tech firms

UK Launches FinTech Fund Backed by Mastercard and Barclays
UK Launches FinTech Fund Backed by Mastercard and Barclays
August 16, 2023  |  Startups

The United Kingdom has taken a significant step to bolster its position as a global FinTech investment hub by launching a £1 billion investment fund,...

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Indonesia Levies 10 Pct Tax On Sales From Tech Firms
Indonesia Levies 10 Pct Tax On Sales From Tech Firms
July 07, 2020  |  International

Starting next month, it will cost Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google more to do business in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian country’s national tax office announced...

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China Asks Tech Firms For Apps To Track Health, Travel Amid Outbreak
China Asks Tech Firms For Apps To Track Health, Travel Amid Outbreak
February 19, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Chinese tech firms are helping the government enact a new “health rating” system that will track millions of citizens preparing to return to work in...

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DOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
DOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
January 26, 2020  |  Legal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is organizing a workshop to review a federal law that predominantly releases websites from legal culpability for anything their...

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German Gov’t Snaps Up Tech Firms To Prevent Foreign Acquisitions
German Gov’t Snaps Up Tech Firms To Prevent Foreign Acquisitions
December 01, 2019  |  Europe

Germany is planning to temporarily take stakes in high-tech companies in order to stop investors from non-EU countries from acquiring them. The “national fallback” proposal,...

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InsurTech Players Turn Their Attention To Startups
InsurTech Players Turn Their Attention To Startups
November 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

In the land of startups, speed matters. Scale matters. Funding matters. But the other nuts and bolts of running a business require attention, too. That includes insurance,...

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DOJ: Current Antitrust Legislation Can Apply To Tech Firms
DOJ: Current Antitrust Legislation Can Apply To Tech Firms
November 10, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

Current antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to handle issues caused by technology firms, said Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the...

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France Moving Forward With Big Tech Taxes
France Moving Forward With Big Tech Taxes
July 28, 2019  |  International

Despite President Donald Trump’s recent threats, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that his country is moving forward with taxing big tech firms. His...

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IMF Warns Of Big Tech Disruption In Banking Space
IMF Warns Of Big Tech Disruption In Banking Space
July 15, 2019  |  Banking

Banking institutions will get “left behind” if they don’t evolve as big tech companies continue disrupting the financial system, the latest research from the International...

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