European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS,...
The PayPal logo is seen at an office building in Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform from October as it works to comply with new rules on crypto promotions.Britain's financial regulator is due to bring in tougher rules to limit how crypto is advertised to British consumers, including requiring crypto firms to carry warnings about the risk and scrapping "refer a friend" bonuses.PayPal will "temporarily pause"...
The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at the company's office at the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich in this July 1, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - UBS (UBSG.S) agreed to pay $1.435 billion to settle U.S. charges that the Swiss lender misled investors into buying troubled mortgage securities, concluding an industrywide probe into a root cause of the 2008 global financial crisis.The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday said it has collected more than $36 billion in civil fines from 19...