European Union

The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,233,255.3 km² and an estimated total population of about 447 million.

Source: europa.eu

Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
September 19, 2017  |  Regulation

Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Citing...

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EU Finance Ministers To Meet To Find Ways To Lure FinTechs
EU Finance Ministers To Meet To Find Ways To Lure FinTechs
September 12, 2017  |  International

European Union (EU) finance ministers are gearing up to hold talks next week centered on finding ways to lure more FinTech companies their way, reported Reuters. Citing...

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EU May Loosen Software Bank Rules
EU May Loosen Software Bank Rules
September 06, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

With FinTechs eroding away traditional banks’ lead, rules governing investments in software in the European Union (EU) may loosen. According to a news report in...

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CFOs’ Strategic Planning Left Unchanged With Brexit So Far
CFOs’ Strategic Planning Left Unchanged With Brexit So Far
August 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

There have been mixed messages about the impact Brexit has, or may have, on small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.K. From rising insolvency...

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Worldwide IT Security Spending To Hit $86.4B This Year
Worldwide IT Security Spending To Hit $86.4B This Year
August 17, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86.4 billion in 2017, marking a seven percent increase over 2016. That’s according to market...

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Open Banking, Open APIs, Wide Open Opportunities?
Open Banking, Open APIs, Wide Open Opportunities?
August 17, 2017  |  Banking

Europe has mandates in place for open API adoption (perhaps you’ve heard of PSD2)? Here in the States, the playing field is taking shape, but in...

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Higher Education Weighs In On Brexit
Higher Education Weighs In On Brexit
August 08, 2017  |  Brexit

Brexit is getting schooled. Well, in a way. British online newspaper The Independent reported news that a number of highly-regarded, U.K.-based universities have released 10...

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GHX Enables Pan-EU Healthcare B2B eInvoicing
GHX Enables Pan-EU Healthcare B2B eInvoicing
August 01, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Global Healthcare Exchange, or GHX, is rolling out an eInvoicing solution for healthcare suppliers to remain compliant across Europe. An announcement Monday (July 31) said...

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PSD2 Is Coming To Europe And Bringing Big Changes
PSD2 Is Coming To Europe And Bringing Big Changes
July 26, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Come next year, FIs will need to share consumer data with FinTechs and merchants courtesy of PSD2. In the latest PYMNTS Digital Identity Tracker™, powered...

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