The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has announced a new probe into fake reviews on Amazon and Google adding to the agency’s multiple investigations into the U.S. tech giants. The Competition and Markets Authority announced on Friday morning that it will look into whether the companies were doing enough to detect and remove fake reviews, and whether the platforms were being manipulated by bad...
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Fintech’s Big Wakeup Call

Fintechs were supposed to transform banking by making it dead simple for users to open savings accounts or pay their bills. But a series of recent high-profile setbacks with both fintechs and the traditional banking sector is setting off alarm bells. This month’s series of bank collapses has shined a spotlight on the health of small banks, typically a behind-the-scenes partner of...
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