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RegulationFacebook Agrees To Labeling Program For UK Instagram Posts
Facebook’s Ireland and United Kingdom unit has agreed to change the way Instagram works...
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ANTITRUSTUK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a...
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ANTITRUSTUK Authority Says Facebook’s Giphy Must Stay Independent
Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy has hit another snag, with the United Kingdom’s competition watchdog...
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ANTITRUSTUK's Competition Regulator Digs Further Into StubHub-Viagogo Merger
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking a closer look into how the...
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ANTITRUSTUK Regulators Extend Hold On Amazon/Deliveroo Deal
Amazon is left cooling its heels again in its bid to buy a piece...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsUK OKs Just Eat Acquisition By Takeaway.com
The United Kingdom’s regulator approved Takeaway.com’s purchase of rival Just Eat on Thursday (April...
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ANTITRUSTCMA Chair Says Regulation On Big Digital Mergers Has Been...
Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a competition regulator in...
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B2B PaymentsUK OKs Bottomline’s Experian Buy
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the acquisition of Experian Payments...
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GoogleGoogle Closes $2.6B Deal For Looker Data Sciences
Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday (Feb. 13) it completed a deal to acquire privately-held...
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RegulationUK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go...
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RegulationUK Watchdog Accuses StubHub Of Misleading Customers
Ticket reselling company StubHub is being investigated by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority...
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AmazonDeliveroo Investors Speak Out Against Regulator Scrutinizing Amazon Deal
Index Ventures and Accel, two early investors in Deliveroo, are speaking out against the...
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RegulationTakeaway.com's Just Eat Buyout Faces Regulatory Setback
After a British competition body said it would probe its purchase of Just Eat,...
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InternationalUK Investigation Could Delay Takeaway-Just Eat Deal
In a setback to Takeaway.com's purchase of Just Eat, Britain's competition watchdog has launched...
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RetailUK Fines Fender To The Tune Of $5.9M Over Anti-Competition...
Guitar-maker Fender allegedly pressured online retailers to sell its products at inflated prices. The...
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AmazonAmazon Bails Out Cash-Strapped Deliveroo
Amazon is lending a helping hand to Deliveroo amid the food delivery startup’s troubles...
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ANTITRUSTGoogle’s Acquisition Of Data Firm Triggers UK Watchdog Probe
The U.K. watchdog Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is questioning Google’s purchase of the...
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Amazon InvestmentsUK Antitrust Agency Investigating Amazon’s Deliveroo Stake
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the U.K.’s competition regulator, said it has officially...
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B2B PaymentsBottomline Takeover Raises New Concerns With UK Competition Regs
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is raising new concerns about Bottomline Technologies'...
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RegulationPayPal’s iZettle Acquisition Draws Fine From UK Regulator
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the U.K. has levied a fine against...
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Bank RegulationUK Watchdog Orders Barclays To Improve SMB Treatment
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is ordering Barclays to improve its treatment...
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AmazonUK Regulators Press Pause On Amazon’s Deliveroo Investment
The competition regulator in the U.K. has officially stepped into Amazon’s investment in online...
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GoogleUK Regulator Opens Study On Big Tech Search Dominance
Scrutiny of big tech — specifically firms such as Facebook and Google — seems...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsUK Approves PayPal's iZettle Acquisition
With the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) decision to provide final and...
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B2B PaymentsKPMG Won't Split Accounting, Auditing Units
Despite recommendations from a U.K. authority, KPMG revealed it would not split up its...
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RegulationUK Pol Tom Watson Asks For Investigation Into Amazon’s Stake...
Tom Watson, an MP and deputy leader of the Labour Party, has said he’s...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsUK Gives Green Light To PayPal/iZettle Deal
PayPal's acquisition of iZettle is getting closer to completion after U.K.'s competition regulator dropped...
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Bank RegulationCMA Orders Lloyds To Improve PPI Policy Communication
Lloyds Banking Group has been ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to...
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EuropeCitizens Advice Files Complaint With British Regulator
Following a complaint from Citizens Advice, Britain’s competition regulator might investigate financial service and...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsPayPal-iZettle Deal Probed By UK Regulators
As reported by the Financial Times on Friday (Sept. 21), the United Kingdom’s competition...
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RegulationFCA Rolls Out Rules To Help Consumers Make Better Financial...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on...
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Alternative FinancesAre UK Overdraft Fees More Costly Than Payday Loans?
Which?, a U.K.-based consumer group, and a cross-party group of 84 MPs are taking...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsCMA Set To Investigate Just Eat’s Acquisition Of Hungryhouse
Just Eat Plc’s 200 million-pound ($259 million) acquisition of Hungryhouse has raised concerns it will...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsCardtronic's DirectCash Payments Acquisition Draws Regulator Scrutiny
Cardtronics will face some in-depth questions about its proposed multi-million dollar acquisition of Canada's...
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InternationalFor UK’s SME Lending, Looking Toward Tech For A Boost
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has issued a report on the state of...
