England’s competition watchdog is investigating three international hotel chains for their data-sharing practices. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Monday (March 2) that it was looking into the suspected sharing of “competitively sensitive information” among Hilton, Marriott and IHG Hotels. The three chains used the hotel data analytics tools STR from CoStar, which...
Google faces potential new regulations covering its search services in the United Kingdom and, in separate news, reportedly agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in the United States involving its operating system for smartphones. Potential measures announced Wednesday (Jan 28) would see the U.K.’s Competition and...
Global Payments’ planned acquisition of Worldpay was OK’d Monday (Oct. 20) by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority. “The CMA has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Global Payments Inc. of Worldpay Holdco LLC,” the regulator said in a Monday update. “The full text of...
Google could face new restrictions on its search business in the U.K. The potential changes comes as the country’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), announced Tuesday (June 24) said it is weighing a proposal that would give Google “strategic market status,” a...
March 07, 2023
Increased British adoption of open banking this year may be making headlines after the announcement of a new regulator focusing on the space — but this surge may have been made possible by the country’s high digital engagement. Surveying more than 30,000 consumers across 11 countries, PYMNTS’ December ConnectedEconomy™ Index, “How the World Does Digital,” is […]
January 01, 2021
If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year...
June 30, 2026
British regulators want Apple and Google to let developers steer users to payment methods beyond the company’s app stores. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a proposal Tuesday (June 30) that would lift the restrictions imposed by the companies that prevent app developers from directing users to alternative methods of payment. “We think it […]
March 02, 2026
England’s competition watchdog is investigating three international hotel chains for their data-sharing practices. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Monday (March 2) that it was looking into the suspected sharing of “competitively sensitive...
January 28, 2026
Google faces potential new regulations covering its search services in the United Kingdom and, in separate news, reportedly agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in the United States involving its operating...
October 20, 2025
Global Payments’ planned acquisition of Worldpay was OK’d Monday (Oct. 20) by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority. “The CMA has cleared the anticipated acquisition by Global Payments Inc....