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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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Brazil Senate Set To Vote On Betting Bill

Brazil’s sports betting and online gaming Bill PL 3626/23 is getting the fast-track treatment, with a final Senate vote scheduled for tomorrow despite the fact that many senators will be away at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. 
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Gambling

UK Industry Group Warns Of Stealth Online Tax Increase

The UK gambling industry’s largest trade group has reacted with dismay to news that the government is considering hiking taxes on online betting.
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Gambling

Entain Close To Agreeing £585m Penalty With UK CPS

Entain has reached a preliminary approval for its agreement with the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to pay a £585m penalty over its former Turkish-facing business.
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Gambling

Merchants Push For Digital Euro To Have 'Close To Zero' Fees

While welcoming the digital euro as an additional payment method, trade associations want to ensure it is consumer-friendly and cost-effective for merchants — pushing for low fees.
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Payments

Bank Of Lithuania Fines Contis €840,000 Over Compliance Failures

Contis has been fined €840,000 for several compliance failures, including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, information security and business continuity risk.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Dutch Banks Issue Guidelines To Tackle Sex Worker De-Risking

The Netherlands has introduced new industry guidance to enable sex workers to open bank accounts, the EU Council has approved a new law on harmonised data rules, and Hong Kong’s Anti-Deception Alliance goes live.
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Payments

What Will The Cabinet Reshuffle Mean For UK Regulation In 2024?

Following a reshuffle, key ministerial staff at HM Treasury are now new to their roles, raising questions as to whether plans laid out in 2023 will sail seamlessly into 2024.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Progress For EU’s SPAA Scheme

The European Payments Council has published the business conditions for its SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, while the European Banking Authority (EBA) has begun consulting on the travel rule for crypto firms.
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Payments

What Next For Crypto After Binance's $4.3bn Settlement?

As 2023 draws to an end, Binance has become the latest casualty of a continued crackdown on crypto firms by US regulators. Following a record-breaking settlement, Binance has said it will fight on, but are such hopes realistic given the seriousness of the charges?
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Payments

Collection, Protection Of Consumer Data Key For U.S. Gaming Industry

The U.S. gaming industry collects massive amounts of customer data for marketing free play at slot machines or for mobile sports-betting bonus offers, but researchers also want to use that data to classify those with gambling problems.
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Gambling

California Attorney General Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Legality

The California Attorney General’s Office is preparing a formal opinion regarding the legality of daily fantasy sports in their entirety under state law, Vixio GamblingCompliance has learned.
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Gambling

India Reportedly Forms Ministerial Group To Assess Online Gaming

India’s government has scheduled a first-ever Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting for next month to formally address online gaming regulation, hinting that certainty around enforcement, taxation and self-regulation is now a cabinet priority.
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Gambling

Mexican Gambling Experts Rail Against Regulatory Changes

Mexican gambling lawyers and industry officials are issuing a collective sigh of frustration at a presidential decree which purports to ban slot machines and other casino games in gaming halls.
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Gambling

Time For A National Payments Strategy, UK Report Says

The “strongest recommendation” in a new report on the UK payments landscape is that the government develops a national payments vision and strategy.
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Payments

Daily Dash: New Eurosystem Retail Payment Strategy Strives For 'Resilience'

The European Central Bank has said resilience will be a key goal for retail payments in 2024, Tempo has published new research on the growth of euro-backed stablecoins, and the Bank of Korea prepares for a CBDC "usability test".
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Payments

News In Brief: November 20-November 24, 2023

Chile's online gambling bill is finally heading for the political limelight, a gambling operator is sentenced to 20 years in jail in the Philippines and Star Entertainment's watchdog in Australia has its term extended.
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Gambling

Official UK Problem Gambling Rate Set To Skyrocket Under New Model

The UK Gambling Commission has completed the final step in the experimental phase of its project to improve data collection on gambling participation and the prevalence of problem gambling, publishing new data for the Gambling Survey for Great Britain.
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Gambling

Brazil's Online Betting Bill Passes To Senate Floor

The Brazilian Senate’s economic affairs committee voted on Wednesday to approve its version of a pending sports-betting bill, after a move to remove casino games from the legislation was rebuffed by senators.
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Gambling

UK ICO Enforcement Threat For Gambling Firms Over Advertising Cookies

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned that websites face enforcement action if they do not make changes to comply with data protection laws surrounding advertising cookies, highlighting online gambling firms targeting addicts as a key concern.
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Gambling

Fintechs Pleased With 2024 Commitments From Canada's Government

Canada’s government has taken heed from fintech and payments players in the country, opting to expand Payments Canada’s membership and to bring forward a legislative framework for open banking.
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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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