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Health Insurance Disruptor YuLife Raises $119M to Expand InsurTech
Health Insurance Disruptor YuLife Raises $119M to Expand InsurTech
July 07, 2022  |  Investments

London-based InsurTech startup YuLife has secured more than 117 million euros (about $119 million) in a Series C funding round to expand its global operations...

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Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: France
Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: France
July 07, 2022  |  International

In this final installment of PYMNTS’ five-part series on digital transformation in the European Union, we focus on France and its digital engagement compared to...

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Fed, FinCEN, OCC Urge Banks to Take More Measured Approach to Customer Due Diligence
Fed, FinCEN, OCC Urge Banks to Take More Measured Approach to Customer Due Diligence
July 07, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the National Credit Union Administration,...

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UK’s Boris Johnson Resignation May Delay Crypto, BNPL Legislation 
UK’s Boris Johnson Resignation May Delay Crypto, BNPL Legislation 
July 07, 2022  |  Regulation

A possible resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of the Tory party and Prime Minister in the U.K. may lead to a reshuffle of the...

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As Crypto Spirals, Experts Make the Case for Slower, Safer Regulation
As Crypto Spirals, Experts Make the Case for Slower, Safer Regulation
July 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you ask executives and investors in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries to describe the current state of regulation, you’d hear things like “desperately needed”...

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BNPL Is the Working Capital Bridge for African SMBs
BNPL Is the Working Capital Bridge for African SMBs
July 07, 2022  |  BNPL

There’s a huge gap in working capital financing for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets across Africa, estimated at about $340 billion by...

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UK Treasury to Introduce Stablecoin Regulation Within Weeks
UK Treasury to Introduce Stablecoin Regulation Within Weeks
July 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.K. Treasury is planning legislation to establish a regulatory system for stablecoins, to come as early as August, Coindesk reported Wednesday (July 6). Get...

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UK Antitrust Watchdog Scrutinizes Microsoft-Activision Deal
UK Antitrust Watchdog Scrutinizes Microsoft-Activision Deal
July 06, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, is looking into Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday...

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PSD3 Set to Mandate API Standardization
PSD3 Set to Mandate API Standardization
July 06, 2022  |  API

Last month, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a response to the European Commission’s call for advice on the upcoming review of the revised Payment...

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