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EU sets out stringent new laws to contain power of Big Tech

25 Apr 22 @ 17:02

EU lawmakers have set out a major set of new legislations designed to heavily curb the powers of US Big Tech companies, forcing them to police content online more aggressively... read more

One year on from enforcement – has PSD2 reduced fraud?

25 Apr 22 @ 13:08

It’s been a year since every merchant across France, Germany, Italy and Spain — the EEA’s largest digital commerce markets — started complying with PSD2, but has enforcement reduced fraud... read more

Why did the FCA shut down all the UK’s crypto ATMs

22 Apr 22 @ 10:50

In early March of 2022 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released warning on illegal crypto ATMs operating in the UK – but why? In the warning the FCA noted... read more

TransUnion and senior executive charged with violating law enforcement order

21 Apr 22 @ 11:51

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is filing a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and longtime executive John Danaher for violating a 2017 law enforcement order. The order... read more

Crypto industry hardens attempts to influence EU policy

20 Apr 22 @ 17:10

In what will almost certainly turn out to be an ill informed attempt to influence policy, more than 40 crypto business leaders have written to the European Union asking not... read more

UK sets out stall for crypto – intends to be a leading global hub

05 Apr 22 @ 08:56

The UK government wants to become a “global hub” for the crypto industry. “The UK is open for business and open for crypto businesses,” said John Glen, City minister, whilst... read more

EPC’s 20th anniversary: The transformation of European payments

04 Apr 22 @ 17:30

This year is very special for the European Payments Council (EPC), which celebrates its 20th anniversary. To mark this occasion, the EPC interviewed Javier Santamaria, who has been active within... read more

UK payments regulator sets out plan for the future – card schemes in sights

01 Apr 22 @ 11:00

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its Annual Plan for 2022/23, to go further in making sure payment systems are fit for the future – offering access, protection and... read more

Deutsche Bank, BNP Baribas and Crédit Agricole shut down in Russia

25 Mar 22 @ 11:02

Deutsche Bank was the first to go of the big European banks, officially announcing it will shut down business in Russia due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Now, BNP... read more

A guide to the European Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR)

18 Mar 22 @ 10:48

The regulation of crypto assets and related services is still not treated uniformly in the European Union and resembles more a patchwork of regulatory fragmentation. Although the fifth Anti-Money Laundering... read more

Open Banking: The changing rules on 90 day re-authentication

17 Mar 22 @ 17:10

Open Banking got started back in 2018 thanks to ground-breaking regulations (PSD2), that gave consumers the right to access their bank account data using third parties called account information services providers... read more

Fabio Panetta on central bank digital currencies and digital euro

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more