Sam Birchall
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Visa and Mastercard handle nearly half of Europe's card payments. The digital euro aims to change that | Fortune (opens the original)
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“Payment systems are not neutral; they are instruments of power,” Gilles Boyer, a French member of the European Parliament, said in June. “We Europeans have had many wake-up calls about our dependence on the U.S. We are fully awake now.” That same day, the European Parliament’s economic affairs committee voted 43 to 14 to back the digital euro. The new form of digital central bank currency, proposed by the European Central Bank (ECB), will act as an electronic alternative to the physical money i
America's scientists are looking abroad. Can European business cash in? | Fortune (opens the original)
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Alex Worsham had no intention of leaving America. He served six and a half years in the U.S. military as an IT and cybersecurity specialist, then helped protect the Library of Congress and the Transportation Security Administration from cyberattacks. But, when he decided to pursue a PhD on the security of emerging technologies, Worsham found American research gripped by “uncertainty.” Instead, he looked for opportunities elsewhere and this summer, he moved to Norway to study at the University of
‘Our industry sees the risks and is concerned’: European tech leaders join calls for AI slowdown | Fortune (opens the original)
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European tech leaders have lent their support to calls to slow down AI advancement, following warnings that the technology poses an existential threat to humanity. “Slowing the pace of this technology is important, but it needs to be [regulated] across governments, and we need enforcement across countries for it to work,” said Pip White, head of U.K. and Ireland, Northern Europe, and Israel at Anthropic, speaking at the Fortune CEO Forum in London. Her comments came after Anthropic CEO Dario Amo
Europe's Fortune 500 2026: Record revenue, shrinking margins, and a new No. 1 country | Fortune (opens the original)
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The combined revenues of the companies on the 2026 Fortune 500 Europe list hit a record high of $15.5 trillion this year, equivalent to half of Europe’s GDP. The list, now in its fourth year, ranks the continent’s largest companies by revenue. Despite fiercer global competition, geopolitical instability, and technological disruption over the past year, the companies on the list have proven resilient. Profits returned to growth this year, rising 3% to just over $1 trillion, after a 5% decline in
After a wave of delistings, can London’s stock market reverse the decline? | Fortune (opens the original)
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London’s stock market has endured a difficult few years, marked by a wave of delistings and IPO snubs. The number of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has fallen from 2,429 in 2015 to 1,534 in May 2026—a decade low —according to LSE data compiled by Statista. More than 30 have left, or are planning to leave this year, including the asset manager Schroders and easyJet, which have both agreed to U.S. takeovers. U.K. markets suffer from a smaller domestic investor base and shallow
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