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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Amazon Enables Sellers to Add 9 European Stores
Amazon Enables Sellers to Add 9 European Stores
April 19, 2023  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon now enables sellers to expand their business more quickly to its nine European stores. The new European Expansion Accelerator allows sellers who already sell in at least...

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European Commission Proposes Devoting $1.2 Billion to New Cybersecurity Initiatives
European Commission Proposes Devoting $1.2 Billion to New Cybersecurity Initiatives
April 18, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

The European Commission has proposed devoting 1.1 billion euros (about $1.2 billion) to new cybersecurity initiatives. The proposal of the European Union Cyber Solidarity Act...

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AI Regulations Need to Target Data Provenance and Protect Privacy
AI Regulations Need to Target Data Provenance and Protect Privacy
April 11, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

The speed with which AI is radically transforming global economies has not escaped regulators’ attention. As fears continue to grow over the potential use-case implications...

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Germany Could Grab 3.4 Billion Real-Time Payments Opportunity by 2026
Germany Could Grab 3.4 Billion Real-Time Payments Opportunity by 2026
April 10, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

As European Union countries have leveraged preexisting economic relationships to offer quick and seamless cross-border payments across the region, real-time payment adoption has seen historic...

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Belgium’s Real-Time Payments Volume to Exceed 1B by 2026 Despite Slow Adoption
Belgium’s Real-Time Payments Volume to Exceed 1B by 2026 Despite Slow Adoption
April 04, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Belgium was not one of the early adopters of the EU’s SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (also referred to as SEPA Instant or SCT Inst) real-time...

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Pan-EU Payments Challenger Lacks Consumer and Merchant Demand
Pan-EU Payments Challenger Lacks Consumer and Merchant Demand
March 31, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Although Europe lacks a pan-regional scheme to rival international card networks, building and igniting one means giving consumers and merchants a reason to get on...

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Czech Republic’s Real-Time Payments Adoption Slow Despite Promising Potential
Czech Republic’s Real-Time Payments Adoption Slow Despite Promising Potential
March 28, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

More than 60 countries globally have adopted or are in the process of developing a national or regional real-time payments scheme, according to a recent...

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EU Lawmakers Say US Ignoring ‘Message of 2008’
EU Lawmakers Say US Ignoring ‘Message of 2008’
March 23, 2023  |  Banking

Lawmakers in Europe are blaming U.S. regulators for failing to stop this month’s banking crisis. That’s according to a Thursday (March 23) report by CNBC,...

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Mangopay Buys WhenThen to Scale Platform Payments
Mangopay Buys WhenThen to Scale Platform Payments
March 23, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Payment infrastructure provider Mangopay has acquired Dublin-based payment orchestration platform WhenThen. The acquisition enables Mangopay to scale its payment offering and offer platforms enhanced by...

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