As part of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has published a draft Regulation aimed at preventing traders from discriminating against customers located in other EU Member...more
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Even before the uncertainties following the Brexit referendum result, a move to the U.S. was an attractive proposition for high growth UK businesses. Common language, similar culture, access to capital and a...more
Sometimes, what’s omitted is more important than what’s included. And never more so than in relation to EU regulation and compliance. Providers of peer-to-peer platforms may have feared that a desire by the EU to...more
As part of the Commission’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has published a draft Regulation aimed at preventing traders from discriminating against customers based on nationality or location. The...more
8/18/2016
/ Cross-Border ,
Customer Protection Rule ,
Digital Single Market ,
Draft Guidance ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exclusions ,
Geo-Blocking ,
Goods or Services ,
Internet Retailers ,
Member State ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Proposed Regulation ,
UK Brexit
Online platforms have transformed the way we live and work and, as a result, platform operators have become some of the world’s leading brands. But the EU is concerned that Europe is not currently keeping pace with the U.S....more
On 12 January 2016, the long-awaited revised Payment Services Directive (“PSD2”) came into force in Europe. This replaces the Payment Services Directive (“PSD”) that has been in place since 2007. The deadline for EU member...more
2/3/2016
/ Data Security ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
PSD2 ,
Technical Standards ,
Third-Party Service Provider