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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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Finally! UK Government Unveils Crypto Plans

Stablecoins are to be recognised as a valid form of payment and the Royal Mint is making a non-fungible token, HM Treasury has announced.
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Payments

Request To Pay Innovations To Kick Off In 2022

Pay.UK is set to launch three new features for the request to pay overlay service later this year, which is expected to help give a competitive edge to payment providers, reduce fraud and aid struggling small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Payments

Footballers Banned From UK Gambling Ads Under Tougher Rules

Leading footballers will be banned from marketing gambling products under new rules designed to curb their appeal to young people, a UK advertising body has announced.
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Gambling

India Seizes $54m From Lottery Mogul Santiago Martin

India’s economic crimes agency has seized 4.1bn rupees ($54m) in bank account and mutual fund holdings controlled by notorious “Lottery King” Santiago Martin. The latest salvo in a decades-long battle between law enforcement and the gaming mogul.
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Gambling

Ontario Ends Grey-Market Status With Historic Online Gaming Launch

A new era of online gaming in Canada officially launched on Monday as 13 approved operators went live in Ontario with regulated sports betting and online casino offerings.
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Gambling

Greek Watchdog Backs Online Casino Boost

Revenues for Greece's thriving online market passed €700m for the first time in 2021, as the gambling regulator recommended to government that a hike in the maximum online casino stake would benefit the market still further.
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Gambling

Swedish Treasury Targets Black Market, Duty Of Care

​​​​​​​Sweden’s State Treasury has called for more action against unlicensed operators and for consumer protection measures to be bolstered.
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Gambling

G7 Nations Need Common Crypto Regulations, Says Bank Of Japan Official

Stablecoins are in the crosshairs as policymakers focus on sanctions busters, while Japan’s central bank digital currency study forges ahead.
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Payments

Malaysia Unveils Plans To Study CBDCs, Rejects Proposal To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

Malaysia’s central bank has published a new report outlining plans to study both wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for a range of use cases, while debate rages over digital assets.
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Payments

Crypto Players Express Disappointment Following Brussels’ Travel Rule Vote

New transfer rules have been voted through by members of the European Parliament (MEPs), igniting frustration among the crypto industry who feel like they are being unnecessarily targeted.
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Payments

Crypto Mining Investment Shows Bitcoin’s Potential Green Future

Despite a widespread assumption that Bitcoin mining is bad for the environment, there are many factors that could one day lead it to be encouraged rather than denounced by regulators.
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Payments

UK’s Rapid Scam Response Scheme Prevents Over £200m In Attempted Fraud

UK Finance has said that its Banking Protocol rapid scam response scheme has prevented tens of thousands of people from becoming victims of fraud since 2016.
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Payments

Is Your Compliance Team Ready To Deal With ’Blitz-Scaling’?

As the UK fintech space continues to expand at lightspeed rates, compliance teams have often struggled in the background to keep up with the pace of change. With the promise of a more agile Financial Conduct Authority and the nascent digital currency space, compliance teams are facing a number of challenges.
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Payments

Louisiana Takes Spotlight For March Madness Betting Finale

If Kansas wins Monday’s National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s college basketball championship game against North Carolina, a furniture store owner in Houston, Texas, will win at least $6.27m from online wagers he made in Louisiana.
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Gambling

Camelot To Fight For Lost Lottery Licence In Court

​​​​​​​Camelot has launched a legal appeal against the Gambling Commission’s decision to award the UK National Lottery tender to Allwyn.
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Gambling

Ukraine's Regulator Makes Controversial Return

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has said it has resumed operations and will focus on supervising online operators, in part because much of the nation’s land-based industry has been literally destroyed.
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Gambling

Kansas House Approves Sports-Betting Bill, Senate Defers

Following a whirlwind day that included multiple conference committee meetings and a contentious but favorable House vote as Friday night became Saturday morning, Kansas sports-betting legislation remains unresolved following a key legislative deadline.
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Gambling

Crypto Cloud Looms For MEPs As Panetta Turns Up To Talk CBDC

While the European Central Bank’s digital euro chief was keen to talk about the project, lawmakers from Brussels’ left and right factions were more interested in knowing how a CBDC would correspond with the widespread acceleration in adoption of crypto.
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Payments

PSR Hints At Scheme And Cross-Border Card Fee Reform

In correspondence with the Treasury Select Committee, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has said that it is in the "early stage" of its thinking with the Interchange Fee Regulation reform as it focuses on identifying harms caused by scheme and cross-border interchange fees.
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Payments

Update: Wyoming Drops State-Backed Stablecoin Plans, For Now

Governor Mark Gordon has vetoed a Wyoming bill that would have created a state-backed stablecoin, cautioning that the state’s reputation is at stake.
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Irish Bookmakers Warn Against Potential Betting Duty Tax Increase

The Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA) has warned the government against including a 0.5 percent to 1 percent increase in betting duty tax in the 2026 budget, fearing it will result in job losses and betting shop closures.
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Regulatory Influencer: China’s Shift To ‘Long-Term’ Licensing Signals Payments System Maturity

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued its first batch of “long-term” licences to non-bank payment institutions, in line with its efforts to tighten supervision of the sector.
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Bank Of Ghana Warns Remittance Firms Over Persistent Regulatory Breaches

Ghana’s financial watchdog has raised the alarm over persistent compliance failures in the remittance market and stated that firms failing to address violations will face sanctions.
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GambleAware’s Demise Stokes Fears Over Future Of UK Research, Treatment

The UK’s most prominent gambling charity GambleAware has announced it will close as a result of the new mandatory responsible gambling levy, raising questions about the future of funding for addiction treatment and the potential politicisation of research.
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AUSTRAC Prosecutes Leading Operator Of Slot Machine Venues

Australian financial transactions regulator AUSTRAC is prosecuting a leading club owner and slot machine operator over “serious and systemic” violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.
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Oregon Lottery Seeks To Ensure Integrity, Security In Regulating Couriers

Mike Wells, director of the Oregon Lottery, admitted it has maintained a neutral stance on lottery courier services over the years, a position that has changed as more of the services operate in the state, with no formal regulatory oversight.
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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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CFPB Hits Pause On Open Banking Rule Rewrite

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is backing away from its earlier push to scrap a key open banking regulation, instead asking a federal court to pause litigation so it can develop a revised version of the rule.
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Ukraine Adopts EU-Style Open Banking Rules

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved a comprehensive package of regulations to implement open banking in Ukraine, supporting the country's efforts to align with the EU.
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Marcos' Keynote Silence On Gambling Cheers Online Industry

The Philippine President’s avoidance of domestic online gambling issues in this year’s congressional appearance has encouraged the industry and frustrated its foes amid finance secretary support for taxation over prohibition.
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