A reported new investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) into prediction market platform Polymarket is shifting regulatory attention beyond the legal status of event contracts. According to a new analysis by Anderson Insights, the regulator’s inquiry reaches into the marketing, consumer protection and...
The Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is investigating reports that ticket marketplace StubHub is cancelling or failing to provide World Cup tickets that fans have purchased. The OAG has received reports that StubHub cancelled tickets days or hours before the game’s kickoff, Attorney...
Real-time payments in South America have moved well beyond proof of concept. They’re becoming the financial backbone of entire economies, and the numbers speak for themselves. The evidence starts with Brazil’s Pix, which has become one of the most consequential instant payment platforms in the...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asking several of Microsoft’s competitors about the company’s business practices as part of an ongoing antitrust probe, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 13), citing unnamed sources. The agency’s issuance of civil investigative demands steps up its investigation into whether...
July 02, 2026
Real-time payments in South America have moved well beyond proof of concept. They’re becoming the financial backbone of entire economies, and the numbers speak for themselves. The evidence starts with Brazil’s Pix, which has become one of the most consequential instant payment platforms in the world. Launched in 2020, it now counts more than 150 […]
June 05, 2024
The respective online “walls of shame” that U.S. and U.K. regulators have proposed to erect — spotlighting companies under various investigations — may have a chilling effect on competition and...
September 21, 2020
Gross negligence – or evidence of a battle waged by banks that requires new, high-tech weaponry? To that end, and as reported by BuzzFeed, documents submitted by banks to the...
October 14, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly investigating the chain of companies surrounding payments firm Euro Exchange Securities. This probe comes after British authorities seized Euro Exchange in June for possible anti-money laundering (AML) violations, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Oct. 14). The DOJ is seeking information from the court-appointed administrators handling the wind-down of Euro Exchange […]
July 03, 2026
The Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is investigating reports that ticket marketplace StubHub is cancelling or failing to provide World Cup tickets that fans have purchased. The OAG...
February 13, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asking several of Microsoft’s competitors about the company’s business practices as part of an ongoing antitrust probe, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 13), citing...
January 28, 2026
Frankfurt prosecutors and the Federal Criminal Police Office conducted searches at Deutsche Bank’s premises Wednesday (Jan. 28) as part of an investigation into allegations of money laundering involving bank staff,...