April 06, 2018
Facebook-Gate: Rethinking How Apps Treat User Profile Data
When it was discovered that Facebook had allowed its users’ profile data – and that of their social networks – to fall into third-party hands, it caused a bit of...
April 05, 2018
Facebook Updates Policies To Clarify For Users
Reeling from its latest data scandal, social media giant Facebook is taking steps to spell out in plain English how it gathers and uses the data of its users. According...
March 26, 2018
In Procure-To-Pay, Reg And Tech Evolve Together
The rise of RegTech is not by chance: There is an undeniable link between regulatory changes and technological innovation, and that link has a profound impact on FinTech and the...
March 19, 2018
EU And Tech Firm Taxes Dominate Regulatory Landscape
Tax season, indeed. The regulatory landscape was dotted with news out of Europe centered on the way that tech firms do business — and how they’re taxed. First, the way...
March 19, 2018
The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants
There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in...
March 19, 2018
As GDPR Looms, Trusting in a Trust for Data Analytics...
The deadline for compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation framework is fast approaching. Many companies aren’t ready yet. To get up to speed, and get data in place...
March 15, 2018
Mastercard And IBM Launch Trust To Help Companies Meet Europe...
Mastercard, the payments company, and IBM, the technology powerhouse, announced Thursday (March 15) the creation of an independent trust to help companies meet the requirements of Europe’s upcoming privacy and...
March 14, 2018
EU: WhatsApp agrees not to share data with Facebook following...
WhatsApp has agreed not to share user data with Facebook after an investigation by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded that doing so would be illegal. WhatsApp was ordered...
February 19, 2018
SMB eInvoicing, With A Responsibility To Both Protect And Share...
Faster payment schemes are beginning to take root around the globe, and consumer payments are ready to embrace speed. Corporate payments? That’s another matter, as businesses are more reluctant to...
The Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payments Regulations, a PYMNTS and Ekata collaboration, is the go-to monthly resource for updates on the trends and changes regarding PSD2 as well as other privacy and data protection regulations.