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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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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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EBA Recommends Enforcement Pause To Avoid PSD2-MiCA Compliance Duplication

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a No Action letter aiming to reduce the risk of crypto-asset firms needing to obtain two separate licences for certain payment activities under overlapping European rules.
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Enforcement Overhaul At FCA Welcome News For Regulated Firms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) attempt to increase the transparency of its enforcement investigations could also speed up investigations, which experts say would be good news for the financial services sector.
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Lithuania Fintech Sector Is Booming, But Regulator Issues Warning Over Liquidity

Lithuania’s e-money and payments sector is continuing to flourish; however, the central bank has urged institutions to be cautious in how they safeguard client funds.
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Daily Dash: New EU Cybersecurity Rules Enter Into Force

The European Commission has confirmed that its new Cybersecurity Regulation is now in force, and Cambodia has announced that its new cross-border QR code linkage with China’s UnionPay is now live.
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Gamesys To Pay £6m Penalty For AML, Social Responsibility Failures

London-listed online operator Gamesys is set to pay a £6m penalty and undergo a third-party audit after a UK Gambling Commission investigation revealed a host of social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failings.
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Philippine Sports Regulator, Police Botch Raid On POGO Licensee

Evidence of tension in online gambling enforcement in the Philippines has emerged via a botched raid by a sports gambling regulator on a legitimate offshore-facing online gambling operation.
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Gambling

Opposition Remains As Efforts Underway For California Sports-Betting Initiative

California sports-betting proponents have begun signature collecting in an effort to qualify their amended measure for this year’s ballot, despite opposition from many Indian tribes.
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Gambling

Industry Voices Push For Uniform Responsible Gaming Regulation

One of the prevailing concerns during the rapid expansion of sports betting across the U.S. has been the potential for a high-profile gambling scandal that affects the industry at large, and some stakeholders say some uniform regulation may be the path to minimizing risk.
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UK Gambling Charities Welcome Statutory Levy But Highlight Concerns

The head of UK charity GambleAware has highlighted proposals that could potentially negatively impact service provision and treatment access in the recently closed statutory levy consultation.
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Time's Up: Extensions End For Compliance With FCA Crypto Promotion Rules

Following a three-month extension that was offered to eligible firms, all of the UK’s new crypto-asset promotions rules are now live, requiring customer action to continue using crypto services.
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Payments

2024: Europe Set For Another Busy Year In Payments

Last year, the EU pushed forwards on payment services reforms, the digital euro and instant payments regulation. Now, industry stakeholders believe that 2024 will be another non-stop year for payments players.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Adyen Builds Direct Connection To UK Faster Payments In 'Record Time'

Adyen has unveiled a direct connection to the UK’s Faster Payments service, a new report has warned that instant payments are helping criminals, and Škoda has launched an in-car payment service.
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Pick'em Fantasy Operators Call For Clearer State Guidelines

Operators of pick’em-style fantasy sports games continue to make their case for improved clarity when it comes to what type of offerings states will permit.
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Gambling

Attorney General Seeks Pennsylvania Supreme Court Review Of Skill-Games Decision

Attorney general Michelle Henry has filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court seeking a review of a lower state court’s ruling that skill-game machines are not illegal, according to the filing obtained by Vixio GamblingCompliance.
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Daily Dash: HSBC Completes Sale Of Retail Banking Business In France

HSBC has quit its retail banking business in France, Spain has named three partners that will take part in a major CBDC pilot, and India has hit a digital rupee milestone by issuing salary payments in CBDC.
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UDPN's Single Network For Regulated Digital Currencies Prepares To Challenge Swift

The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is aiming to roll out commercial use cases in 2024, starting with cross-border transfers and swaps, that could challenge Swift.
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BNPL Regulation Comes To The Middle East

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have unveiled new frameworks for short-term credit agreements.
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Payments

Kambi Announces Resignation Of Co-Founding CEO

Stockholm-listed B2B sports-betting provider Kambi has announced the resignation of CEO and co-founder Kristian Nylén this morning (December 8).
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Gambling

U.S. State Lawmakers To Promote Model Online Casino Legislation

A national coalition of state lawmakers has announced it will form a committee to prepare model gambling legislation for states to consider, with online casino topping the agenda.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 1-January 5, 2024

Bally's will reportedly launch sports betting in Massachusetts after its Rhode Island operation is up and running, while Betway withdraws its plans for the Bay State.
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German Regulator Criticises Proposal To Decriminalise Illegal Gambling

The German Ministry of Justice has proposed decriminalising illegal gambling and making it strictly an administrative offence, but the regulator calls the proposal “incomprehensible”.
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Ecuador President Seeks Referendum To Legalize Casinos

Ecuador’s newly-elected President Daniel Noboa has asked the country's Constitutional Court to establish a referendum to reopen casinos and gaming halls as a part of his plan to tackle rising crime. 
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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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