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Indian Antitrust Regulator Targets Google Over Google Pay Concerns

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India’s competition watchdog is taking aim at Google for allegedly abusing its market power to push its payments app in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. 9) that it is launching an antitrust case against Google. It is also looking into whether the billing system for Google Play favors Google Pay.

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CFPB takes aim at Apple, Google tap-to-pay tech

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Regulations imposed by Big Tech firms have a big impact on whether consumers and businesses can make payments using third-party apps,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a Thursday press release.

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Google Approved By EU To Acquire Fitbit

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Even amid a crackdown on tech acquisitions, Google has managed to win European Union approval for its $2.1 The move comes as regulators in the EU are looking at ways to keep U.S. billion purchase of fitness tracker Fitbit , according to Bloomberg. Big Tech companies from over-extending their dominance of the markets.

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Google Fined $57M By French Regulator In Largest GDPR Action

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’s Google was hit with a $57 million fine Monday (Jan. 21) by a French regulator, in what the Wall Street Journal reported is the largest penalty under the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law. The regulator also said Google didn’t get the necessary user consent for personalized ads.

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UK Regulators To Probe Google Chrome Changes Over Antitrust Fears

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“As the CMA found in its recent market study, Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ proposals will potentially have a very significant impact on publishers like newspapers, and the digital advertising market,” Andrea Coscelli, the U.K. regulator’s CEO, told Reuters. Big Tech has come under increasing criticism from regulators and lawmakers.

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Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs

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The Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations , powered by Ekata, dives deep into this complex and unsettled topic, from possible abrupt retail impacts to long-term open banking repercussions. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) turns two in May, and just like a toddler, it’s messing things up­ (for some).

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EU digital identity wallet to stir paytech market

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The EU would require big tech companies, like Apple and Google, to offer their customers payment services through the new digital identity wallet if the regulation is approved.

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