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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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Swiss Central Bank To Expand 'Very Successful' Wholesale CBDC Pilot

The Swiss National Bank has confirmed that its ongoing pilot of wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be extended for at least two more years.
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Payments

Al Etihad Payments' Aani Revolutionises Financial Inclusivity And Security In The UAE

In the second instalment of an exclusive interview with 91天堂原創, Jan Pilbauer, chief executive of government-backed Al Etihad Payments explains how the Aani payments platform is seeking to enhance inclusivity in the UAE鈥檚 financial sector.
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Payments

Philippines Keeps Best US Human Trafficking Rating Despite Raids

The US State Department has retained the Philippines鈥 top rating for eliminating human trafficking despite a surge in online gambling linked operations that exploited and enslaved thousands of local and foreign workers.
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Gambling

Gibraltar Border Deal Is Not Do Or Die, Minister Tells Gambling Industry

Gibraltar should prepare for the potential collapse of negotiations over a European Union border deal considered vital to its online gambling industry, but its minister in charge of gambling issues vows the territory will adapt to any outcome.
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Gambling

Nevada Revising Regulations For Cybersecurity, Ceasing Operations

Since the beginning of the year, Nevada gaming regulators have approved dozens of updates to regulations and even eliminated some outdated rules as they continue to find ways to reduce the regulatory burden on the state鈥檚 largest industry.
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 24-June 28, 2024

Tribal gambling revenue topped $43bn last year and the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas has been awarded a gaming license.
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Gambling

Fortune Tiger: The Game Devouring Brazil

The proliferation of the online casino game Fortune Tiger on Brazilian social media continues to attract negative headlines as arrests of influencers involved in promoting the game multiply, with legal experts growing concerned at a possible knock-on impact for forthcoming regulations.
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Gambling

Buenos Aires Pauses New Online Licences To Address Youth Gambling

The City of Buenos Aires has halted applications for online gambling licences as part of a campaign to tackle adolescent gambling.
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Gambling

CFPB Takes Aim At BNPL Regulatory Loopholes In The US

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has vowed to close regulatory loopholes that benefit buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders, in an effort to regulate the sector in the same way as credit cards.
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Payments

Week In Crypto: Louisiana Signs Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-CBDC Bill Into Law

Louisiana becomes the latest US state to ban central bank digital currency, Israel cracks down on crypto-based money laundering and terrorist financing, and the US offers a $5m bounty for the "Crypto Queen".
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Payments

Daily Dash: FCA Delays PEP Review Until After General Election

The UK鈥檚 financial regulator has said it will keep its review of politically exposed persons (PEPs) under wraps during the general election, while the US Treasury has settled with an Italian TV channel over North Korea sanctions violations.
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Payments

Tribal Sports Betting A Beneficiary Of U.S. Supreme Court's Florida Ruling

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida鈥檚 legal victory to keep state-wide mobile betting intact, a prominent tribal gaming attorney believes that precedent now allows tribes to amend their gaming compacts to offer mobile wagering instead of states granting licenses for betting.
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Gambling

Pennsylvania Fines Live! Casino $100,000 For Proxy Wagers

Pennsylvania regulators approved a consent agreement on Wednesday that includes a $100,000 fine for an affiliate of Cordish Companies after several sportsbook employees accepted illegal proxy bets.
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Gambling

UK Political Scandal Highlights Industry's Monitoring Capabilities

The UK鈥檚 ongoing political betting scandal has shone light on the immense effort operators take to monitor bets and potential high-risk customers in the regulated market, say experts.
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Gambling

US Senators Challenge Supreme Court Ruling In New CFPB Funding Bill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is once again at the centre of a dispute between lawmakers in the US, after a group of Republican senators introduced a bill that aims to abolish its direct funding mechanism.
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Payments

Open Banking In UAE Needs A 'Killer Use Case', Says Al Etihad CEO

In the first instalment of an exclusive interview with 91天堂原創, Jan Pilbauer, chief executive at Al Etihad Payments (UAE), spoke about the national payments entity鈥檚 work on open banking and open finance adoption in the country.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Aussie Payments Industry Agrees To Split Costs Of Cash-In-Transit Business

A struggling cash-in-transit business has been given a helping hand by Australia鈥檚 payments industry, while the UAE has issued new criteria for taking part in its regulatory sandbox scheme.
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Payments

DC Council Approves Sports-Betting Overhaul

The DC Council gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that will open the District of Columbia鈥檚 sports wagering market to multiple mobile operators for the first time.
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Gambling

Kenyan Parliament Stormed In Response To Proposed Tax Hikes

Public backlash against Kenya鈥檚 new finance bill, which proposes a raft of tax increases including a host affecting the gambling industry, has seen protestors storm parliament and set a section of it on fire.
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Gambling

The Fed's New ScamClassifier Model Goes Live In The US

The US Federal Reserve has introduced a new data collection model known as ScamClassifier that aims to promote consistent reporting of scams and improve mitigation strategies.
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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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