October 07, 2022
Visa: Card Present Fraud Soars as Consumers Return In-Store
The great reopening is upon us. Life is returning to normal, in many parts of the world. In the process, it’s reopening some lucrative channels for fraudsters and other criminals...
October 07, 2022
Regulation and Readiness Will Go Hand in Hand for European...
In its recently published work plan for 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) signals how the European Union’s banking sector intends to adapt to new upcoming regulations, pursue its digitization...
October 05, 2022
EU Watchdog Mulls Regulation of AI-Cybersecurity Firms
In what’s been called the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) is radically transforming global economies at a pace that has regulators scrambling to keep up. In the European Union...
October 05, 2022
Behavioral Analytics Balance Experience and Security for BNPL Players
The recent discovery by Amsterdam-based cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric that criminals are using Android banking trojans to exploit vulnerabilities in BNPL apps to make fraudulent purchases is a clear indication that...
October 03, 2022
Irish Regulator Submits Draft Decision in Facebook Data Breach
Taking the next step in its inquiry into a data breach of Meta’s Facebook platform, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision to other concerned supervisory...
October 03, 2022
Tackling the Winds of Change: Market Studies on Emerging Competition...
By Patricia Bascunana-Ambros & Renato Ferrandi1 I. What Are “Emerging Competition Issues” Emerging competition issues (or risks to competition) can be described as scenarios in which certain new market...
September 30, 2022
The New European Vertical Block Exemption: Unanswered Questions for Online...
On June 1, 2022, the European Commission’s new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and its accompanying guidelines (the “Guidelines”) came into force. The VBER provides a safe harbor for vertical...
September 27, 2022
Employment Verification Startup Urges FTC to Probe Payroll Data Brokers
Silicon Valley employment verification startup is urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open an investigation into alleged anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices by some of the biggest providers of...
September 27, 2022
EU Cyber Resilience Act May Set New Global Standards
Earlier this month, the European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a piece of legislation that seeks to establish common cybersecurity rules for digital products...
