The blog of Alejandro Brega
Mobile phone with Facebook and Twitter applications among others. The US says it is reviewing how technology companies have gained power in the market and if they have engaged in practices that harm competition The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into the business…
Leave a CommentOnce the Facebook project: Libra has already been presented, speculation immediately begins. It is the law of life and all the media echo one another to such an extent that it is unknown which was the first source. Among the many interesting things that continue to happen daily in the…
Leave a CommentFor a long time, the Internet giants have been targeted because of the enormous amount of information they manage and the way they protect the data of millions of users around the world. For that reason, in Washington, politicians of all spaces, allied to give a new battle against the…
Leave a CommentResearchers at UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, found user information data hidden from view, publicly displayed inadvertently on Amazon.com Inc. cloud servers. The finding shows that one year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal which exposed the insecurity and the open diffusion of the information of the users of Facebook online. The…
Leave a CommentBinance wants to list the Libra cryptocurrency of Facebook when it is published. In a series of interviews this week with industry media, Binance’s chief strategist, Gin Chao, revealed that the main exchange of cryptocurrencies was in the initial conversations with the leading social media platform in the hope of…
Leave a CommentFacebook’s first foray into the financial world prompted an immediate question yesterday: how far will your new digital currency shake up traditional financial services? The vision of Facebook promises a world where banks and other means of payment are disintermediated by Libra, which could allow instant and almost free international…
Leave a CommentBanks in the European Union could have an instantaneous payment system by 2020, according to a Reuters report of June 26. According to the report, real-time payments have been possible in the euro zone since 2017, but only about half of the banks in the bloc adhered to the initiative.…
Leave a CommentFor the first time, Facebook spoke of its cryptocurrency and confirmed that it will be called Libra. This digital currency will be tied to the dollar, which will avoid its volatility. In addition, the company introduced the Blockchain system with which transactions can be made. Sending money, as easy as…
Leave a CommentA few days ago, Facebook announced what will be its own cryptocurrency, Libra. And with it also its digital wallet option, Calibra. For Libra to become a reality from next year, Facebook has partnered with 28 major companies, among which there is no traditional banking partner, forming the Libra Association,…
The law to regulate Financial Technology Institutions would seek to modify, in the first place, companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook so that they do not carry out monopolistic practices that affect the market. Before the emergence of ‘Big Tech’ – a group made up of Google, Amazon and…
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