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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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Regulatory Influencer: US CFPB Seeks to Expand Supervisory Authority to Include Big Tech and Other Non-Bank Digital Payment Applications Providers

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a proposed rule, titled 鈥淒efining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications," which would establish the CFPB鈥檚 supervisory authority over certain non-bank covered persons participating in a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications.
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Payments

New Zealand Regulator Argues Against Scrapping Interchange Fees

New Zealand鈥檚 Commerce Commission has come out against removing interchange fees, which make up the bulk of merchants鈥 payment acceptance costs, but is considering revised fee caps.
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Payments

FTC Investigates Mastercard And Others Over Surveillance Pricing Practices

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into eight companies suspected of using surveillance pricing practices.
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Payments

Daily Dash: FCA Imposes New Rules On Bank Branch Closures In Cash-Poor Areas

The UK鈥檚 financial regulator is stepping in to ensure that bank branch closures do not lead to cash shortages in local areas, while Italy has seen a downturn in suspicious transaction reports so far in 2024.
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Payments

Isle Of Man Cancels Online Gambling Licences In Crime Probe

The Isle of Man鈥檚 gambling regulator has cancelled the licences of two online gambling operators that have been under criminal investigation since at least April.
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Gambling

State Lotteries Have One Eye On Regulations And One Eye On Operations

Expanded responsibilities to oversee new forms of gambling such as sports betting are creating new challenges for U.S. state lotteries to juggle their dual roles of operators and regulators.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports-Betting Operators Warn Of Over-Taxation

Executives with leading operators have warned state lawmakers that excessive tax rates risk stretching the U.S. sports-betting market past its breaking point.
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Gambling

UK Regulator Defends Problem Gambling Stats Feared By Industry

A Gambling Commission official has firmly defended its upcoming release of statistics from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain as 鈥渙pen and transparent鈥, and prepared to set a 鈥渘ew baseline鈥 for tracking gambling-related harm over time.
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Gambling

UK Big Tech Review Could Drive Account-To-Account Payments Adoption

The UK鈥檚 Payment Systems Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority are evaluating the benefits and risks of digital wallets for consumers and businesses, which may lead to new incentives for account-to-account (A2A) payments.
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Payments

Brazil Delays Recurring Payments Feature For Pix Until June 2025

The Central Bank of Brazil has announced a new timeline for the implementation of recurring payments on its highly popular Pix platform.
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Payments

Maryland iGaming Bill's Failure Sets Up Renewed Effort In 2026

A bill to allow Maryland voters to decide whether to legalize internet casino gaming failed to get out of the legislature and onto this year鈥檚 ballot due to strong and coordinated opposition from unions representing casino workers and several gaming companies.
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Gambling

C贸rdoba's Online Gambling Under Attack

Legislators in Argentina's province of C贸rdoba are fighting to repeal legislation from 2021 that legalised online gambling.
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Gambling

ECB Gives Non-Bank Payment Providers Access To Central Bank Systems

In a major shift for the EU鈥檚 financial sector, the European Central Bank (ECB) has introduced a harmonised policy allowing non-bank payment service providers to access central bank-operated payment systems, including TARGET.
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Payments

EU Financial Supervisor Satisfied With Germany's Post-Wirecard Progress

In a new report on the German Financial Supervisory Authority's (BaFin) progress since the Wirecard scandal, the European Securities and Markets Authority says it is broadly satisfied with the changes that have been made.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Bank Of Lithuania Issues Warning To EMI Over Sanctions Compliance

The Bank of Lithuania has ordered an e-money institution (EMI) to tighten its sanctions compliance processes following an investigation, while India has announced that its financial sector was mostly unaffected by last week鈥檚 Microsoft outage.
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Payments

Full POGO Ban Raises Questions On Domestic Industry, Enforcement

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr鈥檚 landmark decision to ban foreign-facing online gambling operations (POGOs) has attracted near-unanimous political support, but leaves questions hanging on enforcement and the fate of the domestic online industry.
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Gambling

U.S. Sports-Betting Scandals Highlight Need For Industry Accountability

The principal owner and chief executive officer of Major League Baseball鈥檚 Pittsburgh Pirates believes it is the role of gaming regulators and lawmakers to foster integrity in sports betting because the widespread legalization of wagering has changed the way people interact with the game.
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Gambling

Model U.S. iGaming Legislation Offers Few Details Beyond Tax Rate

Despite widespread belief in the U.S. gaming industry that internet casino gaming will drive significant revenue growth, efforts to expand the legal market beyond just a few states continue to be blocked over concerns about cannibalizing land-based casino and increasing gambling addiction.
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Gambling

Daily Dash: CFPB Proposes Rule To Clarify Fees For Paycheck Advance Products

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to reclassify paycheck advance products as consumer loans, while Hong Kong has named Standard Chartered among the first participants in its stablecoin issuance sandbox.
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Payments

Hong Kong Stablecoin Legislation Takes Shape Following Consultation

Major banks, fintechs and digital asset firms are watching lawmakers in Hong Kong closely as the financial centre moves towards its first bill to regulate stablecoin issuance.
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Payments
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EBA Slams Fintechs Over Lax Compliance In New AML Risk Assessment

In its latest risk assessment, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that poor practices and a lack of experience at fintechs, including payments and crypto firms, are undermining efforts to tackle financial crime.
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CFPB Hits Pause On Open Banking Rule Rewrite

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is backing away from its earlier push to scrap a key open banking regulation, instead asking a federal court to pause litigation so it can develop a revised version of the rule.
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Ukraine Adopts EU-Style Open Banking Rules

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved a comprehensive package of regulations to implement open banking in Ukraine, supporting the country's efforts to align with the EU.
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Marcos' Keynote Silence On Gambling Cheers Online Industry

The Philippine President鈥檚 avoidance of domestic online gambling issues in this year鈥檚 congressional appearance has encouraged the industry and frustrated its foes amid finance secretary support for taxation over prohibition.
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UK Threats Loom Even As Regulator Takes Softer Approach

The UK鈥檚 gambling regulator says egregious VIP schemes are a thing of the past and is backing bookies' habit of blocking winning customers, but Westminster politicians eager for reform are striking an altogether different tone.The UK Gambling Commission says that schemes which saw big bettors wined and dined by operators in the hopes of extracting more wagers are largely a thing of the past.
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Boyd Big Winner Among U.S. Casino Operators In Sports Betting Rush

The deal between FanDuel and Boyd Gaming to reacquire five percent of the sports betting giant鈥檚 equity serves as a reminder of how much the sports betting industry has changed in terms of acquiring market access.
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Trump Administration Pauses Senate Committee Vote On CFTC Nominee

Brian Quintenz鈥檚 nomination to be the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been sidelined for the second time in the last week, this time at the request of the White House.
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Tanzania Eyes Land-based Gambling Changes After Introducing Tax Increases

The Law Reform Commission of Tanzania is reviewing a host of legal changes to help the country achieve its National Development Vision 2050, including looking at the impact of land-based gambling on young people.
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British Horseracing Authority Fight Against Proposed Tax Change Gathers Support

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced Lord Allen of Kensington will begin his role as chair on September 1 as its fight against a proposed "racing tax" gains support from a wide range of stakeholders.
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EU Regulators Clarify Scope Of DORA Register Of Information

The latest Q&As from the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) aim to address confusion around the EU鈥檚 operational resilience framework and the expectations for the Register of Information.
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