EU

The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,475,757 km² and an estimated total population of about 513 million.

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EPI CEO Says Europe Ready for One Digital Wallet
EPI CEO Says Europe Ready for One Digital Wallet
May 08, 2023  |  Payment Methods

As regulators push for the development of instant payments, European Union countries continue to leverage preexisting economic relationships to advance faster payments across the region. ...

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Microsoft Reportedly Working to Head Off EU Antitrust Investigation
Microsoft Reportedly Working to Head Off EU Antitrust Investigation
May 04, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

Microsoft has reportedly told European Union officials that it’s willing to charge for Teams. The offer is meant to address the concerns of the EU’s...

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Europe’s Lenders See ‘Bank Walk’ as Consumers Pull Savings
Europe’s Lenders See ‘Bank Walk’ as Consumers Pull Savings
May 04, 2023  |  Banking

European consumers are reportedly pulling their savings from bank accounts as they seek better deals. As Reuters reported Thursday (May 4), this phenomenon has emerged as some...

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Why SocGen’s B2B Marketplaces Strategy Needed FinTech
Why SocGen’s B2B Marketplaces Strategy Needed FinTech
May 03, 2023  |  Banking

Online business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces are fast growing in popularity, helping to accelerate digital payment innovation in the business space. According to a research study by...

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Italy’s Real-Time Payments Adoption Shows Promise Despite Slow Growth
Italy’s Real-Time Payments Adoption Shows Promise Despite Slow Growth
May 01, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

As digital payments and the need for faster and more efficient financial transactions grow in popularity, countries and regions around the world are accelerating the...

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Proposed Stablecoin Bill Would Give States Right to Regulate Crypto
Proposed Stablecoin Bill Would Give States Right to Regulate Crypto
April 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency’s go-ahead landscape is reaching a critical regulatory inflection point. And it may be stablecoins, the backbone of the cryptocurrency economy, that help chart a...

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EPI Will Debut P2P Digital Wallet in 2024
EPI Will Debut P2P Digital Wallet in 2024
April 25, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The European Payments Initiative says its vision of a unified payment system is closer to reality. The EPI plans to launch a pilot of a person-to-person instant...

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EU Is Embracing Crypto, Will Its Banking Sector?
EU Is Embracing Crypto, Will Its Banking Sector?
April 24, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The regulation approach of the European Union and the United States when it comes to the cryptocurrency sector is now oceans apart. That distance may...

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EU Crypto Regulations Pass as Policymakers Claim Advantage Over US
EU Crypto Regulations Pass as Policymakers Claim Advantage Over US
April 20, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

How do you deal with a problem like crypto? While American regulators and lawmakers quibble over how to properly oversee the infamously tumultuous digital asset...

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