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2.3KFrench Lower Parliament Passes Big Tech Tax Bill
France’s lower parliament has passed a proposed tax that targets the revenue of tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. Last month,...
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2.7KBrexit Prompts EU Watchdog To Urge Protection Of Consumer Deposits
Ahead of the U.K.’s potential departure from the European Union, the bloc’s banking watchdog is imploring member states to protect the deposits of...
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3.3KUK Retailers’ Holiday Sales Have Worst Performance In A Decade
Retailers in the U.K. had a poor showing during the holiday shopping season; The Financial Times reported that despite steep price cuts, retail...
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3.0KFrance To Move Ahead With Tech Tax In January
France, which had vowed to start taxing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon in December if the European Union failed to agree on...
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6.3KUK Retailers Dealing With Slow Holiday Shopping Season
U.K. retailers are warning of a bad holiday shopping season. Mike Ashley, head of the Sports Direct chain, warned that the situation...
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3.1KMacron, French Banks Agree Not To Raise Bank Fees
France’s major banks have agreed to freeze the fees they charge next year in an effort to stop “yellow vest” protests that...
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3.2KSweden’s Central Bank Favors Digital Currency
As the Riksbank seeks to adapt to a society that is turning to cashless payment methods, the Swedish central bank is considering issuing...
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2.9KEU Cracks Down On Passport Sales Due To Money Laundering
The European Commission announced Wednesday (October 10) that it plans to provide European Union states with guidelines for handling national schemes to...
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3.8KCitizens Advice Files Complaint With British Regulator
Following a complaint from Citizens Advice, Britain’s competition regulator might investigate financial service and telecom companies. The group had contended that consumers...
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2.7KECB President Says No To Digital Euro
With cash use still popular in Europe, and the technology behind digital money remaining fragile, the European Central Bank (ECB) doesn’t intend...
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5.5KECB Wants ‘Single Agency’ For AML Enforcement
Following scandals at European lenders, the European Central Bank (ECB) wants the European Union (EU) to step up enforcement of anti-money laundering...
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3.0KWhy The New eIDAS Regs In The EU Could Be A Game Changer
The EU, in concept, is meant to create a single, free-trade zone where consumers can move goods and services easily and without...
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6.5KHow A Single Digital ID Will Become EU’s Commerce Passport
When trying to understand the new eIDAS regulations set to go officially online in the EU in September, it helps, Trulioo GM...
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6.9KEurope Seeks SWIFT Alternative
To help attain financial independence, Europe has reportedly been working on a money transfer system. It would be separate from the prevailing...
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3.3KUK Debt Advice Providers Lack Funding To Keep Up With Demand
As consumer debt levels in the U.K. are on the rise and debt collection groups are reportedly not paying voluntary contributions, providers...
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3.8KUK Card Services Get A Closer Look From Regulators
The Payments Systems Regulator (PSR), Britain’s official payment watchdog group, has announced it will be reviewing banks that process card transactions on...
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2.6KRevamped UK Payment System Embraces Blockchain
A revamped Bank of England (BoE) payments system is expected to connect with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to...
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3.0KBrussels Rebuffs UK Post-Brexit FinServ Plan
Brussels has rejected the U.K.’s proposals on how to govern London’s access to the European market after Brexit. According to the Financial Times,...
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3.0KWhy An Insurance Startup Is Targeting Foreign Drivers In The UK
A startup in the United Kingdom called Marshmallow has raised $1.2 million in seed funding as it tries to use digital technology...
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4.0KSWIFT Caught Up In The Squeeze Over The Iran Deal
SWIFT, as an organization, bills itself as a neutral player in the global economic system. That’s why the recent international flare-up over...
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3.9KLendix Notches $37M Amid European Expansion
After raising $37 million in a funding round backed by investors such as Idinvest and Allianz, French lending platform Lendix is eyeing...
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1.0KEU Proposes Tougher Stance On Foreign Investments
In response to an increase of Chinese acquisitions of European rivals, the European Parliament’s international trade committee has approved a proposal calling...
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3.5KEU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund...
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4.3KFlywire Expands With New London HQ
Flywire, a provider of global payment and receivables solutions, has announced a major expansion of its U.K. and European operations and team....
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6.8KThe European Banking Authority Plans ‘Roadmap’ For FinTech Regulation
While the European Banking Authority has created a “roadmap” on how to regulate emerging FinTech services, the body is not keen on...
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5.2KEU Proposed Law Aims To Make Friends With FinTech
As the European Union (EU) prepares for the U.K.’s exit from the bloc next year, the EU’s executive is set to propose...
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3.1KLatvian Member Of ECB Snared In Corruption Probe
Latvia’s top banking official and key European Central Bank member Ilmārs Rimšēvičs is currently facing accusations of bribery and money laundering. Latvian Prime...
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5.1KBrussels Proposes Licenses To Support Fintech Sector
In an attempt to compete against the U.S. and Asia in the financial technology sector, Brussels will propose pan-EU licenses to help...
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6.4KMore EU Countries Get Instant Credit Transfers Through SEPA
The European Payments Council has announced the launch of its Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst), which enables...
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6.2KA New UK FinTech Is Looking For A Banking License
Revolut — a U.K.-based financial technology firm — said Wednesday that it has applied for a European banking license, making it the...
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4.4KEU Banks Investigated For Blocking FinTech Access To Customer Data
EU antitrust authorities have launched an investigation into whether Dutch and Polish banking associations and their members are blocking FinTech companies from...
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5.2KWhy Would Someone (Literally) Flush ~$100K Down The Toilet?
Anyone who has ever been accused of wasting money with the phrase “flushed it down the toilet” will likely be tickled to...
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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax
Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./Google, based on...
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3.8KMoney Laundering Reaches Record Numbers In Europe
The head of Europol is calling for tighter controls after the organization found that money laundering goes mostly uninvestigated, despite the fact...
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4.2KVantiv Gets An Extension On Worldpay Bid
Worldpay has granted its U.S. buyer Vantiv a week-long extension to get its takeover bid in order. Vantiv has already agreed to...
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4.3KEurope, CNP Fraud Trendsetter?
Europe sets the pace for fashion, finance … and fraud? As EMV gains traction in the States, the chip card revolution on the...
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4.1KSamsung Announces $150M Investment Fund For European Startups
Samsung’s venture capital arm has announced it will use a $150 million global funding round to invest in Europe’s startup scene. CNBC...
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2.0KU.K. Election Surprise Throws Brexit Fate Into Doubt
It seems things have not turned out quite as expected for Theresa May and her Conservative government in the U.K. The plan...
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3.7KEuropean Banks Warn Against Reversing Screen-Scraping Ban
European banks are imploring the European Commission not to give in to the demands of FinTech firms and cancel the implementation of...
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4.1KAs Trump Policies Depress Tourism, Hotels And Airlines Turn To Discounting
Donald Trump’s immigration policies may or may not be good for America. But, the world’s biggest travel companies claimed, they are definitely...
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5.2KKlarna Snaps Up BillPay
Getting the week off with a bit of a bang, it looks like some European payments power players are joining up to...
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4.3KTech Takes A Talking To At Davos For Its Effect On Jobs
Big banks, since the halcyon days of the Great Recession, have had a long sit in the naughty chair — widely maligned as...
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Bankers Talk Brexit And Jobs Exodus At Davos
Though there was some initial hope that London’s status as an international financial service hub would persist unaffected by the Brexit —...
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4.7KSage Considering Sale Of North American Business Unit
Britain’s largest software group by sales, Sage, is looking for a buyer for its North American payments business as part of a...
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4.4KLondon’s Tech Leaders Press For Answers About Post-Brexit Plans
London’s tech leaders are concerned about what the city’s future as an international finance hub will be in a post-Brexit world — and...
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3.7KEU Market Volatility Sidelines IPOs
Even while the U.S. is seeing a resurgence of sorts in initial public offerings, Europe may be seeing a bit of a...
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Post-Brexit Pains Hitting Many Industries
Just over three months since Brexit, and the world is starting to see how it’s affected Britain and its economy. Some examples...
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3.9KLydia Bags $7.8 Million For P2P Payments
Lydia — a French P2P payments start-up — has grabbed $7.8 million for expansion in other European countries. The service is designed to allow...
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British CEOs Considering Exits, Post-Brexit
Seventy-five percent of British bosses are debating whether to shuffle their companies out of the country. That’s according to a survey of...
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6.3KUK Importers Being Hit By Brexit
The impact of the U.K.’s historic vote to leave the European Union on the U.K. economy is still anyone’s guess, but U.K....
