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TechReg Weekly EMEA: Apple, Google, Meta Offer Commitments to End EU Probes
TechReg Weekly EMEA: Apple, Google, Meta Offer Commitments to End EU Probes
June 17, 2022  |  Technology

This week, Big Tech firms seem to have coordinated to offer remedies to EU regulators to end different antitrust probes as Amazon, Meta and Google...

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Bankers Urge EU to Proceed With Caution on Digital Euro
Bankers Urge EU to Proceed With Caution on Digital Euro
June 16, 2022  |  CBDC

A trade group representing the banking industry is urging European Union officials exploring the creation of a digital euro to proceed slowly and carefully. The...

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Circle Debuts Euro Stablecoin
Circle Debuts Euro Stablecoin
June 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

With Circle’s announcement today of a new euro-denominated stablecoin called Euro Coin, the second-largest issuer of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies is making a play for leadership of...

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: More Hype; OCC Praise; Europe Gets Tough
Crypto Regulation Weekly: More Hype; OCC Praise; Europe Gets Tough
May 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Calling the cryptocurrency hype the “flywheel of growth that crypto projects seem to need to get off the ground,” the top U.S. bank regulator described...

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EMEA Daily: EU Meets Big Tech, Gorillas Cuts Jobs
EMEA Daily: EU Meets Big Tech, Gorillas Cuts Jobs
May 24, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, representatives of the European Parliament travel to Silicon Valley for a week-long meeting with...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Stability Shakeup; FedNow Pre-Launch; Nursing Payments; Better Billing; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Stability Shakeup; FedNow Pre-Launch; Nursing Payments; Better Billing; ICYMI
May 24, 2022  |  Technology

It’s Tuesday (May 24), and there is a global shortage of 43 million healthcare workers. Meanwhile, the rare monkeypox virus is starting to make headlines,...

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Crypto Is ‘Worth Nothing,’ Lagarde Declares, and Should Be Regulated
Crypto Is ‘Worth Nothing,’ Lagarde Declares, and Should Be Regulated
May 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde came down on the side of regulating digital currencies, saying crypto is “based on nothing,” Bloomberg reported Friday (May...

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Today in TechREG: ECB’s Official Praises Euro CBDC Over Stablecoins; New EU Credit Consumer Rules May Come by Summer 
Today in TechREG: ECB’s Official Praises Euro CBDC Over Stablecoins; New EU Credit Consumer Rules...
May 16, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechREG, two top officials of central banks have criticized crypto assets and the disruption these could bring to the international financial system if...

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EMEA Daily: Digital Euro Could Arrive Within Four Years
EMEA Daily: Digital Euro Could Arrive Within Four Years
May 16, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, a European Central Bank official says the digital euro could be in circulation in four...

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