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Blockchain & Crypto

Hong Kong Securities Regulator Starts Accepting License Applications from Crypto Exchanges

Applications for crypto trading platform licenses in Hong Kong will start being accepted on June 1, as soon as existing guidelines are officially updated

News

Meta Hit With Landmark $1.3 Billion EU Privacy Fine

The Meta Platforms company in Europe was fined a record amount of $1.3 billion.

Blockchain & Crypto

Huobi Ordered to Close Operations in Malaysia

Securities Commission Malaysia (SCM) ordered the crypto exchange Huobi Global to stop operations in the country, stating the firm failed to register its business properly

News

G7 Countries Seek Common Vision for AI

The leaders of the G7 countries intend to hold a negotiation process, following which a common vision of artificial intelligence will be formed and the goals of its development will be outlined.

News

Disney Scraps $867 Million Florida Plan

The Walt Disney Company has abandoned its intention to invest $867 million in the construction of a new corporate campus in the state of Florida.

News

TikTok Creators Sue Montana Over App Ban

A group of TikTok users filed a lawsuit to get the Montana state administration to cancel the blocking of this digital platform.

News

FTC Says Biometric Surveillance Threatens Civil Rights

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stated that the increased use of biometric data entails risks related to privacy, security, and discrimination.

Science & Technology

Montana Bans TikTok

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed into law the most stringent restrictions on TikTok in the United States.

Society & Lifestyle

Fertility App Fines $200,000 for Leaking Customer’s Health Data

The company that created the popular infertility treatment app Premom has announced to pay $200,000 in federal and state fines.

Science & Technology

Sam Altman Urges Congress to Regulate Powerful New Technology

On Tuesday, May 16, Sam Altman, Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, told US senators about the aspects of the development and application of artificial intelligence, the regulation of which he supports.

Finance & Economics

Wells Fargo Reaches $1 Billion Settlement With Shareholders

Wells Fargo & Co has decided to pay $1 billion to settle the court agreement.

News

Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Wins EU Approval

In the European Union, the regulator approved Microsoft’s corporation takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Facctum Launches Anti-Fincrime Tech for Nigerian Banks

The new anti-financial crime solutions harness the power of parallel processing technology to help Nigerian financial institutions modernise financial crime detection

Finance & Economics

TD Bank Needs Years to Address Regulators Concerns

An analyst at Barclays Plc claims that, with a high degree of probability, Toronto-Dominion Bank will not be able to conclude deals on the acquisition of retail banking services in the United States for the next few years.

Society & Lifestyle

UK Extradites Autonomy Co-Founder Mike Lynch to US

British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been extradited to the United States, where he will be charged with committing illegal acts.

News

CFPB Warns Banks Against Creation of Fake Accounts for Fee Harvesting

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) The United States has issued a circular stating that banks unilaterally deciding to reopen a deposit account for processing transactions, previously closed by a customer violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act.