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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EU Digital Wallets Take On Global Card Networks, Strive for Interoperability
EU Digital Wallets Take On Global Card Networks, Strive for Interoperability
September 05, 2022  |  Digital Banking

Interoperability has long been a guiding principle for the European payments ecosystem. A kind of mantra that has weathered the rollercoaster of European political (dis)integration,...

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EU Lawmaker Says MiCA Crypto Law Could Be Ready in October
EU Lawmaker Says MiCA Crypto Law Could Be Ready in October
September 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The text for the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) could be ready in the next six weeks, according to lawmaker Stefan Berger on Thursday...

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EU Opens Silicon Valley Office to Streamline Communication With Big Tech
EU Opens Silicon Valley Office to Streamline Communication With Big Tech
September 01, 2022  |  Big Tech

The European Commission has opened a San Francisco office to help ease the flow of communication between the European Union’s executive branch and California-based Big...

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Today in Crypto: Ticketmaster Issues Event NFTs; S. Korea’s Busan City Teams With FTX for Exchange
Today in Crypto: Ticketmaster Issues Event NFTs; S. Korea’s Busan City Teams With FTX for...
August 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Ticketmaster has added a capability for event organizers to issue NFTs related to live events, a report from Dapper Labs said Wednesday (Aug. 31). The...

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3 Things to Know About the UK’s DFMI Consortium Exploring Future of Money
3 Things to Know About the UK’s DFMI Consortium Exploring Future of Money
August 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Last week saw the launch of the Digital Financial Markets Infrastructure (DFMI) consortium, a cross-industry body committed to exploring the future of money through real...

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ESG Regulation at the Heart of EU Investment Landscape
ESG Regulation at the Heart of EU Investment Landscape
August 25, 2022  |  Investments

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly central to fund managers’ investment strategies, and ESG investment has been on the rise for several years....

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Visa and Mastercard Blame Fraud for Increased Cross-Border Fees
Visa and Mastercard Blame Fraud for Increased Cross-Border Fees
August 24, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Visa and Mastercard have blamed fraud and growing competition for the increase in their cross-border fees since the U.K. left the European Union, a post...

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EMEA Daily: Visa, Mastercard Blame Fraud for Increased Cross-Border Fees; LianLian Global Partners With Uncapped on eCommerce Financing
EMEA Daily: Visa, Mastercard Blame Fraud for Increased Cross-Border Fees; LianLian Global Partners With Uncapped...
August 24, 2022  |  emea

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the U.K. Parliament’s Treasury Committee has published the responses of Visa and Mastercard after it questioned their...

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A Primer on EU Stablecoin Regulations
A Primer on EU Stablecoin Regulations
August 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin regulation in Europe is, in theory, mostly settled under the EU-wide crypto regulatory framework that has largely been agreed upon. The Markets in Crypto...

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