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Mobile contactless payment users to grow to over 760 million by 2020
July 3rd, 2018
The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple or Google Pay will grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according to new research. An estimated 440 million people ...
Why Americans are warming to mobile payments
June 29th, 2018
Americans have long been laggards when it comes to paying for goods and services with a smartphone. Plenty still prefer to sign credit-card slips or even cheques. But there are signs that they are warming to more modern methods. ...
Associations challenging crypto Ads ban to proceed with lawsuit
June 29th, 2018
Facebook’s recent decision to partially lift the ban on crypto ads will not stop a planned legal action against the measure. Crypto associations and businesses from several countries announced earlier this year their intentions to sue internet giants imposing ...
New EU copyright filtering law threatens the internet as we knew it
June 20th, 2018
On June 20th, a committee of the European Parliament will vote on whether to proceed on a copyright proposal that some say will destroy the internet as we know it. That may sound fairly hyperbolic, but over 70 experts ...
Is the EU ready for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base?
June 12th, 2018
In 2011, an ambitious Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) directive was proposed by the European Commission. It sought to harmonise the 28 different corporate tax codes of the Member States into one set of rules while retaining the ...
On 20 June is the biggest vote on potential change to copyright law in Europe
June 11th, 2018
On 20 June, Parliament’s legal affairs committee will vote on the biggest potential change to copyright law in Europe in the last 30 years. The European Commission made the initial proposal two years ago and at its heart were ...
Spain to introduce the first “Real” Digital Tax in the EU
June 1st, 2018
The Treasury will impose a 5% tax on foreign and Spanish companies’ digital services. This new tax will be on the intermediary services and the publicity and sale of digital data up to 5% of the turnover of all ...
Emergency Order halting fraudulent Initial Coin Offering scheme that raised $21 million
May 30th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing fraud involving an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised as much as $21 million from investors in and outside the U.S. The court also ...
Artificial intelligence, or can machines think?
May 11th, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as both a boon and a threat. It uses our personal data to influence our lives without us realising it. It is used by social media to draw our attention to things we ...
Warren Buffett explains one thing people still don’t understand about bitcoin
May 3rd, 2018
When it comes to bitcoin, billionaire investor Warren Buffett wants to make one thing clear: Unlike buying stocks, bonds or real estate, buying bitcoin is not an investment. That’s because it lacks intrinsic value, Buffett says. “If you buy ...
