Senate Poll Finds Popular Support For Casino Expansion

A poll conducted by Brazil’s Senate has suggested strong popular support for casino expansion, even though a vote on a sweeping measure that passed the lower house in February seems highly unlikely until after October’s elections.
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Gambling

UK Children See Fewer TV Gambling Ads As Habits Shift

​​​​​​​Children across the UK are seeing fewer gambling adverts on TV, but the Advertising Standards Authority is warning that the real challenge for the industry has shifted online.
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Gambling

BetMGM Pulls Back In High-Tax New York

BetMGM executives have said the MGM-Entain joint venture has made “a concerted decision” to lessen its pursuit of mobile sports-betting customers in New York due to the state’s steep tax rate.
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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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