Tag: UK
Open Banking Regulations Key To Boosting Digital Payments, Says UK Watchdog
The UK Payment System Regulator’s (PSR) panel issued recommendations on May 10 to eliminate barriers for consumers and merchants to access digital payments in the...
Google, Meta Dodge UK’s Plan to Force Fairer Deals With Publishers
The United Kingdom was about to join a list of countries including Australia, Canada, France and Spain that imposed limits on the negotiations between...
UK Probes Acquisition Of Welsh Nanomaterials Maker On National Security Grounds
The UK government has called for an in-depth review of a planned acquisition by China’s Shanghai Kington Technologies of a Welsh graphene maker on...
UK Regulator Fines Four NatWest Banks for Interchange Fee Violations
Four NatWest Group banks — National Westminster Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts & Co. — were hit with fines totaling...
UK Competition Watchdog Names New Chair
The two-year search for a new chair of the Competition and Markets Authority will end later this month with the expected appointment of Clive...
UK Property Firms In $4 Billion Mega-Merger Talks
British real estate firms Capital & Counties Properties and Shaftesbury said they were in advanced talks on a merger that would bring several major tourist destinations...
Experts Warn UK Watchdog Needs More Crypto Know-How
The UK's FCA needs more experience with crypto in order to understand the asset class fully, an expert has warned.
Mark Aruliah, senior policy adviser...
UK Watchdog Pushes Back Digital Markets Crackdown
The British government said on Friday it plans to bring forward legislation to implement reforms on competition in digital markets when parliamentary time allows,...
UK Ministers No Longer Wish To Empower Tech Regulator
The UK is poised to shelve plans to empower a new technology regulator, in a blow to global efforts to curb the dominance of...
UK Antitrust Watchdog Raises LSE, Quantile Deal Concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened its investigation into London Stock Exchange Group PLC’s (LSEG) anticipated acquisition of Quantile Group Limited (Quantile) in...
