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UK Payments FinTech SumUp Raises $307 Million 
UK Payments FinTech SumUp Raises $307 Million 
December 11, 2023  |  Fintech Investments

Payments FinTech SumUp has raised $307 million to expand its footprint and develop new services. The British company, whose products include point-of-sale card readers, announced...

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Face-Scanning Technology Becomes Focus of EU’s AI Act Negotiations 
Face-Scanning Technology Becomes Focus of EU’s AI Act Negotiations 
December 08, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

European Union (EU) negotiators are reportedly engaged in discussions to establish the most comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the western world.  After a marathon...

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UK Considering Ways to Close ‘Advice Gap’ for Small Investors 
UK Considering Ways to Close ‘Advice Gap’ for Small Investors 
December 08, 2023  |  Personal Finance

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and government are considering ways to allow the delivery of more advice and support to consumers to support their...

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UK Antitrust Regulator Eyes Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
UK Antitrust Regulator Eyes Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
December 08, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is gathering information on the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI.  The regulator aims to determine if “recent developments” have resulted in a...

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J.P. Morgan Payments Processes Record Number of Transactions in Europe
J.P. Morgan Payments Processes Record Number of Transactions in Europe
December 08, 2023  |  Payment Methods

J.P. Morgan Payments processed a record number of card-not-present transactions in Europe on both Black Friday (Nov. 24) and Cyber Monday (Nov. 27). The firm...

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UK Could Regulate Tech Giants Under Financial Umbrella
UK Could Regulate Tech Giants Under Financial Umbrella
December 07, 2023  |  Regulation

Could tech giants like Google and Amazon fall under the purview of British financial regulators? A trio of those regulators — The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation...

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Europe’s AI Legislation Exempts Open-Source Models
Europe’s AI Legislation Exempts Open-Source Models
December 07, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Europe’s new AI legislation could reportedly go easy on open-source artificial intelligence models. Lawmakers in Europe were still hammering out the details of the landmark AI Act...

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Visa Picks Enfuce to Launch New Fleet Mobility Card
Visa Picks Enfuce to Launch New Fleet Mobility Card
December 06, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Payment processor Enfuce and Visa have expanded their partnership to introduce a new mobility card. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 6), lets the two companies deliver the Visa Fleet 2.0...

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Bank of England: AI Could Threaten UK Financial System
Bank of England: AI Could Threaten UK Financial System
December 06, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

England’s central bank says AI may pose a risk to the country’s financial system. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Wednesday (Dec. 6) that banks and investors...

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