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Australia’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Mastercard Over ‘Anti-Competitive Conduct’
Australia’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Mastercard Over ‘Anti-Competitive Conduct’
May 30, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has brought proceedings against Mastercard for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive practices, according to a Monday (May 30) press...

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Australian Regulator Says Amazon Won’t Describe Search Algorithm
Australian Regulator Says Amazon Won’t Describe Search Algorithm
April 28, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon has reportedly been declining to describe its product-search system to an Australian competition regulator which has seen complaints of large markets giving preference to...

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Australia’s Watchdog Hauls Meta to Court Over Alleged Scam Crypto Ads
Australia’s Watchdog Hauls Meta to Court Over Alleged Scam Crypto Ads
March 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Australia’s competition watchdog is taking Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. to federal court over allegations of publishing scam advertisements for...

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Aussie Competition, Finance Regs Collab Against Late Payments
Aussie Competition, Finance Regs Collab Against Late Payments
March 04, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Financial and competition regulators in Australia have teamed up to look into the rising use of supplier payday lending schemes used by big companies, according...

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In Australia, Late Payments Under Govt Microscope
In Australia, Late Payments Under Govt Microscope
October 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Australia’s federal Labor Party has issued calls to scrutinize late payment practices that it has said are “unfair” to small and mid-sized firms. Separately, a...

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Australia Tells Wine Sector To Kick Its Late Payments Habit
Australia Tells Wine Sector To Kick Its Late Payments Habit
July 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is ramping up its efforts to promote faster payments to small suppliers in the wine industry, according to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies To Register
Bitcoin Daily: Australian Crypto Fraudsters Racked Up $4.3M In 2018; Regs Tells Finland Crypto Companies...
April 30, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Billionaire Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment firm lost $272.7 million during its first year of operations. Galaxy Digital Holding revealed that it had $249.1 million in...

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MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Raises Antitrust Concerns
MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Raises Antitrust Concerns
March 30, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Competition regulators in Australia may have thrown a wrench in MYOB’s planned takeover of Reckon. Reports in ZDNet on Thursday (March 29) said the Australian...

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MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Earns ACCC Review
MYOB’s Reckon Buyout Earns ACCC Review
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will probe small business (SMB) accounting company MYOB’s acquisition of Reckon, according to CRN reports Monday (Jan. 15)....

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