With claims that the company aimed to coerce music venues into using its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the Justice Department is reportedly gearing up...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could allow mobile devices to command the airwaves that have been used by carmakers for vehicle...
U.S. senators went head to head with executives of Apple and Facebook on Tuesday (Dec. 10) over the companies’ decision to use...
India has proposed new rules regarding how technology companies use data, and the proposal is similar to Europe’s GDPR regulation, according to...
In India, the Personal Data Protection Bill is making headway. The legislation, which seeks to protect sensitive data, has gotten approval from...
As a way to prevent unfair competition, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said in a report on Sunday (Dec. 8) that there...
Federal banking regulators support using alternative methods to assess creditworthiness to help high-risk people get loans, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported...
Airbnb has removed thousands of listings in Boston in response to new regulations regarding residency in the city, according to a report...
The Trump administration thought about removing China’s Huawei from the U.S. financial network earlier this year, Reuters exclusively reported on Tuesday (Dec....
Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra may see increased regulatory oversight, at least if new legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress comes to pass....
Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent...
Airbnb is facing questions from U.S. lawmakers who want information about hosts who go against the company’s policies and don’t comply with local...
BB&T and SunTrust have announced that they have received regulatory approval to complete their merger to become Truist Financial Corporation. The merger...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will request the end of a ban that prohibits Hollywood studios from owning movie theaters. The...
To potentially challenge companies such as Facebook and Google on multiple fronts, the Department of Justice (DOJ) could go beyond looking into...
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth A. Blanco said on Friday (Nov. 15) that anti-money laundering (AML) laws will be strictly...
Damon Runyon — the American author who created characters like Sky Masterson, immortalized in “Guys and Dolls,” and enamored with rolling the dice...
On-demand delivery app Rappi is under investigation again in Colombia, accused of failing to comply with regulatory orders to improve its customer...
Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier wrote a letter to European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, and asked for tighter...
Microsoft has promised to follow California’s privacy law throughout the United States after the regulation goes into effect on Jan. 1. The...
Big Tech has gotten, is getting and will get its share of regulatory scrutiny. For Apple, there seems to be an increasing...
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) was designed to improve authentication standards across Europe, and enable money to move quickly, while reassuring all parties...
European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has concerns about Google’s recent acquisition of Fitbit, as well as continued competition issues over how...
The Bank of England has told HSBC to improve compliance controls for non-fiscal factors like fraud and staff conduct, according to a...
Earlier studies found a surprising lack of both consumer and merchant awareness about the European Union’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and second...
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is imperative to improving payment security — if EU regulators and financial institutions (FIs) could only agree on...
Airbnb suffered a blow on Tuesday (Nov. 5) when Jersey City residents voted to apply more regulations to short-term rentals, a decision...
As Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) becomes fully implemented, the merchants, banks and third-party payment services within the European Union (EU) are still...
Two Democrats have introduced a new bill that would create a federal agency tasked solely with regulating the tech industry. If passed,...
SoftBank is looking to develop stricter regulations for startups in the wake of the near collapse of WeWork. Sources have said the...
A silver lining looms for Big Tech in the chaos that is Brexit. As noted by Bloomberg last week, the December elections...
U.S. lawmakers proposed new legislation last week that would require internet platforms to more or less lay bare the intellectual property that...
Proposals in both chambers of Congress would limit the use of anonymous shell companies, impacting small businesses in the U.S. Last month,...
Proposed bipartisan legislation wants to make sure that search engines disclose the algorithms they use to determine what content to share, as...
Shanghai regulators are ordering more than 40 peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders to get ready to close shop, the Financial Times (FT) reported on...
The EU Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager said she is considering holding large tech companies to a higher standard of proof when it...
HSBC executive Peter Wong is calling for China to relax regulations so that foreign banks can have an easier time obtaining licenses...
Asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard, along with investment banks, have banded together to ask clearing houses to create larger safety buffers...
The Kenyan National Assembly is considering a law that would make mobile lenders in the country subject to central bank oversight, which...
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, said the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are no longer investigating it. ...
A proposed law created to increase competition in the tech sector would allow users to move their data between social media platforms....
Recent short-term, or repo, lending issues have Sen. Elizabeth Warren worried that banks could potentially use the problems to justify easing regulations...
This week, the European Banking Authority (EBA) extended the deadline for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) to Dec. 31, 2020. The news follows...
India is considering censoring streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Reuters reported on Thursday (Oct. 17). An anonymous senior government...
How are European Union (EU) merchants and payment providers faring one month post-strong customer authentication (SCA) implementation? According to a study by...
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has officially received enough votes to win approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although Democrats...
The CEO of Foursquare, a location data company, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times Wednesday (Oct. 16), saying, “It’s...
U.S. financial regulators have warned firms with registered digital assets that they must follow securities laws to prevent money laundering, as well...
Bengaluru-based Razorpay would like to work with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on new regulations that would make it mandatory for...
Federal Reserve officials are worried that slowing global growth, exacerbated by the U.S.-China trade war, could sap domestic hiring and economic activity,...