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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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Daily Dash: Worldline, Commerzbank Expand Instant Payments Partnership In Switzerland, EU

Worldline has equipped Commerzbank to meet new instant payments regulations in the EU and Switzerland, while Tesco has given the all-clear following a major one-day outage of its contactless payment systems.
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Payments

Massachusetts To Take Action Over BetMGM College Prop Bets

Two hearings for sports-betting operators seeking to exit Massachusetts are expected to resume Thursday, while no date has been set yet for an adjudicatory hearing concerning BetMGM accepting thousands of proposition bets on college football games in violation of state regulations.
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Gambling

Panel Debates Black, White, Grey Gambling Markets

Black markets are an “area of criminality”, with most marketplaces “inherently compromised by crime”, said an executive with a company that monitors illegal gambling.
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Gambling

Curaçao Issues First New Look Licence

Curaçao has licensed the first gambling company under its transitional regime, as it moves towards complete reform of its controversial licensing system.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Commission To Launch Financial Risk Check Pilot Scheme

The UK Gambling Commission will launch a pilot scheme for financial risk checks in the “coming weeks”, according to executive director Tim Miller.
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'Something People Care About': MEPs Unanimous Before Wednesday's Instant Payments Vote

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the Instant Payments Regulation on Monday (February 5), which is due to be voted on during a plenary session on Wednesday with various factions signalling support for its passage.
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Payments

Fragmented US Privacy Laws To Challenge Payment Firms

US privacy regulations are becoming a complex web of federal and state laws, with new rules at both levels set to be adopted this year as the country moves towards open banking.
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Payments

'Persistent Non-Compliance' Triggers RBI Lockdown On India's Paytm Bank

Following a “stringent” move by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Paytm Payments Bank may now be on borrowed time, but its licence remains intact — at least for now.
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Daily Dash: RBI Says Time For FIs To Get Smart About Internal Compliance Monitoring

India’s central bank has ordered a review of internal compliance monitoring processes among regulated entities, and the Bank of Japan has confirmed that it will switch to the latest version of ISO 20022 in November 2025.
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Payments

PAGCOR Says Online Licensees Crime-Free, Warns Suppliers

Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR has announced that “all the criminal activities” among foreign-facing online gambling licensees (POGOs) have been “weeded out”, while admitting industry service providers continue to supply illegal operators.
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Gambling

Kansas Senate To Take Up Sports-Betting Advertising Ban

A measure aimed at prohibiting online advertising for sports betting in Kansas is the latest effort by lawmakers to curb public exposure to gambling advertisements.
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Gambling

Estonian Government Told Not To Ban Gambling Adverts

Estonia's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has warned that banning gambling advertising will “lead to a series of new concerns” and called for more research ahead of proposed changes to the country’s Advertising Act.
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Gambling

EU's Final AML Text Could Be 'Life Or Death' For PISPs, Warn Fintech Groups

Key EU trade associations are seeking clarification on an important recital in the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation that they warn could have negative consequences for payment initiation service providers (PISPs).
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Payments

Fintechs Look To Remittances To Drive Mobile Wallet Reach

Revolut is the latest fintech to launch a mobile wallet aimed at streamlining cross-border payments, as remittances drive the adoption of digital payments between smartphones.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Tata Reportedly Set For Faster Payments Takeover In UK

Indian conglomerate Tata has been tipped to unseat Vocalink as the operator of the UK’s instant payment system, and the Reserve Bank of India has warned against a rise in KYC updation fraud.
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Ohio Governor, NCAA Call For Prop Bet Restrictions

Ohio’s governor and the National Collegiate Athletic Administration (NCAA) are pushing for the state to restrict proposition betting on college sports, citing ongoing concerns over gambling-related harassment of the players.
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Gambling

Dutch Government Mulls Single Customer View

Gambling operators in the Netherlands face the prospect of an enforced “single customer view”, as officials also warn that a full advertising ban looms if the industry cannot improve its image.
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Gambling

NSW Mandates Problem Gambling Floorwalkers At Slots Venues

The New South Wales (NSW) state government is set to require gambling venues with more than 20 electronic gaming machines to appoint full-time floorwalkers to monitor problem gambling behaviour.
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Georgia, Mississippi Mobile Betting Bills Clear First Chambers

Legislation to permit mobile sports betting cleared the Georgia Senate on Thursday, but with a major catch that could impede the bill’s future progress.
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WynnBET, Betr Exits From Massachusetts Delayed

Two of eight mobile sports-betting operators had planned to exit Massachusetts within the next few weeks but now an exact date is still to be determined as regulators failed to approve their cessation plans.
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Regulatory Influencer: Poland Proposes Targeted Simplification of EU Financial Services Rule

On June 2, 2025, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) announced that it had submitted a package of proposals intended to simplify regulatory frameworks across the EU financial services sector to the EU member states, the European Commission and other institutions within the EU Financial Services Committee. These proposals form part of a broader initiative led by the Polish Ministry of Finance, which aims to harmonise and streamline EU regulations to support the competitiveness of the European Union’s economy, including that of Poland.
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Regulatory Influencer: AML Compliance Is Key Under Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance

Under Hong Kong’s new Stablecoins Ordinance, another milestone in the global trend towards regulating digital assets in the same way as traditional financial services, any person who issues stablecoins referencing an official currency must obtain a licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
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Norwegian Consumer Council Reports Klarna For Breaching Regulatory Requirements

In a submission to the Norwegian Consumer Authority, the consumer advocacy group has accused the Swedish fintech firm of repeatedly violating Norway’s credit marketing regulations.
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Singapore To Require Offshore Crypto Firms To Be Licensed Or Cease Operations By June 2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has clarified the scope of its regulatory regime for providers of digital tokens, crypto-assets used for payments.
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FCA Moves To Boost AI Use With New Sandbox

UK financial services firms will be encouraged to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) strategy to support economic growth through technological innovation.
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Australia Calls For Greater Collaboration In Battle Against Fraud

Businesses should join forces and share data to advance the fight against increasingly sophisticated scams, according to the Australian National Anti-Scam Centre.
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FCA Sets Out New Transparency Rules For Enforcement Investigations

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined significant changes to its enforcement rules, although it has stopped short of implementing some of the more controversial elements of its original proposal.
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Cash Mandate Moves Closer To Being Law In New York State

Retailers will not be able to refuse cash payments in New York if Governor Kathy Hochul signs off on legislation that has passed both houses of the state legislature.
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Regulatory Influencer: Canada Retail Payments Activities Act — Safeguarding of End-User Funds

This report is the third installment in a four-part series analyzing the RPAA and identifying key components of the law that PSPs should consider when doing business in Canada. This report focuses on the requirement to safeguard end-user funds.
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Regulate Smarter, Say European Players In Light Of Trump’s Deregulation

Despite the US leadership pushing for an increasingly deregulated financial services market, some payments players and politicians in Europe are adamant that standards being watered down is not the way to boost growth.
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