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EU’s Disinformation Code Will Force Big Tech to Disclose How They Tackle Fake News  

EU’s Disinformation Code Will Force Big Tech to Disclose How They Tackle Fake News  
EU’s Disinformation Code Will Force Big Tech to Disclose How They Tackle Fake News  
June 14, 2022  |  Big Tech

Facebook, Twitter and TikTok are among the signatories of a new version of the EU’s anti-disinformation code that could be published as early as next...

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UK Regulator Puts Scandal-Plagued Credit Suisse Under the Microscope
UK Regulator Puts Scandal-Plagued Credit Suisse Under the Microscope
June 13, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has put Credit Suisse on a watchlist of companies needing tougher supervisions, a Financial Times (FT) report says. According to...

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UK Sets Course to Woo Big Tech
UK Sets Course to Woo Big Tech
June 07, 2022  |  Big Tech

In April, the U.K. government announced a new plan to make the U.K. a global crypto hub with, among other things, a friendly regulatory environment....

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UK Government Wants Bank of England to Regulate at-Risk Stablecoins
UK Government Wants Bank of England to Regulate at-Risk Stablecoins
June 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.K. government announced a few months ago that it wanted to lure the crypto community with a regulatory-friendly environment, and yesterday, May 31 the...

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Trustly Acquires Ecospend
Trustly Acquires Ecospend
May 30, 2022  |  Partnerships

Global pay platform Trustly, which works on account-to-account (A2A) transactions, has bought open banking platform Ecospend as a way for Trustly to breach a huge...

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Sterling Bond Market Falls as Rates Rise, Forecasting UK Credit Crunch
Sterling Bond Market Falls as Rates Rise, Forecasting UK Credit Crunch
May 29, 2022  |  Europe

The U.K. credit market isn’t doing so well, Bloomberg reported Saturday (May 28), citing numerous troubles. A bond market seeing double-digit losses is stressing some...

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UK BNPL Firm Tranch Preps for US Launch With $4.2M
UK BNPL Firm Tranch Preps for US Launch With $4.2M
May 23, 2022  |  BNPL

Tranch, a U.K. buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform for SaaS sellers and professional services providers, says it has raised $4.25 million in pre-seed equity...

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UK Payment Regulator to Get More Powers to Fight Authorized Push Payment Fraud 
UK Payment Regulator to Get More Powers to Fight Authorized Push Payment Fraud 
May 18, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The U.K. Payment System Regulator (PSR) is continuing its fight against authorized push payment (APP) fraud. New rules and legislation will provide the regulator with...

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