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News/regulation
Indonesian watchdog KPPU is investigating Google for breaching anti-monopoly laws and carrying out unlawful business practices on the Google Play Store.
16 September 2022
News/payments
A federal appeals court has overturned a decision to let creditors keep more than half a billion dollars that banking giant Citi sent to them by mistake.
12 September 2022
News/security
UK Government has confirmed that of the £47 billion provided in loans through the Bounce Back Loan (BBL) scheme, £1.1 billion of these loans are suspected to be fraudulent.
07 September 2022
News/people
The Hong Kong government is set to bring in a number of financial incentives to address what has been termed as a skills shortage, especially in terms of the fintech sector.
05 September 2022
News/crime
Crypto exchanges operating in the UK will face more reporting requirements over sanctions breaches under new rules introduced in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Walmart has asked a federal court to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against the retail giant, calling it an "egregious instance of agency overreach".
31 August 2022
Block is facing a Class Action lawsuit over a Cash App Investing data breach last year that impacted 8.2 million customers.
26 August 2022
News/crypto
The world's largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, is facing a Federal Class Action lawsuit over allegations that it failed to secure user accounts from hackers and thieves.
24 August 2022
Revenue derived from cryptocurrency-related crime is down by 65% in the first half of 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021.
22 August 2022
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has levied a £12.5m fine against Citigroup Global Markets over past failures to police its trading activity
A handful of Wall Street banks are preparing to pay up to $200m each to settle a case with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the use of WhatsApp messages.
The United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, has released three policy briefs on the dangers of cryptocurrency in light of the rising use of digital assets in developing countries.
12 August 2022
Visa and Mastercard will stop processing payments for the advertising arm of Pornhub's parent company after developments in a lawsuit relating to child pornography.
05 August 2022
News/markets
Legal experts in the UK have opened a public consultation on the legislative changes required to support the issuance and transfer of digital securities on blockchain and DLT systems.
03 August 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved crypto brokerage Zodia Market’s registration application on the UK Financial Services Register, allowing the Standard Chartered-backed business to officially launch.
28 July 2022
A former Coinbase product manager is one of three people to be charged in the first ever cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme.
21 July 2022
Fintechs and crypto asset providers have welcomed the UK government’s decision to bring stablecoins into regulatory scope as part of the recently published Financial Services and Markets Bill.
The UK government has published its plans to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) which would see it depart from the EU's strategy to establish a centralised body to oversee the use of technology.
20 July 2022
Apple is facing an antitrust class-action lawsuit in the US accusing it of illegally profiting from card issuers through policies that prevent competition to its Apple Pay wallet.
19 July 2022
News/retail
UK challenger bank Starling has decided not to pursue an Irish banking licence as it changes its plans for international expansion.
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