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EC fines Mastercard €570 million over cross-border interchange fees
The European Commission has fined Mastercard a meaty €570.6 million ($648.3 million) for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from...
Feature: Is it all change for interchange?
In recent years, interchange rates have come under increasing pressure from a variety of judicial reviews by the US Federal...
GDPR gets real: Eight strategic complaints filed on “Right to Access”
noyb (a European non-profit organisation for privacy enforcement) has put the GDPR law and eight online streaming services from eight countries...
Visa and Mastercard left out in cold as Chinese Central Bank refuses to process application
After a decade of lobbying to gain local access to the $124 trillion Chinese payments market, Visa and Mastercard have...
European Banking Authority report stresses regulation for crypto-assets
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published the results of its assessment of the applicability and suitability of EU law...
Proceeding with caution – a survey on central bank digital currency
A survey of central banks shows that a majority are collaboratively looking at the implications of a central bank digital...
Google granted e-money licence for EU
Google has announced that it has been granted an e-money licence and authorised as a payment institution in the Republic of...
PayPal and iZettle takeover referred for deeper probe by competition watchdog
The UK’s antitrust watchdog has referred PayPal’s takeover of Swedish startup iZettle for an in-depth probe over fears it will...