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EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To The US
EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To The US
July 16, 2020  |  Data

In a surprise win for privacy advocates, the European Court of Justice has ruled companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union (EU)...

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Debit Card Allows Payments In Crypto; VMware Joins DLT-Language Maker Digital Asset’s Financing Round
Bitcoin Daily: Binance Debit Card Allows Payments In Crypto; VMware Joins DLT-Language Maker Digital Asset’s...
July 14, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Blockchain firm Binance has launched the Binance Card in Europe, which lets users convert multiple cryptocurrencies to fiat to spend at more than 60 million...

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Today In Payments: Amazon Introduces Smart Shopping Carts; Europe Reopens, Shopping Spree Underway
Today In Payments: Amazon Introduces Smart Shopping Carts; Europe Reopens, Shopping Spree Underway
July 14, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon introduced shopping carts that let customers skip checkout lines, and retail sales in Europe surged by nearly 18 percent. Plus,...

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Europe Reopens, Shopping Spree Underway
Europe Reopens, Shopping Spree Underway
July 14, 2020  |  Europe

The phrase “shop ‘til you drop” hasn’t been used for months as the world hunkered down to stop the spread of COVID-19. But all that’s...

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Barclaycard, SAP Team For Better B2B Functions With Smartpay
Barclaycard, SAP Team For Better B2B Functions With Smartpay
July 08, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Barclaycard Payments has extended its partnership with SAP in order to expand the availability of its payments gateway product Smartpay to more customers across Europe,...

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EU Awaits Launch Of Payments Network Challenger This Week
EU Awaits Launch Of Payments Network Challenger This Week
July 01, 2020  |  International

A group of big European banks is planning to challenge Visa’s and Mastercard’s positions as the world’s two largest payment processing networks, Electronic Payments International...

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Source: German Regulators Failed To Take Action On Wirecard Red Flags
Source: German Regulators Failed To Take Action On Wirecard Red Flags
June 29, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Numerous regulators had discussions over the years about tightening supervision on Wirecard or adding it to a list of potential subjects for more investigations, but...

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Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific
Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific
June 29, 2020  |  Mastercard

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29)....

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EU To Crack Down On Stablecoin Projects
EU To Crack Down On Stablecoin Projects
June 28, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

The European Union (EU) is preparing to update its cryptocurrency rules that could make it more difficult for stablecoin projects, such as Facebook Inc.’s proposed...

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