The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech giant and the artificial intelligence (AI) startup did not warrant additional investigation. “The CMA does...
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is in charge of antitrust regulation, is investigating a partnership between tech giant Alphabet and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. It will launch a probe Friday (Oct. 25) that aims to determine whether the deal could undermine competition...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Friday (Sept. 27) that it decided it will not further investigate whether Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic created a relevant merger situation that could result in a lessening of competition. The decision followed the CMA’s invitation for...
British banking providers have completed their Roadmap for Open Banking. That’s according to an announcement Monday (Sept. 9) from Open Banking Limited (OBL), which had gotten confirmation on the completed roadmap from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This means that the nine banking providers mandated by the...
January 16, 2023
The U.K. today counts 6.5 million active users of open banking-powered technology. In a recent statement announcing the news, the country’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) added that there were 7.5 million open banking-powered payments in the U.K. as of December 2022. This milestone comes five years after open banking was made a regulatory requirement […]
November 22, 2024
Apple and Google may face a formal investigation into their mobile ecosystem policies in the United Kingdom after a provisional study found that these policies are “holding back innovation.” Following an investigation launched in 2022, an independent inquiry group of the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recommended that the CMA’s board consider launching a […]
November 19, 2024
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech...
October 24, 2024
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is in charge of antitrust regulation, is investigating a partnership between tech giant Alphabet and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. It will launch...
September 27, 2024
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Friday (Sept. 27) that it decided it will not further investigate whether Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic created a relevant merger situation...
