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Today In Payments: New Funding Values Tink At $824 Million; Starbucks Shifts 45 Pct Of Stores Toward Drive-Thru, Order Ahead

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The feature is expected to appeal to creators and brands, and will also allow users to add shopping tags to their posts. Reels are the short-form videos that now have their own tab in Instagram. eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits.

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FTC, Lawmakers Turn Sour On M&A; Could Innovation Suffer?

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A monopolist can squash a nascent competitor by buying it, not just by targeting it with anti-competitive actions,” Simons said at an American Bar Association event, as reported by Bloomberg. “It It may be easier and more effective to buy the nascent threat, only if to keep it out of the hands of others.”. Temper Of The Times.

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Mr. Sloan Goes To Washington

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The regulatory actions against Wells are likely to continue, as a “person familiar with the matter,” — thus, an unnamed source — told the Journal that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) may force out additional executives or directors of the company.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating this shift, making financial institutions (FIs), merchants and their regulatory officials race to secure these new digital users. Businesses must therefore keep a careful eye on how data privacy perceptions are changing worldwide, especially as the pandemic pushes more regulators into action.

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What’s Next In Libra’s Serial Cliffhanger?

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Those were action-packed films of cinema’s early days that were updated weekly with short bursts of action that left you wondering at the end: How is the hero going to get out of this deathtrap? Only four months in, Libra’s twists and turns are worthy of the serial cliffhangers of old. The cliffhanger? Runaway trains! Regulators!

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RBS Sued By SMEs For $1.5B

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The Royal Bank of Scotland is in hot water with small and medium-sized businesses, and reports on Monday (April 25) have put a price tag on those legal troubles. Single businesses within our group have losses of tens of millions of pounds, and thousands of businesses suffered as a result of GRG’s actions.”

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In Wake of Vantiv for Worldpay, Europe Beckons?

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In the payments realm there’s been a bit of focus on the Alipay for MoneyGram deal, with its regulatory oversight of a transaction that would be truly global in scope. Regulatory concerns have hinged on whether there is, may be, or could be risk to U.S. The question becomes: What’s next? Or rather: Who’s next?