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Switzerland’s SIX Agrees To Take Over Germany’s Swiss Euro Clearing Bank

Switzerland’s SIX Agrees To Take Over Germany’s Swiss Euro Clearing Bank
Switzerland’s SIX Agrees To Take Over Germany’s Swiss Euro Clearing Bank
September 04, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Switzerland’s SIX announced that it is increasing its stake in Germany’s Swiss Euro Clearing Bank GmbH (SECB) from 25 percent to 100 percent. Get the Full...

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Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
August 22, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas has called for the European Union (EU) to create a new payments system, independent in response to the United...

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JD.com Eyes European Expansion
JD.com Eyes European Expansion
July 23, 2018  |  eCommerce

JD.com, the Chinese eCommerce company, has set its sights on Europe for its expansion and is putting the finishing touches on its strategy to enter...

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Amazon Faces Labor Issues As Prime Day Revs Up
Amazon Faces Labor Issues As Prime Day Revs Up
July 16, 2018  |  Amazon

As Prime Day is getting ready for push-off in the U.S., workers in Spain and Germany are striking to protest working conditions at the company’s...

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Germany’s Telecom Regulator Head Going After Google, Facebook
Germany’s Telecom Regulator Head Going After Google, Facebook
July 05, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

Jochen Homann, the president of Germany’s telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur, is going after Google and Facebook, contending that their messaging and email services should face the...

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Google Pay Now Available In Germany
Google Pay Now Available In Germany
June 28, 2018  |  Google

Google Pay, the mobile payment service of Google, is now live in Germany, with customers able to download the payment app via the Google Play...

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With The Aid Of Technology, Teaching The Insurance Industry To ‘Speak Millennial’
With The Aid Of Technology, Teaching The Insurance Industry To ‘Speak Millennial’
June 15, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

In the movement from analog to digital, money matters — the type of money that fuels technology, that underpins new products and projects, as paper...

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EU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
EU Countries Push For Tech Funding To Compete With US And China
May 28, 2018  |  Europe

To make sure they can compete with the United States and China, France and Germany want an EU-wide initiative that will fund innovation and research...

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