Swedish fintech Lendo is awaiting regulatory approval for its banking licence request following a government crackdown on loan sites. The company hopes the Financial Supervisory Authority will approve the application.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitisation Krzysztof Gawkowski confirmed that a database containing close to 19 million patient records was stolen from MyDr, affecting patients across the entire country.
Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI system, announced that it will add an invisible watermark to all AI‑generated text from its upcoming Claude models for the European market, meeting a specific requirement of the EU AI Act that mandates model makers to provide traceability of AI‑generated content.
The UK‑based fintech Revolut secured a banking licence from the French regulator, enabling it to offer full banking services to its customers in France and further expand its European footprint.
Dutch fintech bunq was denied a US national bank charter by the OCC, delaying its plans to expand banking services in the United States.
A German court decision highlighted the need for AI music platforms to obtain licences before using copyrighted music for training, marking the first EU ruling on AI training that took place in the United States. The judgment, welcomed by Dutch rights organisation BumaStemra, underscores the importance of European copyright rules for generative AI.
The rebranding of MindSpa.com as “Beginning: Sleep & Meditation” follows years of trademark proceedings, app-store complaints and the bankruptcy of the Estonian company behind the competing service. After almost six years of legal disputes and persistent consumer confusion, the name Mindspa is returning to the company that introduced it to the mental-health app market at … Read more
EU regulators raided Temu’s Dublin office, alleging the Chinese e‑commerce platform failed to cooperate with inspectors and may have received state subsidies that breach EU competition rules, exposing it to a potential fine of up to 1% of worldwide sales.
A Dutch analysis by Floowy.ai and DGTLbase reveals that young adults struggle to recognise AI‑generated images, underscoring the importance of the EU AI Act’s new labelling rules for AI‑created content.
European Payments Initiative (EPI) announced that the new payment scheme Wero will give Dutch e‑commerce merchants an extra 1.5 years to implement the required consumer‑protection measures. The deadline for introducing purchase protection has been moved from October 2026 to the end of 2028, and the transaction pricing will stay at current iDEAL levels until then. Additional Wero products, such as subscriptions, are expected in 2027, with purchase protection becoming available with those new offerings.