SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

10:49 AM EDT, 04/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Block (XYZ) will pay a $40 million penalty for major failures in its anti-money laundering compliance program on the Cash App platform, the New York State Department of Financial Services said on Thursday. Superintendent Adrienne Harris said the company violated rules related to money transmission and virtual currency. Block is also required to...

* Struggle to get fair regional and gender representation in next coalition cabinet * No women candidates for senior ministries mentioned, backsliding from previous government * Eastern Germany underrepresented, amidst rising popularity of far right anchored in region BERLIN, April 10 (Reuters) - Germany faces the conundrum of choosing ministers for its next government without flouting equality sensitivities: the main...

NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Block will pay a $40 million civil fine and hire an independent monitor to settle charges by New York's financial services regulator that it failed to adequately police and stop money laundering on its Cash App mobile payment service. Announcing the fine on Thursday, New York's Department of Financial Services faulted critical gaps in...