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2.3KCoronavirusRegulators To Soften Antitrust Restrictions For JVs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division said they will speed up reviews for joint ventures aimed at...
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1.1KCoronavirusFTC Calls For Safety Measures As Coronavirus Cases Grow
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is prioritizing measures to ensure the health and safety of U.S. residents as they hunker down amid...
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2.1KSecurity & FraudFTC Sends $2M In Payments To Fake Immigration Center’s Victims
In response to fraud from the American Immigration Center, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending out refunds for those defrauded, according...
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2.8KNewsToday In Payments: China Deploys Color-Coded Health Rating App; AmEx Reportedly Used Tactics To Boost SMB Sales
In today’s top payments news, Alibaba and Ant Financial created an app for the Chinese government to use to track people and...
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2.5KAmazonTeamsters Join Push For FTC Antitrust Probe Of Amazon
A coalition of some of the largest labor unions — including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — has officially petitioned the Federal...
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1.8KSecurity & FraudVictims Of Tech Support Scam Get Refunds
To support scam victims, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start to send refunds of over $1.7 million to consumers who fell...
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3.4KANTITRUSTRent-To-Own Companies Settle Antitrust Case With FTC
Rent-to-own (RTO) companies Rent-A-Center, Buddy’s and Aaron’s have all settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging they made reciprocal...
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2.6KSecurity & FraudFTC Fines Office Depot; Refunds Consumers For Virus Scam
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent $34 million to victims of a scheme by Office Depot and a separate software provider...
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1.5KRegulationIn the UK, (More) Web Content Regulation Looms
In the U.K., increased regulation over content delivered online through platforms may be on the horizon. This past week, Britain’s federal government...
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2.4KGoogleGoogle’s Waze Acquisition Likely Target Of FTC Scrutiny
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating acquisitions made by big tech firms in the past 10 years and has a...
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2.7KSizzle/FizzleCoronavirus Threatens To Leave U.S. Store Shelves Bare
The death toll from the coronavirus is mounting. The global impact is worsening. And business, increasingly, is feeling the pinch. A few...
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1.9KNewsToday In Payments: German Leaders To Vote On eScooter Ban; Softbank Takes Hit In Quarterly Earnings
In today’s top news, Germany’s leaders will vote on the Road Traffic Act on Friday, which will determine the regulation of eScooters...
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2.8KANTITRUSTFTC Big Tech Probe To Examine Acquisitions
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the biggest five tech companies in the U.S. has expanded with a new inquiry about...
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3.4KANTITRUSTJapan’s FTC Raids Rakuten Over Merchants’ Shipping Complaints
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the country’s antitrust watchdog, searched the Tokyo headquarters of eCommerce giant Rakuten on Monday (Feb. 10)...
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3.3KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFTC Moves To Halt Edgewell-Harry’s Deal To Protect Competition
With qualms over competition in the consumer shaving market, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly intends to bring suit to stop the...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsFLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit against Georgia fuel card firm FLEETCOR, alleging that it bilked customers out of...
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1.7KANTITRUSTFTC Probes Altria-Juul Tie-Up For Possible Antitrust Issues
Cigarette maker Altria, the company that produces Marlboro, has made an investment in electronic cigarette company Juul Labs, but certain aspects of...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsCommercial Cards Find Opportunity In Transparency, Lower Fees
There is more than one way to drive commercial card innovation. For corporate buyers, adoption can stem from opportunities around rewards and...
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1.9KNewsTop News In Payments: Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch; US Prepares For Potential Iranian Cyberattack
In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, the U.S. prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack,...
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5.2KInnovationFCC, FTC Chairs To Talk Tech Policy At CES
A large number of senior government officials will visit the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an annual tech industry event held in...
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3.8KFacebookFacebook Will Stop Using Phone Numbers For Friend Pushes
In its ongoing attempts to fix its privacy standards, Facebook will no longer use phone numbers to determine who one sees on...
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2.4KNewsTop News in Payments: Visa, TD Partner For US-Canada Money Transfers; Japanese Lenders Hinder SoftBanks’ WeWork Bailout
In today’s top payments news, Visa partners with TD Bank to provide real-time transfers for U.S. TD Bank account owners to their...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsLaw Enforcement Cracks Down On Corporate Payments Fraud
Payments messaging technology provider SWIFT recently opened up its Know Your Customer (KYC) platform, the KYC Registry, directly to corporates. The initiative...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsFTC Sues FleetCor Over ‘Hidden’ Charges On Fuel Cards
After reportedly assuring they would aid them in spending less on gas, the Federal Trade Commission said that U.S. fuel card firm FleetCor...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudFTC Refunding $2.6M To Companies Duped By A-1 Janitorial
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is refunding over $2.6 million to small businesses that were scammed by A-1 Janitorial, a New York-based...
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2.1KNewsTop News in Payments: FTC Considers Blocking Facebook App Integration; Bill.com Shares Spike 60 Pct On NYSE Debut
In today’s top news in payments, officials at the Federal Trade Commission are considering blocking Facebook’s app integration, and Delta announces plans...
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2.3KFacebookFTC Considers Blocking Facebook’s Ability To Consolidate Platforms
Officials at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are considering the possibility of a preliminary injunction against Facebook over antitrust issues related to...
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4.5KSecurity & FraudFTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. 6) that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica lied to people about the...
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1.9KANTITRUSTInvestigations Of Big Tech Look Set To Multiply Across DOJ, FTC
For Big Tech: More investigations, and broader ones, too. On a number of fronts. News comes, as reported by The New York...
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1.9KANTITRUSTFTC Chair Hints At Multiple Big Tech Probes In Progress
Chairman Joe Simons of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday (Nov. 18) that there were multiple ongoing investigations into Big...
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1.8KANTITRUSTSnap CEO Addresses Pressure On Big Tech
As politicians and regulators up their pressure on so-called Big Tech in the U.S., it can be difficult to see where all...
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2.3KANTITRUSTBig Tech Antitrust Examination By AGs Gathers Steam
Antitrust headlines dominated the regulatory sphere this past week – focused, of course, on marquee names such as Facebook and Google. In...
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2.1KNewsTop Payments News: DoorDash Bolsters Its Treasure Chest; Policymakers Target Big Tech Over Data; Feds Probe Debit Card Practices
In today’s top news, DoorDash keeps growing and Visa and Mastercard face big questions over their debit card programs. And investors seek...
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2.2KANTITRUSTPolicymakers Press Big Tech On Use Of Personal Data
Big Tech is under siege about its failure to respect users’ privacy as the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee expressed frustration over...
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6.6KSecurity & FraudFTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices
U.S. antitrust regulators are investigating Visa and Mastercard about their debit card policies, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Nov. 13). The Federal Trade...
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4.2KFaster PaymentsFTC Head: Fed Needs Real-Time Payments Mechanism
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rohit Chopra wrote a letter to the Federal Reserve saying projects like Libra (Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency) illustrate...
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2.6KRetailFTC Settles With Sunday Riley Over Fake Sephora Reviews
Sunday Riley has settled with the FTC over an accusation that it posted fake customer reviews on the Sephora site. The Texas-based...
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2.9KANTITRUSTFTC: Big Tech’s Data Troves Give Them Unfair Advantage
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the mass amounts of data collected by big technology companies, like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google,...
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3.4KPersonnelFTC’s Bureau of Competition Director To Leave Agency
After serving in the position for over two years, FTC Bureau of Competition Director Bruce Hoffman will be leaving the agency in...
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4.6KANTITRUSTCongress Calls On Spotify To Name Apple Violations
As part of its continuing probe into potential antitrust practices that hamper competition, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has asked...
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4.3KSecurity & FraudFTC: Millennials Report Losing $71M To eCommerce Fraud In Two Years
A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money...
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2.0KRegulationFTC Discusses Antitrust Laws In Testimony To US Senate
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed details about its recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer...
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3.4KFacebookSnap’s Files Reveal Facebook’s Copycat Moves
Snap has documented Facebook’s alleged anti-competitive moves in a collection of files nicknamed Project Voldemort, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday...
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1.9KFacebookZuckerberg To Visit DC To Discuss Internet Regulations
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify on Capitol Hill once again. Zuckerberg is scheduled “to meet with policymakers and talk...
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3.1KANTITRUSTFTC Details Antitrust Victories In Senate Subcommittee Testimony
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that it provided testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights....
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3.4KANTITRUSTFTC Letter Complains About DOJ’s Behavior In Big Tech Probes
A recent letter sent by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows there is bad blood between the U.S. government agencies investigating Big...
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3.1KRegulationFTC Commissioner Says Fines Aren’t Enough For Big Tech
Rohit Chopra, a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said that fining Big Tech companies won’t have any real effect on...
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3.6KNewsTop News In Payments: Mastercard Grows Track Platform; Affirm Aims For $1.5B In Funding
Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard is modernizing its business-to-business (B2B) payment ecosystem. Also, Affirm is reportedly seeking to raise around...
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1.7KANTITRUSTFTC Defining Its Authority To Govern Big Tech
The Federal Trade Commission is in the process of defining how U.S. antitrust laws apply to big tech so it can better...
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3.9KANTITRUSTHouse Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues
FTC. AGs. Antitrust. And now, a new round of antitrust hearings on Capitol Hill. The Fall may bring fireworks for Big Tech...
