Brexit backlash? Banks should brace for more focus – at least from the European Central Bank – on capital structure and liquidity...
With Britain set to leave the European Union on March 29, financial companies from Britain and elsewhere are scrambling to secure electronic...
The U.K. continues to prepare for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit by making sure its clearing houses and customs procedures can...
Deal or no deal? No, not the game show, because in the case of “no deal,” it seems like no one wins....
U.K. financial institution Barclays has moved about 15 percent of its total assets to Dublin in anticipation of Brexit, reports in the...
Facebook could face challenges by the European Union if it integrates Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger messaging functions, reported CNBC. The report, citing...
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union. On Friday (Jan. 25), the DPC said it...
Mastercard was slapped with a $648.3 million fine by the European Union, which alleged that the payments company raised the costs of...
Alipay’s latest expansion — this time, to Luxembourg — shows not only the increasing reach of the China-based mobile payments ecosystem, but...
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s top antitrust cop, is coming to the end of her term as antitrust enforcer, but not before...
British lenders say that leading up to Brexit, they expect the largest drop in demand for credit cards and mortgages than they’ve...
In a historic defeat, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May saw a dramatic rejection of her Brexit deal on Tuesday (Jan. 15), adding...
Excuse the hyperbole, but Google (and other search engines) dodged a bullet this week when it came to privacy regulations that come...
Auditors of the European Union said Thursday (Jan. 10) that the EU is failing to stop the misuse of funds to the...
Eight months can seem like an eternity – all the time in the world to get things done, to plan, to implement,...
The pre-Brexit decline in the U.K. economy is showing further signs as lending to consumers in the country increased at the slowest...
The European Union wants tougher examination of potential risks associated with Chinese tech companies, amid growing fears of cybercrimes linked to Beijing...
Some popular apps for Android smartphones are feeding data to Facebook without user consent, which could be a breach of the European...
It’s been a difficult year for European banks, and shares in 2018 were the worst since the eurozone crisis, according to the...
The Facebook Cambridge Analytica breach and the knowledge that the company was selling private information to companies might mean that Congress will...
Jay Clayton, the chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urged European Union and U.K. lawmakers to prepare for a...
France, which had vowed to start taxing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon in December if the European Union failed to agree on...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) told European banks on Monday (Dec. 17) to prepare for Brexit and the possible sudden withdrawal of...
Bruno Le Maire, France’s economy minister, announced today (Dec. 17) that he wants France to start taxing big tech giants beginning Jan....
Payment providers in the U.K. are not fully prepared for the chance of a no-deal Brexit, warned the European Banking Authority late...
Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike might be looking to spin off its European arm after it was revealed that it’s being investigated for...
Regulators in the European Union looked at Apple Pay, the company’s mobile payment system, and came to a conclusion about its market...
In its newest report, the EU Blockchain Forum (EUBF) noted that government bodies need to home in on two aspects of the...
European lawmakers voted to spruce up legislation aimed at tech giants to put a stop to unfair business practices, according to a...
Yea or nay for Theresa May’s Brexit plan comes next week, via Parliament’s Dec. 11 vote. SMBs reliant on cross-border trade are exposed...
Visa and Mastercard are offering to cut fees that are paid by merchants on tourists’ card payments made in the European Union...
France and Germany have come up with a compromise for a European Union (EU)-wide digital tax, abandoning a wide-ranging 3 percent tax...
As GDPR continues to take root, having an impact in Europe and beyond the confines of the continent, news came late last...
The European Central Bank launched the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement, or TIPS, on Friday (Nov. 30), with the aim of competing with...
Frankfurt Main Finance, the lobbying group, is warning that London will lose up to €800bn (£700bn) in assets to Frankfurt by March as...
Google is facing a privacy complaint filed by a group of European consumer watchdogs that contend the internet giant used manipulative tactics...
European Union leaders have approved a treaty with Theresa May outlining Brexit terms with the U.K. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
Shopping comparison website operators sent a letter to the European Union’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager late last week contending that Google isn’t...
The European Union has launched an inquiry into deals between players in the air travel industry that may have resulted in a...
A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said...
Moves on the part of Amazon and Google to enter the financial services market is prompting European financial regulators to mull whether...
A campaign group has asked EU regulators to investigate several data brokers, credit rating agencies and adtech companies to see if they...
France is plowing ahead with its vision for a European Union-wide digital tax, with the country’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire saying he...
The U.K. and the European Union are reportedly making progress on a deal that would give London access to the EU markets...
European chief financial officers are issuing more debt as they brace for market volatility ahead of Brexit and changes coming from the...
As U.K. gears up to leave the EU, questions arise over cross-border trade and payments. Might technology be a salve? One study from...
Great Britain could be headed toward a long recession if it can’t strike a Brexit deal. Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P)...
With fears mounting over supply chain and financial disruptions as a result of Brexit, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reportedly...
Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple, is calling on the government in the U.S. to embrace privacy laws that are similar...
The CEO of Jaguar Land Rover has warned that key industries will be destroyed by a hard Brexit. Last month it was...