EU Just Changed Smartphones Forever

A new EU law will require all mobile devices to have user-replaceable batteries by 2027. In this episode we take a look at the law, it's consequences and right to repair.

The future of war

New technology is transforming the way wars are fought, and not just in Ukraine. 

As tension increases between China and America over Taiwan, what does the future of war look like?

The EU’s AI Act, Explained - WSJ Tech News Briefing

The surge in artificial intelligence tools have led to increased calls for regulation. And one place where those rules are beginning to take shape is Europe.

The European Aviation Industry’s New Cybersecurity Rules

Europe has expanded its cybersecurity rules around airline flight safety. And for the first time, the requirements cover a range of companies in the aviation supply chain. 

WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter Catherine Stupp joins host Julie Chang to discuss the new rules and how companies are responding

Brexit and the City - How Brexit is affecting London’ position and status

The fortunes of financial centers may swing less wildly than the markets they host, but swing they do. Brexit has robbed the City of London, the capital’s financial district, of much of its swagger. World-conquering ambition has given way to anxious defensiveness.

When the post-Brexit transition period ends and Britain leaves the single market on December 31st, British-registered financial firms will lose the “passporting” rights that have long allowed them to sell funds, debt, advice or insurance to clients across the EU unimpeded, as if they were domestic.

Read the full article HERE

PSD2 - what U.S.based merchants who sell into the EU need to know

PSD2, Europe’s new set of online payment security rules, was supposed to have a ripple effect on U.S.-based merchants when it took effect in September 2019. However, a delay in full enforcement of the new standards until the end of 2020 has given US companies more time to figure out whether they’re required to comply and if so, how to do so.

What do U.S.-based merchants who sell into the EU need to know now? Get the details HERE.

Europe - How it all hangs together

This diagram puts all of Europe's pacts and treaties into one understandable diagram.

The vultures are circling: EU states eye up London's finance crown

From Finextra –
“As states across Europe eye up London's business riches and tout their EU-friendly fintech credentials, German centre-right political party Freie Demokraten is taking a cheekily direct approach, driving a giant billboard truck into the heart of the capital emblazoned with an invite for Brexit-scarred startups to move to Berlin.”

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The 9 ways Brexit will affect foreign banks

From Financial Times -

“Banks across Europe and the US have been battered by Brexit. Shares in big global banks outside the UK fell anywhere from 7 to 20 per cent on the day after the UK voted to quit the EU. Though other parts of the market have since recovered, non-UK banks have failed to make back all of their losses.

Brexit will change overseas banks significantly, sometimes for the good. Here are nine ways the vote will affect them.”

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Solvency II: An EU Regulation in a non-EU Nation

From Bobs Guide –

“Following the Brexit campaign, many financial professionals have been left wondering what to do about regulation. Michael Gove claimed that the UK would be better off without the £600 million a week that is spent on EU regulation costs. Although this is a disputed subject, it must be said that the number of European directives and standards in place is colossal. Will the UK continue to comply with EU regulations such as Solvency II, or will there be a stream of new standards that come into force in the years to come?”

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