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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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Beijing Warns Online Operators Of Joint Philippine Crackdown

Beijing has issued a new warning to Philippine online gambling operators, promising enhanced cooperation between the two nations’ police forces amid a sustained Chinese crackdown against the regional industry.
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Gambling

Florida Anti-Gambling Coalition Sues Seminoles, Governor Over Compact

The lawsuit everyone has been waiting for finally arrived on Mondayh when a powerful coalition of anti-gambling interests in Florida asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. to nullify the state’s landmark new compact with the Seminole Tribe.
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Gambling

BNPL Regulation To Come To Ireland

The Irish Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021 is proposing to give the Central Bank of Ireland the power to regulate all buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) activities.
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Payments

UK’s Taskforce Proposals for Payments Regulations and Data Protection

This analysis outlines key proposals in relation to payments and data protection following the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform independent report, released on July 16, 2021, to address how the UK can seize new opportunities from Brexit. It aims to put the proposals in the context of wider developments taking place in UK payments regulation.
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Payments

News In Brief - September 28, 2021

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is satisfied that the Current Account Switch Service (CASS) still justifies its classification as an alternative switching scheme. Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden has reportedly picked a fierce critic of cryptocurrencies as the new head of the OCC.
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Payments

Should Payment Firms Rely On Gatekeepers For AML Compliance?

From time to time, payment firms rely on so-called gatekeepers — accounting and legal firms that give businesses access to the financial system — to provide them with background checks on customers and other forms of anti-money laundering (AML) information. The Office for Professional Body AML Supervision has, however, determined that these gatekeepers are not particularly well-regulated.
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Payments

Move Away From Other Business, Yi Gang Tells Chinese Payment Firms

China's regulators are striving to strike a balance between encouraging fintech development and offsetting financial risks, with the separation of payment firms and other types of business uppermost in their minds.
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Payments

U.S. Senator Asks SEC To Be Clear About Cryptos

A U.S. senator has sent a strong message to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the extent of interest in various topics related to digital assets.
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Payments

India's Kerala High Court Overturns Ban On Online Rummy

The High Court for southwestern Kerala state has struck down a state government ban on online rummy, a vindication for India’s gaming industry as it moves to fight a similar ban in neighbouring Karnataka state.
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Gambling

Former Gambling Regulator Calls On Poland To Reform Tax

Poland’s former finance minister has joined calls for the country to start taxing gambling companies based on revenue, instead of the current turnover model.
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Gambling

Ontario's Online Opening Breaks New Ground In Canadian Gambling Market

Ontario is weeks away from establishing Canada’s first online gambling licensing regime, although key policy questions still remain for a market that will be unique in North America.
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Gambling

Scientific Games Sells OpenBet To IMG Arena Owner for $1.2bn

Scientific Games announced on Monday that Endeavor would purchase its OpenBet business, capping a three-month process to divest its sports-betting division.
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Gambling

Czech Industry Self-Regulating After Government Analysis

A trade group in the Czech Republic representing nearly the entire licensed gambling market has embarked on a new sweeping harm reduction project, as the Ministry of Finance continues to push for more comprehensive online and advertising restrictions.
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Gambling

News In Brief - September 27, 2021

Sweden's financial regulator has diverged from the European Banking Authority's new anti-money laundering guidelines.
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Payments

EU Data Supervisor Suggests AML Improvements

The EU’s data protection supervisor has struck a note of caution on the trading bloc’s newly-proposed anti-money laundering (AML) law.
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Payments

China Clamps Down On Crypto Transactions

The People’s Bank of China, which regulates the banking sector of the world’s second largest economy, has declared on its website that all cryptocurrency transactions are illegal.
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Payments

Ripple To Help Bhutan Fulfil Plans For CBDC

The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan has announced that it will be using Ripple’s blockchain technology to run its pilot scheme for a central bank digital currency.
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Payments

Caesars NHL Jersey Ad Worries Responsible Gambling Advocates

Just over a month after the National Hockey League’s board of governors approved advertisements on players’ jerseys, beginning with the 2022-23 season, the Washington Capitals on Friday became the first franchise to announce a betting company as its jersey sponsor.
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Gambling

Finnish Parliament Finally Receives Lottery Act Amendments

Finland’s long-anticipated Lottery Act amendment was submitted to parliament on September 23, confirming the government's intent to bolster the country’s monopoly system.
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Gambling

Bolton Wanderers Cuts Gambling Ties

Another UK football team is cutting all ties with its gambling sponsors and partners, as talks of an impending shirt sponsorship ban and changes to the “white label” system populate the national media.
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DraftKings Pays $3m To Settle Connecticut Marketing Investigation

DraftKings has agreed to return more than $3m to players and pay a $50,000 penalty in a second high-profile settlement announced by Connecticut regulators in as many months.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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