A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office
By Yulia Tosheva and Irene Fraile
The UK Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”) has a on its approach to monitoring compliance with the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (“IFR”), which is changing the way payment systems operate in Europe.
The PSR, which was launched in April 2015, is an independent economic regulator that oversees...
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office
By Yulia Tosheva, Richard Pike and James Ashe-Taylor
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) took a tentative first step toward the regulation of virtual currencies regulation of virtual currencies last week with the issuance of a on virtual currencies.
The regulation of virtual currencies is already...
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office
By Richard Pike and Yulia Tosheva
The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust investigation into possible collusion by Western Union in the money remittance market.
According to sources, the European Commission is investigating whether exclusivity contracts signed between money-transfer provider Western Union and retail outlets...