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By Tom Wilson and Huw Jones

Sep 19 2019 12:59PM

Including finance ministry, central bank and regulatory officials.

Facebook met UK officials three times before Libra announcement

Facebook met British finance ministry, central bank and regulatory officials in the weeks before making public its plans for the Libra digital currency, responses to Reuters freedom of information requests show. The details of the meetings suggest a concerted effort by the world's biggest social ...

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