China will require the country’s biggest internet firms to get approval for any investment deals they make as part of new rules that are likely to keep Big Tech firms from getting even bigger through acquisition, people familiar with the issue told The Wall Street...
TikTok owner ByteDance is scaling back its investment operations in expectation that China will restrict the type of deal-making that has fueled the growth of the country’s tech giants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Apple has told lawmakers that proposed legislation to govern the nation’s leading tech companies would diminish a privacy protection feature it introduced last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division launched a joint public inquiry to review merger rules to strengthen enforcement and clamp down on big mergers, especially in digital markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
If you thought the U.K.’s recent spate of cryptocurrency advertising bans was tough, at least it was targeting individual companies’ advertisements, take a look at what happened in Spain and Singapore today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Europe is an active market for legal tech, with the European B2B legal tech market expected to generate revenues of close to $6 billion by 2025 according to data from Statista. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
A review of five U.S. financial regulators responsible for protecting consumers’ personally identifiable information (PII) revealed four have failed to follow key practices, such as documenting how they minimized IT systems’ collection and use of such data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
A group of U.S. banking regulators withdrew their lawsuit that sought to block the federal government from granting bank charters to FinTech companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
The world’s securities regulators are considering whether to strengthen exchanges given the high trading volatility demonstrated during the pandemic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...