PYMNTS-MonitorEdge-May-2024

Ireland

Europe’s Budget Airlines Battle for Market Share as Competition Shrinks
Europe’s Budget Airlines Battle for Market Share as Competition Shrinks
February 01, 2023  |  emea

Europe’s airlines are bouncing back from the pandemic-induced collapse of international travel. At least, some of them are. In a recently published trading update, British...

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TikTok Joins Ranks of Tech Firms Facing EU Privacy Crackdown
TikTok Joins Ranks of Tech Firms Facing EU Privacy Crackdown
January 17, 2023  |  Regulation

A five million euro fine for privacy violations welcomes TikTok to an expensive club. It’s not the first time the Chinese company has been fined...

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N26 Launches Crypto Trading in 5 European Countries
N26 Launches Crypto Trading in 5 European Countries
January 17, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The German neobank N26 has launched its crypto trading service in five new markets. Following an initial launch in Austria last October, the company announced...

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Meta Fined $413M for GDPR Breaches
Meta Fined $413M for GDPR Breaches
January 04, 2023  |  Meta

Facebook parent company Meta is facing 390 million euros ($413.4 million) in fines. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said in a Wednesday (Jan. 4) press...

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EU Governments Could Ditch Facebook Platform Over Poor Data Handling
EU Governments Could Ditch Facebook Platform Over Poor Data Handling
December 01, 2022  |  Meta

The Dutch government will stop using Facebook if private data handling is not improved. In a recent letter to Parliament, State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen...

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EMEA Daily: PayU-BillDesk Deal Collapses at Last Minute; Italian Court Cancels $169M Fine Against Apple, Amazon
EMEA Daily: PayU-BillDesk Deal Collapses at Last Minute; Italian Court Cancels $169M Fine Against Apple,...
October 03, 2022  |  emea

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Dutch technology firm Prosus announced that it has cancelled a planned takeover that would have seen...

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Square Integrates Sage Into POS
Square Integrates Sage Into POS
September 08, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Accounting and payroll technology company Sage has teamed up with payments provider Square to integrate their accounting and point-of-sale software. According to a Thursday (Sept....

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Bunq’s CapitalFlow Picks Up $10M for Green Financing
Bunq’s CapitalFlow Picks Up $10M for Green Financing
August 26, 2022  |  Investments

Ireland-based Capitalflow Group, owned by neobank Bunq, has secured 10 million euros (about $10 million) from the low-cost Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (EELS) of the...

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Meta’s EU Future Hangs on Irish Authority’s Draft Data Regulations
Meta’s EU Future Hangs on Irish Authority’s Draft Data Regulations
July 12, 2022  |  Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) will be paying close attention to the discussions that will be held today, July 12, on the plenary session of the European...

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