Banking on Your Data: the Role of Big Data in Financial Services

US House Financial Services Committee, Task Force on Financial Technology, November 21 at 9:30 AM, streaming here. 

Was That the Best Subtweet Ever?

K. Swisher, here. 

Report regarding Fact-Finding Survey on Digital Platforms: Summary

Japan FTC, here. 

Europe ‘a global trendsetter on tech regulation’

FT, here. And the Report here. 

China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products

Coindesk, here. 

The U.S. Only Pretends to Have Free Markets

T. Philippon, here. 

Restrictions on Privacy and Exploitation in the Digital Economy: A Competition Law Perspective

N. Economides, I. Lianos, here. 

Google sued by ACCC after allegedly misleading customers over location data collection

Google, here. 

HOW MUCH BRANDEIS DO THE NEO-BRANDEISIANS WANT?

D. Crane, here. 

RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AND FACILITATE REGULATORY CO-OPERATION BETWEEN DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION AUTHORITIES TO ACHIEVE CLEAR AND CONSISTENTLY HIGH STANDARDS OF DATA PROTECTION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

41st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners October 2019, Tirana, Albania, here. 

Antitrust and Tech: Europe and the United States Differ, and it Matters

G.Werden & L. Froeb, Audio here. 

Tying in evolving industries, when future entry cannot be deterred

C. Fumagalli, M. Motta, here. 

Google is reportedly trying to buy Fitbit

The Verge, here. 

Digitale Souveränität im Kontext plattformbasierter Ökosysteme

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, hier. 

Money 20/20: Calibra head claims Libra AML efficacy higher than other payment networks

FinExtra, here. 

Building a positive digital world

M. Vestager, here. 

MERGER CONTROL IN DYNAMIC MARKETS

OECD, here. 

Margrethe Vestager eyes toughening ‘burden of proof’ for Big Tech

FT, here. 

VERS DES PRIX PERSONNALISÉS À L’HEURE DU NUMÉRIQUE ?

E. Combe, ici. 

Xi Jinping’s endorsement of blockchain sparks China stocks frenzy

FT, here. The discourse here. 

Which antitrust investigations should Big Tech worry about?

FT, here. 

Google Sweetens Search-Engine Remedy After EU Pressure

WSJ, here (and here).

Blockchain, FinTechs and their relevance for international financial institutions

EIB, here. 

Conference on Competition Law and Sustainability

Video here.

Competition Authorities to Investigate Mobile Application Store Dominance

B. Yüksel, N. Acar, M. Salan, here. 

Cipher Technologies Bitcoin Fund

Here. 

Blockchain/crypto: a new digital economy

C. Jeanneau, Slides here. 

ACM ontwikkelt leidraden voor het delen van infrastructuur

ACM, hier. 

Applications mobiles : un texte sénatorial veut libérer les utilisateurs des règles des GAFA

Publicsenat.fr, ici. 

Ethikgremium empfiehlt Algorithmen-Verordnung

FAZ, hier. 

New Rules for Credit Reporting Systems in the Digital Economy

EDPB, here. 

Yelp on Google

Here. 

Antitrust, Tech Monopoly and the Apple Case

C. Sagers, here.

Banks may cut ties with Facebook on Libra concerns, ING warns

FT, here. 

Gutachten der Datenethikkommission

Hier.
Executive Summary here.

The Code-ification of Law and Its Potential Effects

T. Kaeseberg, here. 

Data Ownership: Exploring Implications for Data Privacy Rights and Data Valuation

US Senate Committee, here. 

DESIGNING SELF- AND CO-REGULATION INITIATIVES: EVIDENCE ON BEST PRACTICES

BEIS, here. 

Libra and its potential role

OMFIF Podcast, here. 

The Regulatory Regime for Stablecoins

Libra, here. 

Was Libra wirklich bringt

Libra in FAZ, hier. and auf Englisch here.

AI RIGHTS FOR CONSUMERS

BEUC, here. 

Tech platforms are where public life is increasingly constructed, and their motivations are far from neutral

NiemanLab, here.

Open Banking: Regulatory challenges for a new form of financial intermediation in a data-driven world

N. Remolina, here. 

China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API

TNW, here. 

Competition in digital advertising

C. Yoo, Podcast here. 

Huawei admits that US sanctions are hurting

FT, here. 

This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened

Wired, here. 

A G7 stablecoin report that tells it how it is

FT, here.
Report here. 

Big Tech and the Future of Finance

A gaze is worth a thousand words.........

IMF Seminar, Video here. 

Banking disrupted by FinTech and Big Tech

Bruegel, Video here. 

Technology is a Tool and Weapon

B. Smith, Boss Files Podcast here (antitrust from 23:44).

Financialisation of the Food Value Chain, Common Ownership and Competition Law

I. Lianos et al., here. 

How much does the lack of competition in digital markets cost?

J. Furman, here. 

Competition is no longer a click away

R. Chopra, here. 

Why is privacy a competition problem?

T. Valletti, here. 

Data-opolies: Congress needs to act

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Competition policy with a (holistic) view

R. Sims, here. 

Glad to be of any help!

M. Vestager, here. 

China’s Cryptocurrency Plan Has a Powerful Partner: Big Brother

NYTimes, here. 

Google is in serious trouble, warns top anti-trust lawyer

ZDNet, here. 

Why We Must Ban Facial Recognition Software Now

E. Selinger, W. Hartzog, here. 

Why Facebook’s Libra might be a good thing

FT, here.

Marc Benioff says it's time to break up Facebook

CNN, here.

Mastercard Outlines Blockchain Principles After Leaving Libra

Pymnts, here.

European Commission imposes interim measures for first time in nearly two decades

Allen & Overy, here. 

Recent developments at the CMA

CMA, here. 

Some Apple, FaceBook, Amazon, Google documents for US antitrust probe submitted

AppleInsider, here.

Does Apple’s “Discrimination” Against Rival Apps in the App Store harm Consumers?

Truth on the market, here.

Commission imposes interim measures on Broadcom in TV and modem chipset markets

EC, here.

QUO VADIS VERTICAL BER? – THE BUNDESKARTELLAMT’S BACKGROUND PAPER

D'Kart, here. 

DER REFERENTENENTWURF ZUM GWB

D'Kart, hier. 

Soziale Marktwirtschaft für den europäischen Datenraum

U. von der Leyen, hier. 

Apple is suffocating mobile-payment rivals

Quartz, here. 

Google confirms acquisition of data science community Kaggle

ZdNet, here. 

We may need a whole new approach to data protection

Live Mint, here. 

Why the government is investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook for antitrust — but not Microsoft

Vox, here. 

There’s a big problem with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Ars Technica, here. 

Google’s $2.6 Billion Looker Deal Said to Get Closer DOJ Review

Bloomberg, here. 

The Interaction of EU Competition, Consumer, and Data Protection Law in the Digital Economy: The Regulatory Dilemma in the Facebook Odyssey

M. Botta, K. Wiedermann, here. 

Sports Direct calls for probe into Nike and Adidas dominance

BBC News, here. 

Antitrust After Big Data

J. Yun, here.

RGPD : Vueling sanctionnée par la CNIL espagnole pour sa politique de cookies

Next Inpact, ici.. 

Amazon's massive investment in food delivery startup Deliveroo faces further delays thanks to a formal antitrust probe

Business Insider, here. 

Is Libra Dead?

E. Reineris, here. 

Antitrust in Digital Markets

J. Newman, here. 

Brave highlights critical CCPA omission in letter to the Attorney General of California

Brave, here. 

Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 3: The Role of Data and Privacy in Competition

Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3 pm Trento Time, streaming here. 

Competition Authorities to Investigate Mobile Application Store Dominance

Kluwer Competition Law Blog, here. 

Apple Pay rückt angeblich ins Fadenkreuz der EU-Kommission

Heise.de hier. 

Fear of Facebook spurs momentum for Fed to build its own digital currency

Politico.eu, here. 

NYSE Arca Order

SEC, here. 

Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

F. Foer, here. 

Competing at Scale: EU Competition Policy fit for the Global Stage

ERT, here. 

Brave writes to all European governments to press for strong ePrivacy protections

Brave, here. 

EU-Kommission: Digitalchefin Vestager plädiert bei KI für "Vertrauen by Design"

Heise.de, hier. 

Joint memorandum of the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg competition authorities on challenges faced by competition authorities in a digital world

B, NL, LUX Competition Authorities, here. 

Rights as Methodology?

CIM, here. 

Tether Backers Sued Over Market Manipulation

Bloomberg, here. 

Desktop OS Market Share Worldwide

Statcounter, here. 

Germany finalizes proposed changes in competition rules

PoliticoPro, here. 

Geldbuße gegen Bose Ges.m.b.H.

Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, hier. 

Adversarial Interoperability

C. Doctorow, here. 

CMA alleges guitar firm illegally prevented price discounts

CMA, here. 

Interoperability Is Not the Only Obstacle to Blockchain Adoption

CMSWire, here. 

BLOCKCHAIN NOW AND TOMORROW

EU Science Hub, here. 

Senators Caution Mastercard, Visa, Stripe on Libra Membership

Bloomberg, here. 

The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Policy and Regulation

UCLP Public Policy, Video here. 

The anthropology of #cryptocurrency and the possible end of the nation state

A. Tripathi, here. 

GOVERNING DLT NETWORKS

Accenture, here. 

The internet: broken or about to be broken?

G. Smith, here. 

The Next Generation of Data-Sharing in Financial Services: Using Privacy Enhancing Techniques to Unlock New Value

WEF, here. 

Order approves 11 interveners in Android Case

T-804/18, here. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google’s new competition cop, says everything is "on the table"

The Texas Tribune, here. 

Data scraping and the implications of the latest LinkedIn-hiQ court ruling

iabb, here. 

The Ties That Bind Facebook's Libra

Wired, here. 

Insight report on sharing engineering data

Lloyd’s Register Foundation, here. 

What We’ve Learned From Libra

Pymnts, here. 

Digital Era Competition Law: A BRICS Perspective

Draft BRICS academic report,  here.

The Secret Code of Capital and the Origin of Wealth Inequality

K. Pistor, here. 

Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Surveillance capitalism is an assault on human autonomy’

The Guardian, here. 

Some Proposed Principles for Interoperating Data Commons

R. Grossman, here. 

The Financial Stability Board at 10 Years—Looking Back and Looking Ahead

R. Quarles, here. 

Banksy facing potential cancellation of ‘flower bomber’ mark

WorldIPReview, here. 

The Code of Capital

K. Pistor, Video here. 

PayPal Pulls Out of Libra, Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project

NYTimes, here. 

Banking Disrupted? Financial Intermediation in an Era of Transformational Technology

International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (ICMB), here. 

On Libra, trust, etc.

From Erasmus University, Video here.

Droits voisins : enquête « exploratoire » de l'Autorité de la concurrence

Le Point, ici. Mais ici. 

House panel taps startup for Facebook files

660 News, here. 

Malaysia proposes $20 million fine on Grab for abusive practices

Reuters, here. See also here. 

REGULATORY MARKETS FOR AI SAFETY

J. Clark, G. Hadfield, here. 

Google faces UK class action lawsuit over collecting iPhone data

FT, here. 

Libra member companies are planning to meet this month in Switzerland

CNBC, here. 

Huawei backdoor to Google apps slams shut

Mobile World Live, here. 

Open Banking and the Closed Ecosystem: The Tech Banks Need to Navigate GDPR

BizTechMagazine, here. 

Du droit et des algorithmes

M. Teller, ici. 

Criteo porte plainte contre Facebook devant l'Autorité de la concurrence

LesEchos, ici. 

Regulating the Internet of Things

UK House of Commons, Debate Pack here. 

Competitive Edge: Five building blocks for antitrust success: the forthcoming FTC competition report

Equitable Growth, here. 

Finance et acteurs numériques : fintechs, GAFA, transformation des banques

@Echelle, vidéo ici. 

FASHION-ID: INTRODUCING A PHASE-ORIENTED APPROACH TO DATA PROTECTION?

European Law Blog, here. 

Bierkartell-Bußgeld: Preisnachlass für Edeka Nord in Sicht

Welt.de, hier. 

Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content, E.U.’s Top Court Rules

NYTimes, here. 

US: Siri will no longer default to using Apple messaging

CPI, here. 

3 drug firms accused of illegal market sharing

CMA, here.

What Are the Benefits of Data Sharing?

H. Huttunen et al., here. 

Andrew Yang's privacy proposal sounds great, but could be awful

Cnet, here. 

Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility

The Verge, here.

European competition policy that serves consumers in the digital era

BEUC, here.

Bottom-up data Trusts: disturbing the ‘one size fits all’ approach to data governance

S. Delacroix, N. Lawrence, here. 

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF MARK ZUCKERBERG’S LEAKED INTERNAL FACEBOOK MEETINGS

The Verge, here. 

Banking, FinTech, Big Tech: Emerging challenges for financial policymakers

K. Petralia, T. Philippon, T. Rice, N. Véron, here. 

Digitale Währungen, insbesondere Libra

Öffentliche Anhörung des Ausschusses Digitale Agenda 25. September 2019, Stellungnahmen hier. 

Understanding the economics of information sharing

BBVA, here. 

Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent

Judgment in Case C-673/17, press release here. Ruling here. 

Guiding Policies and Procedures under Section F of the UN Set on Competition

UNCTAD, here. 

Erster Kfz-Versicherungstarif mit Dashcam-Bonus

Heise.de, hier. 

PayPal gets Chinese payments license

FinExtra, here. 

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents

P. Aghion, here. 

House Antitrust Investigators Now Scrutinizing Google's Plans to Add DNS Encryption to Chrome

Gizmodo, here. 

Snapchat's Secret Dossier on Facebook

The Journal, Podcast here. 

Dezentrale Datenpools – Europas Chance in der Plattformökonomie

D. Janecek, D. Bayaz, hier. 

MFN Clauses and Antitrust Enforcement: On a Slow Path to Convergence?

I. Vandenborre & C. Janssens, Podcast here. 

Facebook says Libra is out of its control. But Libra's overseers are a web of Silicon Valley insiders

CNN, here. 

Libra: Articles of Association

Here.