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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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Casinos Top AUSTRAC's List For Laundering Risk In Gambling

Australia鈥檚 financial transactions regulator has issued a three-year forecast for money laundering vulnerability that rates the gambling sector overall as stable and medium risk.
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Gambling

Brazil Lawmakers Propose New 'Sin Tax' On Gambling

A congressional working group to implement a major Brazilian tax reform bill has proposed that all fixed-odd betting, sweepstakes, games of chance and fantasy sports should be subject to a so-called "sin" tax.
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Gambling

Ohio Regulator Seeks Comment On Updated Promotions, Bonuses Rule

Ohio sports-betting operators have until Friday to submit comments on an updated amendment to promotional and bonus regulations that seek to clarify how licensees can offer inducements connected to non-gaming transactions.
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Gambling

Nigeria Issues New Withholding Tax Regulations, Including Some Gambling Exemptions

Nigeria鈥檚 Federal Ministry of Finance has issued new regulations for deducting taxes from a range of payments at their source, including winnings from games of chance.
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Gambling

FinTech Australia Urges Regulators To Publish Clearer Data On Open Banking

A key fintech association in Australia is challenging the country鈥檚 regulators to offer more accurate open banking data, as disagreements emerge over how to quantify consumer adoption.
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Payments

EU Rejects Citizen Petition To Amend PSD2 Due To Costs

Polish citizen Krzysztof Banasiewicz鈥檚 petition urged amendments to the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) to ease the financial challenges faced by intra-EU emigrants and enhance security for payment service providers.
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Payments

EBA Sets Out Its MiCA Supervisory Priorities For 2024/2025

Internal governance and risk management and financial crime risk management will be among the European Banking Authority鈥檚 (EBA) key areas of focus for the coming year.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Visa, Mastercard Extend EU Antitrust Commitments On Interchange Fees

Visa and Mastercard have volunteered to extend a key antitrust commitment in the EU, while the first phase of a payment linkage between Russia and Iran is set to go live next month.
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Payments

Philippine Finance Minister To Recommend POGO Shutdown

The Philippine finance minister has said he will recommend to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr that foreign-facing online gambling operations be shut down amid escalating reports of criminal activity, violence and congressional anger.
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Gambling

Virginia Fines Rush Street Gaming's Rivers Casino $545,000

Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Virginia, has agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars in fines to settle several violations of state gaming regulations that occurred last year and earlier this year.
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Gambling

Regulatory Influencer: FATF Updates Its 'Greylist' to Include Monaco and Venezuela

On June 28, 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published its updated list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly referred to as the "greylist".
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Payments

Daily Dash: Dutch Finance Minister Proposes Law To Restrict UBO Register Access

The Netherlands has introduced a new draft law that will restrict access to ultimate beneficial owner registers, while Hong Kong has issued an AML fine to the local subsidiary of Singapore鈥檚 largest bank.
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Payments

Open Banking In Australia Has Failed To Live Up To Its Potential, Says ABA

The head of the Australian Banking Association (ABA) has said its members are seeing little return on their investment after spending heavily on open banking implementation.
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Payments

Chile Overhauls Payment Card Regulations

The Central Bank of Chile has updated the regulations concerning the issuance and operation of payment cards to reflect changes in the country鈥檚 retail payment sector.
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Payments

UK Fintech Sector Readies Its Wishlist And Waits To Hear Labour's Priorities

Fintech players have urged the incoming Labour government in the UK to revive the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and halt plans for authorised push payment scam reimbursements, but whether these issues will be addressed remains to be seen.
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Payments

UK Industry Pledges To Work With New Labour Government

UK trade group the Betting and Gaming Council has welcomed Labour鈥檚 election landslide victory and committed to working with the new government to deliver industry reforms, such as 鈥渇rictionless financial risk checks online鈥, but the industry awaits key ministerial appointments.
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Gambling

Frustrations Rise Over Limited Canadian Enforcement

Canadian legal experts have said enforcement of Canada鈥檚 unregulated gambling market, including operators that have failed to convert to the regulated Ontario space, remains a low priority for authorities and that regulated operators are beginning to take notice.
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Gambling

Bill To Let California Tribes Sue Cardrooms Over Exclusivity Advances

A decades-old conflict between tribal casinos and operators of cardrooms in California could be headed to a state courtroom as a bill to provide tribes standing for a one-time lawsuit moves closer to the Assembly floor.
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Gambling

UK Study Affirms Online Gambling Dependence On High-Rollers

A newly released study of gambling spending in the UK uses real-world data to affirm the thesis that online gambling, especially racing, depends heavily on a small percentage of players.
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Gambling

News In Brief: July 1-July 5, 2024

The Argentine city of Mendoza will block access to unlicensed online betting operators in public spaces and Chile is investigating the National First Division Championship after match-fixing reports.
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GambleAware鈥檚 Demise Stokes Fears Over Future Of UK Research, Treatment

The UK鈥檚 most prominent gambling charity GambleAware has announced it will close as a result of the new mandatory responsible gambling levy, raising questions about the future of funding for addiction treatment and the potential politicisation of research.
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AUSTRAC Prosecutes Leading Operator Of Slot Machine Venues

Australian financial transactions regulator AUSTRAC is prosecuting a leading club owner and slot machine operator over 鈥渟erious and systemic鈥 violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.
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Oregon Lottery Seeks To Ensure Integrity, Security In Regulating Couriers

Mike Wells, director of the Oregon Lottery, admitted it has maintained a neutral stance on lottery courier services over the years, a position that has changed as more of the services operate in the state, with no formal regulatory oversight.
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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 the bookie habit of blocking winning customers, but Westminster politicians eager for reform are striking an altogether different tone.
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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 5 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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