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1.2KRegulationState Regulators Report: Money Services Firms Handled $1.2T In 2017
As noted by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), state regulators earlier this month released the inaugural Money Services Business Industry...
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2.1KAmazonEU Proposed Regulation Could Put More Data Restrictions On Online Merchants
European Union lawmakers have proposed new regulations aimed at stopping an online marketplace such as Amazon from using data from merchants’ product...
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1.4KRegulationEU Probes Regulator Oversight On Danske Money Laundering Scandal
The European Union’s (EU’s) banking supervisor wants to know more about how Denmark’s financial watchdog supervised Danske Bank, which is being investigated...
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1.9KRidesharingUber CEO Eyes ‘Portable Benefits’ For Drivers
Uber’s CEO revealed that the company is looking into offering its drivers health insurance and other benefits through a “portable” system that would...
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1.6KNewsFive At Five: eBay Calls Out Amazon
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes tension between two big...
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1.6KNewsFive At Five: Discover Makes Friends With Amazon
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the nice things Discover’s...
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1.6KGoogleGoogle Provides EU With Second Shopping Report
Google has handed over a second report to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, detailing its proposal to allow more shopping rivals to...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsAdvocacy Group Says EU’s Tax Haven Blacklist Is Failing
Tax havens are typically assumed to be islands in warm climates offering low tax rates for organizations looking for a lucrative loophole....
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1.6KRegulationAmazon And Google Face New European Problems
European regulators this week continued to show their love, respect and admiration for U.S.-based tech and eCommerce firms, removing hurdles that might...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsGovernment Procurement Preps For No-Deal Brexit
The U.K. is making preparations in case a Brexit deal doesn’t go through by the March 2019 deadline. In July, Brussels rejected the U.K.’s proposals...
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4.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: NY Approves First Stablecoins, WeChat Blocks More Crypto Accounts
New York State has approved the dollar-linked digital currencies created by Gemini Trust and Paxos Trust, making them the first stablecoins approved...
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1.8KSecurity & FraudEC Eyes Greater Enforcement Over Money Laundering
The European Commission is crafting a proposal aimed at giving the European Banking Authority more enforcement powers and resources to go after...
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1.7KBrexitNo Brexit Could Prompt No Payments From UK
Britain could potentially withhold some payments to the European Union if a deal to help the country leave Brexit doesn’t happen before...
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1.9KEuropeWhy The New eIDAS Regs In The EU Could Be A Game Changer
The EU, in concept, is meant to create a single, free-trade zone where consumers can move goods and services easily and without...
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3.6KEuropeHow A Single Digital ID Will Become EU’s Commerce Passport
When trying to understand the new eIDAS regulations set to go officially online in the EU in September, it helps, Trulioo GM...
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4.3KEuropeEurope Seeks SWIFT Alternative
To help attain financial independence, Europe has reportedly been working on a money transfer system. It would be separate from the prevailing...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsSupply Chains Stumble Through GDPR Compliance
The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May, but most businesses in the region still aren’t...
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2.2KSecurity & FraudGoogle Could Be In Hot Water Again Over Location Tracking
Google could be hit with a class-action lawsuit and calls for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate its location tracking initiatives. According...
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3.8KInternationalWhy Belgium Can Be A Good ‘Test Market’ For FinTech Firms
Belgium, which is home to many European Union (EU) institutions, is also a burgeoning FinTech hub. The country has the fifth-highest number...
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2.9KInnovationUL: The Trucking Industry, Aided By Digital Tech, Is About To Get Smarter
Less than a year from now, more data — and the “smart” gear that collects and transmits it — will come to...
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1.6KGoogleMobile Growth Leads To 24 Percent Ad Revenue Increase For Alphabet
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, posted financial results Monday (July 23) that beat analyst expectations, and included a 26 percent year-over-year...
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3.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsEuropean Commission Looking Into Thales’ Proposed Acquisition Of Gemalto
Gemalto, the digital security company that is being acquired by Thales, the French aerospace and defense company, will see the European Commission...
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1.7KEuropeBrussels Rebuffs UK Post-Brexit FinServ Plan
Brussels has rejected the U.K.’s proposals on how to govern London’s access to the European market after Brexit. According to the Financial Times,...
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2.1KGooglePresident Trump Not Happy With EU Fine On Google
President Donald Trump is coming to the defense of Google after the European Union hit the Internet search giant with a $5...
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1.8KGoogleGoogle And The $5B EU Android Fine – And Its Implications
The fine, finally. Tongue in cheek as that sentiment may be, the EU fine levied over Android and dominance of that operating...
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2.2KGoogleGoogle Hit With $5.1B EU Android Fine
Alphabet’s Google was slapped with a $5.1 billion antitrust fine from the European Union over what the EU calls an abuse of the...
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2.1KRegulationEU: Airbnb Violates Consumer Rules
The European Union (EU) has ordered Airbnb to bring its terms and conditions into line with the bloc’s consumer rules after a...
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4.7KEcosystemsWhat Will Connect Connected Vehicles? The Debate Heats Up
Connections are about control: Who provides and oversees the connecting pieces? Who maintains the flow of goods, services, people and data through...
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2.4KAmazonAmazon Faces Labor Issues As Prime Day Revs Up
As Prime Day is getting ready for push-off in the U.S., workers in Spain and Germany are striking to protest working conditions...
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2.3KRegulation
Malta’s Lack Of Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Slammed By EU
The European Banking Authority, the main banking regulator in Europe, slammed Malta for “systematic” failings in the enforcement of anti-money laundering rules,...
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3.6KBank RegulationPSD2 Smiles On Biometrics — And Other Tales From The New World
Watching. Waiting. Concerns about fraud. And an apparent boost for biometrics. The second Payment Services Directive — known as PSD2 — has come...
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2.0KInternationalDespite New EU AML Laws, Banking Scandals Persist
Although new rules to combat money laundering in the European Union took effect this week, there are already calls for more reforms...
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3.6KLegalGDPR Floods Business With Consumer Questions
Look at this way, even if it’s probably far too optimistic: The post-GDPR world is providing chances for companies to engage their...
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2.0KInternational
Copyright Revamp In EU Gets Thumbs Down From Lawmakers (For Now)
The copyright re-tooling will not be as onerous as some had feared, it seems. Reuters reported on Thursday (July 5) that lawmakers in...
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3.8KBank RegulationBad Loans Slow Banks In FinTech Race
FinTech startups and big tech may provide competition for established banks that have bad loans on the books, The European Banking Authority...
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2.7KLegalGDPR Sparks Privacy Regulation Efforts In The U.S.
Everyone’s always talking about online privacy, but this past week or so has brought a meaningful uptick in that ongoing discussion, including...
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3.3KRegulationRegulators Ask EU For GDPR Exemptions
Regulators from North America, Great Britain and Asia have requested a formal exemption from the European Union’s new data privacy law that...
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2.6KGoogleIn Wake of Antitrust Case, Google Search Revamp Efforts Bear Fruit For Rivals
Google’s efforts to comply with a European Union (EU) ruling, to “level “ the competitive playing field, seem to be gaining traction,...
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3.8KRegulationGDPR Laggards Can Still Get Ahead Of The Game
The time for “wait and see” is running out when it comes to new European privacy regulations. Soon enough, the financial and...
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2.6KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAlior, solarisBank, Raisin And Mastercard Partner On European Digital Bank
The Poland-based Alior Bank is teaming up with solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to roll out a digital bank in Europe open to...
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3.5KLegalIs The GDPR Coming To The US?
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? If so, some European regulators might like what’s going on with California in regards...
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1.6KSecurity & FraudUK Retailer Dixons Carphone Hit With Cyber Breach
British mobile phone and electrical retailer Dixons Carphone announced that its payment card data had been illegally accessed. “We have taken action...
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1.9KEuropeWhy An Insurance Startup Is Targeting Foreign Drivers In The UK
A startup in the United Kingdom called Marshmallow has raised $1.2 million in seed funding as it tries to use digital technology...
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2.8KSizzle/FizzleSizzle Fizzle: Last Mile Sizzles, Banks Fizzle And Snapchat Splits The Difference
Snapchat’s Sizzly Fizzle, or Fizzly Sizzle Usually in this column the sizzles and the fizzles are pretty distinct. But every so often...
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3.5KInternationalEuropean Banks UniCredit And SocGen Plan Merger
Italy’s UniCredit and French rival Société Générale are planning to merge, which could lead to other big banking mergers throughout Europe. According...
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6.9KRegulationIs GDPR EU’s Frankenstein Monster?
Two hundred years ago, the world was introduced to Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s book “Frankenstein” was published in January 1818 and...
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2.5KMarketsLet’s Talk About European Attitudes Toward US Tech Firms
It’s beginning to feel like two kids talking smack in a high school hallway — except, in this case, billions of dollars...
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681EuropeEU Proposes Tougher Stance On Foreign Investments
In response to an increase of Chinese acquisitions of European rivals, the European Parliament’s international trade committee has approved a proposal calling...
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2.2KRegulationAcross Regulatory Headlines, (Not) All GDPR, All The Time
It wasn’t all about GDPR. Well, a lot of it was. You may be forgiven for thinking that the regulatory environment last...
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2.1KEuropeEU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund...
