Last year, the Competition and Markets Authority, the United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog, chose former Amazon executive Doug Gurr as its interim chair. Now, the CMA wants Gurr in the top leadership role permanently, according to a Monday (Feb. 23) press release. “Following a hugely successful...
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...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority said “Apple and Google’s mobile platforms hold an effective duopoly.” As such, the CMA is proposing new guidelines for how the two tech giants operate in the U.K., according to a Wednesday (July 23) press release. “Apple and...
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...
January 16, 2023
The U.K. today counts 6.5 million active users of open banking-powered technology. In a recent statement announcing the news, the country’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) added that there were 7.5 million open banking-powered payments in the U.K. as of December 2022. This milestone comes five years after open banking was made a regulatory requirement […]
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 information” among Hilton, Marriott and IHG Hotels. The three chains used the hotel data analytics tools STR from CoStar, which is also under investigation, the CMA added. The regulator noted […]
February 23, 2026
Last year, the Competition and Markets Authority, the United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog, chose former Amazon executive Doug Gurr as its interim chair. Now, the CMA wants Gurr in the top...
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....
July 23, 2025
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority said “Apple and Google’s mobile platforms hold an effective duopoly.” As such, the CMA is proposing new guidelines for how the two tech...