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3.3KB2B PaymentsLondon Is Still Top FinTech Dog — And The Industry Wants It To Stay That Way
For all of the commotion about Brexit, it appears as though London’s reign over the world of FinTech may be secure —...
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1.5KBrexitForeign Investment In UK Slips As Brexit Nears Reality
Last week was a tough one for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, who had to contend with a sore throat and a...
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2.0KEuropeEU Banks Investigated For Blocking FinTech Access To Customer Data
EU antitrust authorities have launched an investigation into whether Dutch and Polish banking associations and their members are blocking FinTech companies from...
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1.4KRegulationNRF Partners To Implement New EU Data Regulation
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and EuroCommerce have announced they are working together to develop a unified approach on implementing new EU...
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1.3KANTITRUSTEU Investigates Anti-Competitive Bank Practices
The European Commission announced it had conducted inspections into banks’ alleged anti-competitive practices in some EU states. According to a Reuters news...
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2.0KBrexitBank Of England Sees Brexit As Threat To Lending
As Brexit looms ever closer, Reuters reports, the departure of Britain from the European Union (EU) means that British companies may find...
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Clarity On EU Citizen IDs — And Bigger Brexit Bills Ahead?
In the Brexit world, news the past several days has centered, among other things, around how citizens of the European Union (EU)...
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2.1KRegulationEuropean Commission Proposal Consolidates Power Over Financial Industry
In an effort to extend the European Union’s (EU) control over the financial industry following Brexit, the European Commission released a proposal...
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2.2KRegulationGoogle Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction,...
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1.7KBank RegulationEU To Centralize Market Supervision At Banks’ Expense
The European Union wants market supervision to integrate more fully than has been the case, with the price tag borne by the...
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4.3KEuropeEU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax
Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./Google, based on...
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6.0KSecurity & FraudEU Looks To Up Spending To Counter Cybercrime
The European Commission is hoping to better bolster its cybersecurity operation with better consumer safeguards and a greater ability to deter attacks from...
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1.6KBank RegulationEU May Loosen Software Bank Rules
With FinTechs eroding away traditional banks’ lead, rules governing investments in software in the European Union (EU) may loosen. According to a...
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1.6KInternationalHigher Costs Loom For SMBs Post-Brexit
In Europe, Brexit may be setting up to have an outsized effect on small and mid-sized firms, hitting them in the form...
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1.6KGoogleGoogle Starts To Comply With EU Antitrust Order
Google has offered up plans and a glimpse of how it will seek to comply with antitrust directives from the European Union’s...
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4.7KRegulationNew York State Of (Cybersecurity) Mind
New cyber-rules are taking effect in New York state, with wide-ranging impact for financial services players near and far. Brexit gets down...
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1.9KBrexitBrexit News: Trade Talks Timeline To Get Pushed Out?
In Euro news, the timetable for Brexit trade talks may be pushed back to the end of the year. The Guardian has reported the...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsCFOs’ Strategic Planning Left Unchanged With Brexit So Far
There have been mixed messages about the impact Brexit has, or may have, on small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.K....
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4.7KBankingOpen Banking, Open APIs, Wide Open Opportunities?
Europe has mandates in place for open API adoption (perhaps you’ve heard of PSD2)? Here in the States, the playing field is taking...
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1.2KFacebookFacebook Expands Marketplace Into 17 New European Markets
Facebook, the social media giant, is pushing further into the world of eCommerce, by expanding its Marketplace service, which connects local buyers...
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5.1KInnovationThe Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017
There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Startups are piling onto Facebook,...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsGHX Enables Pan-EU Healthcare B2B eInvoicing
Global Healthcare Exchange, or GHX, is rolling out an eInvoicing solution for healthcare suppliers to remain compliant across Europe. An announcement Monday...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudPSD2 Is Coming To Europe And Bringing Big Changes
Come next year, FIs will need to share consumer data with FinTechs and merchants courtesy of PSD2. In the latest PYMNTS Digital...
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2.2KBrexitContingency Plans Mulled Ahead of Brexit
Contingency plans seemed to be the name of the game in recent days as relates to Brexit, and as the Telegraph reported,...
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4.3KSecurity & FraudNEW REPORT: Shutting Down PSD2’s New Security Threat
Protecting digital identities is all about keeping up — keeping up with new technology, new regulations and, of course, bad actors. The...
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2.5KEuropeEurope, CNP Fraud Trendsetter?
Europe sets the pace for fashion, finance … and fraud? As EMV gains traction in the States, the chip card revolution on the...
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3.6KDigital BankingFor Challenger Digital Banks, It’s Game On
Game on. That’s the message U.K. challenger Atom Bank has for competitors, as it seeks to reinvent banking with lessons taken from...
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3.7KDigital BankingNEW REPORT: Atom Bank Turns To Gaming To Disrupt Digital Banking
New players on the banking scene are bringing a host of changes to the industry. But in some cases, these disruptions are...
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2.4KBrexitCitigroup To Open Up EU Base In Germany
In preparation for Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), many banks are assessing their operations and scouting out new spots. One...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsUK Government Recruits Big Banks For SME Trade Finance
As part of a broader effort to keep the economy strong post-Brexit, the United Kingdom has reportedly reached a deal with the...
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3.0KLegalEU Court Adviser Says France Can Lodge Criminal Charges Against Uber Managers
Ride-hailing company Uber was recently dealt a difficult blow: A European Union (EU) court adviser paved the way for France to charge...
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1.6KBrexit
Brexit Talent Drain A Leak Likely To Deluge?
Brexit is still being worked on, worked out and one wonders what workers will do. For the highly skilled employees of both...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudOnline Retailers Warn About Shipping Delays After Cyberattack
Online retailers are warning customers to prepare for delays after a cyberattack caused major disruptions within the shipping industry. According to AP...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSMEs The Focus Of Latest Blockchain Consortium
The number of blockchain consortia is on the rise, but the latest one has a particular focus: SMEs. Reports Wednesday (June 28)...
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2.3KAPITrueLayer Raises $3M For Platform, Giving FinTech Companies Access To Banks APIs
In venture capital news, London startup TrueLayer has raised $3 million in Series A funding so that it can enable FinTech companies...
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2.3KRetailWhy Excess Inventory Is An Opportunity Disguised As A Problem
In retail, excess inventory is not exactly anyone’s idea of good news since, according to Ronen Lazar, co-Founder and CEO of INTURN,...
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1.5KBrexit
Brexit: The Show Must Go On?
In the wake of the Conservative Party’s surprise victory in the snap elections held in Britain last week, negotiations over Brexit will...
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2.5KRegulationTurkey Is Most Difficult Market for Regulatory Compliance
Tax and accounting compliance can be an overwhelmingly monumental task as companies expand their geographic footprint. Analysts agree that a company should...
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2.6KRegulation RoundupAmid Regulatory Changes, Eyes On Europe And China
PSD2 and fund flows across the EU, and in China, tightening bank lending top the list for our inaugural regulatory tracker. To...
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2.4KBlockchainBlockchain Tracker: Europe’s DECODE Uses Citizen Data For Improvements
Blockchain technology just took another step further outside the financial world. While blockchain use has been inching into commercial use through the...
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1.7KBrexitHundreds of Treaties Loom for Brexit Negotiations
No one said that untangling the ties between the United Kingdom and the European Continent in the wake of Brexit would be...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsEU Supplier Payments Worsen, While Australia Launches Voluntary Payment Code
The U.K. isn’t the only market making moves against late suppler payments: both Europe and Australia are turning their attention toward the...
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2.0KInternationalBrexit Exodus Trickling Toward a Steady Stream?
The exodus fomented by Brexit may be quickening. As noted by sources including CNN Money, data shows that 117,000 individuals, who have...
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2.0KNewsFinance Sector Staff Relocations Gather Steam in Brexit Fallout
The drumbeat of financial firms looking for an exit from the U.K. in advance of Brexit is getting louder. Ernst and Young...
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1.3KBrexit
Debate Lingers On UK Financial Jobs In Brexit’s Wake
In the debate over Brexit, the only certain thing is … more debate. Bloomberg News reports the latest salvo centers on jobs and where...
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3.5KBrexitHard Line Begins On Brexit Over Contracts And Workers’ Rights?
In an opening salvo over what might take shape in a post-Brexit landscape, The Financial Times reported that the European Union has begun...
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2.5KBrexitFintech TransferWise To Move Headquarters Out Of UK Due To Brexit
TransferWise, an international payments startup valued at over $1 billion, is relocating its European headquarters from the U.K. by March 2019. According to Business...
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5.0KBrexitUK Firms VC Funding Holds Steady Despite Brexit
Nine months after the historic Brexit vote, the U.K. startup scene is holding its own. According to Venture Beat, U.K.-based startups raised...
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Brexit Tracker: JPMorgan CEO Weighs In, Employee Anxieties Grow, And UK SMEs Are Warned
Not surprisingly, everybody has an opinion when it comes to what will happen next with Brexit. In this week’s Brexit Tracker, JPMorgan Chase...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsAirPlus Eyes EU Regulation For 127K Corporate Cardholder Losses
Corporate payments company AirPlus International said it lost 127,000 corporate cardholders in 2016 as a direct result of the European Union Interchange...
