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More Delivery Layoffs on the Horizon as Just Eat Eyes French Restructure
More Delivery Layoffs on the Horizon as Just Eat Eyes French Restructure
July 20, 2022  |  Delivery

Just Eat may eliminate 350 jobs in France due to “difficult market dynamics” in the country, although the plan, which would involve firing permanent delivery...

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Inside the UK’s Regulatory Sandbox: How It Fosters FinTech Innovation, Drives Multisector Growth
Inside the UK’s Regulatory Sandbox: How It Fosters FinTech Innovation, Drives Multisector Growth
July 20, 2022  |  Regulation

The U.K. is credited with launching the first regulatory sandbox in 2016, and since then the concept has spread across the world, with an additional...

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EU Regulators Find New Evidence in Apple Antitrust Case
EU Regulators Find New Evidence in Apple Antitrust Case
July 20, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

European Union antitrust regulators said they have found new evidence in an investigation into Apple prompted by streaming music rival Spotify. Regulators are hoping the...

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Could Super App Users Spell the End of Germany’s Cash-Heavy Retail Economy?
Could Super App Users Spell the End of Germany’s Cash-Heavy Retail Economy?
July 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

It has frequently been observed that German consumers are an anomaly among their northern European neighbors due to their comparably high preference for cash. For...

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Digital Commerce Surge Continues to Dominate the 2022 Agenda
Digital Commerce Surge Continues to Dominate the 2022 Agenda
July 20, 2022  |  Opinion

Simone Lavicka, head of strategy, marketing and sales enablement at Digital Commerce at Worldline, writes  in the PYMNTS eBook “Baseline 2022: What the Next Six...

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Wish, Collect+ Partner on Click and Collect Initiative
Wish, Collect+ Partner on Click and Collect Initiative
July 20, 2022  |  Retail

eCommerce marketplace Wish has teamed up with the United Kingdom’s largest retail parcel network, Collect+, to simplify and accelerate the pick up, delivery and return...

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US, UK Policymakers Plan on Delivering Crypto Promises in 2022
US, UK Policymakers Plan on Delivering Crypto Promises in 2022
July 20, 2022  |  Regulation

In 2021, policymakers around the world raised concerns that crypto assets were too big to be left unregulated and regulation was needed to offer more...

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UK’s Proposed Bill Paves the Way for New Stock-Listing Rules
UK’s Proposed Bill Paves the Way for New Stock-Listing Rules
July 20, 2022  |  Regulation

The British government on July 19 set out plans to bolster the competitiveness of the U.K. as a global financial center to compete with Wall...

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Visa Changes Chargeback Dispute Program
Visa Changes Chargeback Dispute Program
July 20, 2022  |  VISA

Visa is changing how it deals with first-party fraud, or intentional cardholder misuse, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Under the new plan,...

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