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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
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. Get the Full...

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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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