Tag: UK
UK Watchdog Cracks Down On Unfair Lenders
The UK’s top financial watchdog is giving banks in that country an ultimatum: treat customers struggling with Britain’s cost-of-living crisis fairly, or be barred...
UK’s Apple App Store Investigation Adds Spotify Podcasts
Apple stopped Spotify from circumventing its App Store fees for audiobooks, and now, Spotify is allegedly speaking with the British competition watchdog over the...
Spotify Meets With UK’s CMA Over Apple’s App Store Fees
Audio streaming giant Spotify has called on the competition watchdog to investigate Apple, accusing it of blocking its new audiobook service.
According to the Telegraph,...
UK Questions If Meta & Microsoft Can Self-Regulate Their Metaverses
The boss of the UK media regulator Ofcom warned “metaverse” forays from tech giants like Meta and Microsoft will be subjected to incoming rules...
UK Bill Will Make It Easier to Seize Crypto in Money...
A proposed law in the UK will make it easier for law enforcement to seize, freeze and recover cryptocurrency used by criminals to launder...
UK MPs Urge Regulator To Curb Big Tech
Big tech firms should face tougher penalties for abusing their market power, a committee of MPs has said.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
UK Watchdog Clears LSEG Merger With Fintech Quantile
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the merger between the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Quantile following an in-depth investigation.
The CMA...
UK’s Made.com Pulls Out Of Sale Talks
British online furniture retailer Made.com said on Tuesday talks with a number of interested parties for a potential sale of the company have been...
UK Watchdog Requests Remedies For $5.1B Sika-MBCC Merger
UK's competition authority said on Tuesday it will likely request remedies before allowing the merger between Swiss chemicals firm Sika and German based MBCC, who...
Bank Of England Official Sees Serious Deficiencies’ In Crypto Governance
Speaking to an audience at the University College London (UCL) Centre for Blockchain Technologies Wednesday (Oct. 19), Carolyn Wilkins of the Bank of England’s...
