Bipartisan lawmakers want Biden to tell Europe to stop ‘unfairly’ targeting U.S. tech companies

A bipartisan group of 30 lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to push European leaders to alter language in their proposed Digital Markets Act so that it does not unfairly target U.S. tech companies. In a letter sent Wednesday and

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iPhone refurbisher Swappie raises $124M Series C led by Verdane to scale in Europe

Finland-based Swappie refurbishes and resells used iPhones, taking care of the entire process, and selling the refurbished devices via its own marketplace, with a 12-month warranty. Back in 2020, it closed a €35.8 million ($40.6M) Series B to expand into

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Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

Vivid Money, a challenger bank out of Berlin with 500,000 customers, has made a name for itself with a financial one-stop-shop  “super app” that, in addition to basic checking and money management services, also includes stock and cryptocurrency investing. Now,

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