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ECB’s Panetta Urges Firms to Adopt EU Instant Payment Solutions
ECB’s Panetta Urges Firms to Adopt EU Instant Payment Solutions
June 16, 2022  |  Faster Payments

The European Union should continue working on a pan-European payment solution based on instant payments and a digital euro to avoid relying on United States...

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Europe New Battleground in Fight Against Platform Monopolies
Europe New Battleground in Fight Against Platform Monopolies
June 16, 2022  |  Big Tech

In Apple’s ongoing antitrust woes, the locus of the company’s legal concerns is increasingly moving from the U.S. to Europe as investigations by EU and...

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FinTech IPO Index Plummets 13%, Worst Weekly Showing This Year
FinTech IPO Index Plummets 13%, Worst Weekly Showing This Year
June 16, 2022  |  IPO

Perhaps the best thing that could be said about this terrible, no good, lousy week is that … it could’ve been worse. The 13.5% slide...

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Circle Debuts Euro Stablecoin
Circle Debuts Euro Stablecoin
June 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

With Circle’s announcement today of a new euro-denominated stablecoin called Euro Coin, the second-largest issuer of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies is making a play for leadership of...

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Boohoo Could Join Other Brands Charging for Online Returns
Boohoo Could Join Other Brands Charging for Online Returns
June 16, 2022  |  Retail

As returns eat into more of its profits, U.K. retailer Boohoo is weighing charging customers a fee when they send back unwanted merchandise, Bloomberg reported...

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Vueling Teams Up with BitPay to Let Fliers Pay with Crypto
Vueling Teams Up with BitPay to Let Fliers Pay with Crypto
June 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Vueling, an airline part of International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), is collaborating with cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay to enable crypto payments for airline tickets....

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Mazepay Streamlining B2B Purchases With Pan-European Payments License
Mazepay Streamlining B2B Purchases With Pan-European Payments License
June 16, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Financial software platform Mazepay on Thursday (June 16) announced that it has secured a pan-European payments license from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, giving it...

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UK’s Digital Strategy Is to Be the Anti-EU Regulator
UK’s Digital Strategy Is to Be the Anti-EU Regulator
June 16, 2022  |  Regulation

The U.K. government has used the London Tech Week that is taking place this week as the platform to unveil a series of proposals that...

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UK SMEs Give Customers the Cheap, Contactless Payments They Want
UK SMEs Give Customers the Cheap, Contactless Payments They Want
June 16, 2022  |  Payment Methods

In the U.K., The Big Issue magazine is distributed by a network of around 1500 people who are either vulnerably housed or at risk of...

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