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How unfair commercial practices in finance put consumers at risk
In today’s digital marketplace, misleading practices endanger consumers of financial services. This blog explores the tactics...
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Who controls Europe’s payments? The sovereign case for a Digital Euro
The digital euro is a proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) that aims to provide a public...
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Going further to make the online financial services market safer and fairer for Europeans
As the European co-legislators debate the new rules for the online retail financial services market, they...
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Facebook’s digital currency plans: frozen for good or merely on ice?
Worldwide regulatory scrutiny and fierce resistance from civil-society organisations may have dealt a major blow to...
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Which financial services are needed for financial inclusion?
Finance Watch’s new report, “Basic Financial Services”, identifies a shortlist of basic financial products and services...
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Our Petition to ‘Stop Libra’ Collects 80,000 Signatures – let’s reach 100,000
Finance Watch and its partners, Finanzwende and WeMove.eu, have garnered already 80,000 signatures for their petition...
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“Take care of the crowd!” – Legal protection of retail investors in crowdfunding is long overdue
As crowdfunding takes off, retail investors face a host of new risks and opportunities. In this...
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Are local and virtual currencies about to change finance?
Political attempts at reforming the financial system will eventually succeed, and the world will have to...
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