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Today in TechREG: CFPB’s ‘No-Action Letters’ May Raise Questions; WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply With EU Consumer Law

Today in TechREG: CFPB’s ‘No-Action Letters’ May Raise Questions; WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply With EU Consumer Law
Today in TechREG: CFPB’s ‘No-Action Letters’ May Raise Questions; WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply...
June 09, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today in TechREG, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) removed Upstart from its list of approved “no-action letters” (NALs). The NALs provided regulatory immunity, but...

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UK Government Wants Financial Regulators to Oversee Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Businesses
UK Government Wants Financial Regulators to Oversee Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Businesses
June 08, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The U.K. Treasury released a policy paper on Wednesday (June 8) proposing a new regulatory framework that would provide the Bank of England (BoE) and...

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EMEA Daily: Zopa Taps Into UK’s $7.5B BNPL Market
EMEA Daily: Zopa Taps Into UK’s $7.5B BNPL Market
June 08, 2022  |  Europe

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, British digital bank Zopa is launching a suit of regulated buy now, pay...

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UK Digital Bank Zopa Unveils BNPL Offering
UK Digital Bank Zopa Unveils BNPL Offering
June 08, 2022  |  BNPL

Digital bank Zopa is hoping to capitalize on the United Kingdom’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) market — worth 6 billion British pounds (about $7.5...

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Barclaycard, Liberis Offer SMBs Revenue-Based Financing
Barclaycard, Liberis Offer SMBs Revenue-Based Financing
June 07, 2022  |  SMBs

Payments company Barclaycard and embedded business finance platform Liberis have teamed up to offer small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers access to personalized, revenue-based financing,...

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BaaS Provider LHV UK Raises $38M to Pursue British Banking License
BaaS Provider LHV UK Raises $38M to Pursue British Banking License
June 07, 2022  |  Investments

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider LHV UK has raised 30 million British pounds (about $38 million) to finance the creation of a new British bank, UK Tech...

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Online Car Seller Cazoo to Cut 15% of Staff
Online Car Seller Cazoo to Cut 15% of Staff
June 07, 2022  |  Europe

Online car retailer Cazoo said it will reduce about 15% of its workforce and slow new hiring in an effort to cut costs. Get the...

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Today in TechREG: FinCEN Proposes Rulemaking For New Enforcement Tool
Today in TechREG: FinCEN Proposes Rulemaking For New Enforcement Tool
June 06, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today, a court in Australia found Google liable for defamatory videos posted on its YouTube platforms targeting a senior politician. The court ordered Google to...

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