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UK Payment Systems Regulator to Review Visa, Mastercard Fees
UK Payment Systems Regulator to Review Visa, Mastercard Fees
June 21, 2022  |  Credit Cards

On Tuesday (June 21), the U.K.’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) detailed plans for two market reviews it will carry out focusing on card fees. One...

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RBI to FinTechs: Non-Banks Can’t Reload Funds to Prepaid Wallets, Cards
RBI to FinTechs: Non-Banks Can’t Reload Funds to Prepaid Wallets, Cards
June 21, 2022  |  Regulation

FinTechs were alerted that non-bank issuers of prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) can’t load cards and digital wallets with funds through credit lines, the Reserve Bank...

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Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
June 17, 2022  |  Regulation

When Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) revealed that their bipartisan bill creating a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies would define most digital assets...

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TechReg Weekly EMEA: Apple, Google, Meta Offer Commitments to End EU Probes
TechReg Weekly EMEA: Apple, Google, Meta Offer Commitments to End EU Probes
June 17, 2022  |  Technology

This week, Big Tech firms seem to have coordinated to offer remedies to EU regulators to end different antitrust probes as Amazon, Meta and Google...

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This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards in BNPL Sector
This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards...
June 17, 2022  |  Technology

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the crypto community have been sending warnings to each other: the SEC chair said there was...

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Musk Will ‘Integrate Payments’ Into Twitter, Crypto Included
Musk Will ‘Integrate Payments’ Into Twitter, Crypto Included
June 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Twitter’s move into the payments field is about to accelerate dramatically. And it’s very likely to include cryptocurrency. Elon Musk made that clear in his...

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Binance’s Top Investigator Says Reports of Crypto’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Binance’s Top Investigator Says Reports of Crypto’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
June 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If there’s one theme that pops up over and over when talking to Tigran Gambaryan, who took over blockchain intelligence and investigations for top crypto...

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Lawmakers Call for Halt of TD’s $13B First Horizon Deal
Lawmakers Call for Halt of TD’s $13B First Horizon Deal
June 15, 2022  |  Acquisitions

A group of lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to halt TD Bank’s...

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Revolut Releases Simplified App Version in Five Countries
Revolut Releases Simplified App Version in Five Countries
June 15, 2022  |  Mobile Applications

Digital banking platform Revolut is introducing a streamlined version of its app in Sri Lanka, Chile, Ecuador, Azerbaijan and Oman, which will give users the...

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