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London Court Will Decide If Class Action Suit Against Mastercard Moves Forward

London Court Will Decide If Class Action Suit Against Mastercard Moves Forward
London Court Will Decide If Class Action Suit Against Mastercard Moves Forward
March 25, 2021  |  Mastercard

A class-action lawsuit against Mastercard for a record £14 billion ($19 billion) will be heard by a specialist London court on Thursday (March 25), which...

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UK Lockdown Winding Down Amid Increasing Levels Of Shopping
UK Lockdown Winding Down Amid Increasing Levels Of Shopping
March 22, 2021  |  Economy

U.K. stores saw another uptick in the number of shoppers venturing out as restrictions started lifting following the region’s third COVID-19 lockdown, Reuters reported on...

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Today In Payments: Google Pay Exec Plans April Exit; Visa To Raise Interchange Fees In UK
Today In Payments: Google Pay Exec Plans April Exit; Visa To Raise Interchange Fees In...
March 22, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Google Pay’s Caesar Sengupta plans to step down in April, and Visa will raise its interchange fees on transactions between the...

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UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
UK Considers Tax Hike On eComm Firms Powering Pandemic’s Digital Shift
February 07, 2021  |  Taxes

British lawmakers are exploring levying an extra tax on companies that benefited from COVID-19 and have summoned executives from major firms that could be affected...

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Report: An Estimated £26 Billion In UK COVID Loans Might Be Fraudulent
Report: An Estimated £26 Billion In UK COVID Loans Might Be Fraudulent
December 20, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

The Bounce Back loan program the British government launched in May to spur England’s economic recovery from COVID-19 has been beset with fraud and poor-quality...

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UK Revolut Customers Get Access To Early Payday Option
UK Revolut Customers Get Access To Early Payday Option
December 02, 2020  |  API

London-based FinTech Revolut is introducing a new feature in the U.K. that will give its more than 3 million customers access to direct deposits a...

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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
October 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant...

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Mitek, Digidentity To Help Speed Up GOV.UK Onboarding
Mitek, Digidentity To Help Speed Up GOV.UK Onboarding
October 01, 2020  |  Digital Identity

Mitek and Digidentity, which both work in digital identity verification, have teamed up to help more people register on GOV.UK Verify more quickly, a press...

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