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Mastercard VocaLink Acquisition Moving Forward

Mastercard VocaLink Acquisition Moving Forward
Mastercard VocaLink Acquisition Moving Forward
January 04, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

Mastercard’s acquisition of U.K. payments technology firm VocaLink has marked an important milestone as it attempts to gain regulatory approval for the deal. Get the...

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House of Fraser Invests In App-Only Bank
House of Fraser Invests In App-Only Bank
January 04, 2017  |  Investments

House of Fraser, the U.K. department store operator, is making a £35 million investment in an app-only bank as a way to give shoppers a...

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UK Shoppers Browse On Mobile But Buy On Desktops
UK Shoppers Browse On Mobile But Buy On Desktops
December 23, 2016  |  Retail

U.K. consumers are using their smartphones in record numbers to check out products online, but when it comes to making actual purchases, they favor desktops over...

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UK Cybercriminal Gets Five Years For Phishing
UK Cybercriminal Gets Five Years For Phishing
December 22, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

The Metropolitan Police’s Falcon Cyber Crime Unit confirmed that a 29-year-old cybercriminal received more than five years in prison for his role in an organized...

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Atom Bank Deposits Exceed £110 Million Across Its Fixed Saver Accounts
Atom Bank Deposits Exceed £110 Million Across Its Fixed Saver Accounts
December 21, 2016  |  Banking

Atom Bank, among the U.K.’s first banks built exclusively for mobile, provided an update on business since launching in April of this year and becoming fully...

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UK Banks Shutter As Digital Banking Surges
UK Banks Shutter As Digital Banking Surges
December 16, 2016  |  Banking

Which?, the research firm, has found that U.K. bank HSBC has closed more than a quarter of its branches in its hometown during the course...

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eCommerce Merchants Are Wary Of Cross-Border Sales
eCommerce Merchants Are Wary Of Cross-Border Sales
December 14, 2016  |  eCommerce

The election of Donald Trump, the exit of the U.K. from the European Union and a declining economy in China are resulting in reduced enthusiasm...

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UK Goes After Late B2B Payments — Again
UK Goes After Late B2B Payments — Again
December 13, 2016  |  B2B Payments

U.K. regulators have taken notice of the nation’s late B2B payments problem and have encouraged businesses to pay their small suppliers on-time — though with...

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