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Facebook Hit With Fine From UK’s Information Commission Over Data Handling
Facebook Hit With Fine From UK’s Information Commission Over Data Handling
October 25, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook got hit with a $644,600 fine in the U.K. after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious...

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Goldman Reassigns Online Bank Marcus To Wealth Unit
Goldman Reassigns Online Bank Marcus To Wealth Unit
October 23, 2018  |  Banking

Goldman Sachs is moving its Marcus business line into its wealth-management unit. According to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg, the firm’s $1.5 trillion investment-management...

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Marqeta Expanding Overseas, Sets Up Shop In The UK
Marqeta Expanding Overseas, Sets Up Shop In The UK
October 22, 2018  |  News

Marqeta, a U.S. financial technology startup backed by Goldman Sachs, is expanding overseas. Investing.com, citing a Reuters report, said that the company, which helps other...

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Jaguar CEO: Hard Brexit Could Spark Huge Job Losses
Jaguar CEO: Hard Brexit Could Spark Huge Job Losses
October 22, 2018  |  Brexit

The CEO of Jaguar Land Rover has warned that key industries will be destroyed by a hard Brexit. Last month it was reported that the...

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UK Regulator Rebrands To Pay.UK, Seeks Payments Partner
UK Regulator Rebrands To Pay.UK, Seeks Payments Partner
October 18, 2018  |  International

Pay.UK, the retail payments authority (formerly known as the New Payment System Operator / NPSO), announced on Thursday (Oct. 18) that it has published a...

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Five At Five: eBay Calls Out Amazon
Five At Five: eBay Calls Out Amazon
October 04, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes tension between two big online players, along...

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CMA Orders Lloyds To Improve PPI Policy Communication
CMA Orders Lloyds To Improve PPI Policy Communication
October 04, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Lloyds Banking Group has been ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to improve its communications with customers pertaining to payment protection insurance (PPI)...

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UK IPO Market Could Dry Up For Remainder Of The Year
UK IPO Market Could Dry Up For Remainder Of The Year
October 04, 2018  |  Brexit

Aston Martin and Funding Circle, two high-profile companies that went public in London, aren’t fairing well as public companies — which bankers in the U.K....

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Citizens Advice Files Complaint With British Regulator
Citizens Advice Files Complaint With British Regulator
September 28, 2018  |  Europe

Following a complaint from Citizens Advice, Britain’s competition regulator might investigate financial service and telecom companies. The group had contended that consumers were being “ripped...

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