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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil鈥檚 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鈥檚 Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging 鈥渞adical鈥 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鈥檚 official gazette.
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Daily Dash: New Zealand Consults On Proposed Agreement To Develop Open Banking

New Zealand鈥檚 open banking framework is taking shape under a new proposal from the Commerce Commission, while Lithuania has fined a former board member of global payments firm Majestic Financial.
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Payments

Vanuatu Launches Upgraded Online Gambling Regime

Vanuatu is the latest remote jurisdiction to pitch a revised regulatory framework to online gambling operators amid global offshore licensing turbulence.
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Gambling

Questions Linger For Canadian Gaming Expansion Beyond Ontario, Alberta

With one province embracing a privatized online gaming model, and another soon to follow, the question for many becomes if and when the rest of Canada will follow suit.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Regulator Gains Powers Under New Regime

Gibraltar鈥檚 planned gambling law update would regulate individuals and give the Gambling Commissioner new powers to fine licensees for violations.
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Gambling

Spain Loot Box Changes Will Not Regulate Most In-Game Purchases, Warns Academic

Spain鈥檚 loot box rule changes designed to protect minors will allow most types of in-game purchases to remain unregulated, according to an academic researcher of video game law.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: Singapore's New Anti-Money Laundering Bill Enters Parliament and Other Reforms

The Singaporean government has tabled its new Anti-Money Laundering Bill in parliament for its first reading as part of its ongoing reforms of AML regulation.
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Payments

India Links Up With ASEAN On Instant Cross-Border Payments Platform

India has become the first non-ASEAN country to join the latest phase of Project Nexus, a multilateral effort to deliver instant cross-border payments by interlinking domestic payment systems.
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Payments

EBA Clarifies DORA's Applicability To Third-Country Branches In The EU

In its first Q&A on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) has made clear that third-country branches of credit institutions are not covered by the regulation.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UK's Open Banking Limited Announces Major Update With Standard v4.0

The fourth and latest version of the UK鈥檚 Open Banking Standard has been released, and a new instant payments system has launched in Kuwait after receiving central bank approval.
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Payments

Finland Publishes Law To Open Market In 2027

Finland鈥檚 Ministry of the Interior has sent its much-anticipated draft proposal to license betting, online slot machines and casino games to the government, proposing that licensees could operate from the beginning of 2027.
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Gambling

U.S. Federal Budget Bill Includes Raising Tax Threshold On Slot Jackpots

A report accompanying an appropriations bill in the U.S. Congress includes language directing the Internal Revenue Service to increase the threshold for reporting slot machine winnings to the taxman from $1,200 to $5,000.
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Gambling

UK Gambling Ads Remain Deeply Unpopular

GambleAware is calling on the UK government to more strictly regulate gambling advertising after new research showed that gambling ads are still deeply unpopular with the general public.
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Gambling

Bank Of Lithuania Warns Of Increased Risk As Payments Sector Assets Grow

In a new bulletin, the Lithuanian regulator has said it is seeking to mature the growing fintech hub it has come to supervise, while addressing operational risks and compliance setbacks.
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Payments

Wells Fargo/Bilt Drama Shows Fragility Of US Credit Card Reward Schemes

Questions over the future of a partnership between Wells Fargo and Bilt have drawn attention to the viability of US credit card rewards, at a time when the sector is facing increased political scrutiny.
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Payments

Circle Becomes MiCA-Compliant As EU's New Stablecoin Rules Go Live

The long road to MiCA is now finally over, and Circle has pulled ahead of rival stablecoin issuers in announcing its compliance with the regulation one day after it came into effect.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Will Labour Make Big Tech Companies Liable For Scams?

The UK鈥檚 Labour Party may have a big announcement on scam reimbursement if it wins the general election, while Austria has imposed a record-breaking fine on Raiffeisen Bank for AML failures.
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Payments

Isle Of Man Updates Gambling Enforcement Protocols

The Isle of Man鈥檚 gambling regulator has updated its enforcement strategy with a slew of public documents outlining investigative processes, enforcement powers, penalties, remediation criteria and criminal referral options.
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Gambling

Northern Ireland Inquiry Recommends New Regulator, Affordability

Northern Ireland鈥檚 All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling has made 57 recommendations to the Northern Ireland Executive, including a new independent regulator and spending loss limits.
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Gambling

Thailand Seeks Tax Revenue With Plans To Legalise Casinos

Thailand is moving forward with plans to legalise integrated resorts in an effort that has already attracted interest from some well-known gaming companies, including Las Vegas Sands and Genting Group.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: New Open Finance Regulation Goes Live In UAE

The United Arab Emirates has published its long-awaited Open Finance Regulation, while anti-corruption groups in Nigeria have said the country is close to exiting the FATF greylist.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania鈥檚 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 鈥渢horoughly defined鈥, according to legal experts.
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Australia鈥檚 Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia鈥檚 research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a 鈥渟ignificant milestone鈥, 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 鈥淥ne Big, Beautiful Bill鈥 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are 鈥渆ssential鈥 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鈥檚 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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FCA鈥檚 拢21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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