March 11, 2019
Netherlands: Website Cookie Walls violate GDPR, say regulators

The Dutch data protection agency (DPA) said when a website forces a user to agree to a cookie policy, or a “wall,” in exchange for access, that request is not...

March 11, 2019
Deep Dive: GDPR And What A US Equivalent Would Look...

GDPR was signed into law in 2016, and since then it has been a point of debate for regulators, businesses, banks and industry professionals in the European Union and around...

March 08, 2019
Bike Sharing Co Mobike Backpedals Operations To Focus On China

Chinese bike sharing company Mobike, which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. Mobike...

March 08, 2019
Dutch Watchdog: Website Cookie Walls Violate GDPR

The Dutch data protection agency (DPA) said when a website forces a user to agree to a cookie policy, or a “wall,” in exchange for access, that request is not...

March 08, 2019
Adjusting To PSD2 And GDPR In Europe

Consumers in the European Union (EU) are adjusting to Payments Service Directive 2 (PSD2) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), even though these regulations focus on bringing greater trust through transparency. At the same...

March 08, 2019
How PSD2 Is Changing Lending In The UK

PSD2 launched in January 2018 and has been active in the European Union for a little over a year now, meaning that banks, merchants and customers are becoming used to...

March 08, 2019
HSBC Launches APIs, Developer Portal For PSD2

HSBC has unveiled its application program interfaces (APIs) and developer portal to comply with the EU’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Reports in the Global Banking & Finance Review said this...

March 07, 2019
CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych

March 2019 CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents: CPI EU News: FCO Facebook Quadriptych In early February 2019, the German Bundeskartellamt (“FCO”)...

March 07, 2019
What ATMs And Open Source Have To Do With Payments...

It might be the case that 2019 takes shape as a watershed year for payments regulation, marked by PSD2 and GDPR. Stakeholders in the financial services and payments arenas are navigating...