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UK FINANCE LEADERS REVEAL THEIR 2022 TECHNOLOGY WISH-LIST

UK FINANCE LEADERS REVEAL THEIR 2022 TECHNOLOGY WISH-LIST

UK Finance leaders are looking to prioritise the Cloud/SaaS and cybersecurity as employees continue with flexible working in 2022 R..

Analysis-Financial literacy or luck? The year small-time traders made a big impact

Analysis-Financial literacy or luck? The year small-time traders made a big impact

By Tommy Wilkes, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – In May, San Diego-based Emily was feeling ..

What can finance teams expect in 2022?

What can finance teams expect in 2022?

By: Annabel Sim, Director at Compleat Software, the P2P Software Creator  As we’ve noticed over the past couple of years, change doesn..

Stellantis reshuffles European financing operations through new JVs with banks

Stellantis reshuffles European financing operations through new JVs with banks

MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis said on Friday it had entered exclusive talks with BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Santander as it..

Hedge funds set to end 2021 with inflows for first time in three years

Hedge funds set to end 2021 with inflows for first time in three years

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Global hedge funds are poised to achieve positive inflows in 2021, for the first time in..

Bitcoin rises 2.1% to reclaim $50,000

Bitcoin rises 2.1% to reclaim $50,000

(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose on Sunday to reclaim levels above $50,000. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency gain..

Unlocking fresh business investment opportunities beyond COVID

Unlocking fresh business investment opportunities beyond COVID

By Michael Kodari, KOSEC, Kodari Securities Since the pandemic hit the world, the way we invest is rapidly changing.  Michael Kodari, ..

Visa launches crypto advisory service for financial institutions, merchants

Visa launches crypto advisory service for financial institutions, merchants

By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) – Visa Inc, the world’s largest payment processor, on Wednesday launched a global crypto ..

U.S. bank executives raise concerns over inflation

U.S. bank executives raise concerns over inflation

By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. bank executives on Tuesday raised concerns about the impact of a sustained period of higher ..

Bitcoin’s flash crash crimps year-end bulls

Bitcoin’s flash crash crimps year-end bulls

By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – A flash weekend bitcoin crash that wiped out a fifth of its value and caus..

Change for the better: companies mustn’t lose sight of the benefits the new e-commerce tax system can bring

Change for the better: companies mustn’t lose sight of the benefits the new e-commerce tax system can bring

By: Anna Higgins, Strategy Programme Director EMEA, Sovos On 1 July 2021, the EU introduced its e-commerce VAT package. Businesses are..

Analysis-China property financing tweaks fall short of investor expectations

Analysis-China property financing tweaks fall short of investor expectations

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will stand firm on policies to curb excess borrowing by property developers even as it makes financing..

Fed, ECB, and BOE hop aboard the ‘transitory’ inflation express

Fed, ECB, and BOE hop aboard the ‘transitory’ inflation express

By Dan Burns and Howard Schneider (Reuters) -The world’s top central banks are pushing back in unison on the idea that higher in..

New research reveals true impact of financial development on the environment

New research reveals true impact of financial development on the environment

Financial development has significant indirect impacts on environmental pollution, new research from Trinity Business School confirms...

AML specialists analyse the common ways to launder money and how to spot them

AML specialists analyse the common ways to launder money and how to spot them

Money laundering costs the British economy roughly £37 billion each year1 and is a significant issue across the world. Its prevalence ..

Aussie dollar firm as bonds tumble, yen looks past BOJ

Aussie dollar firm as bonds tumble, yen looks past BOJ

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Central bank policymakers buffeted currency trading on Thursday as the Australian dollar held..

Quantexa’s Contextual Decision Intelligence chosen by UK Government to fight Covid-19 Loan Scheme Fraud

Quantexa’s Contextual Decision Intelligence chosen by UK Government to fight Covid-19 Loan Scheme Fraud

26 October 2021 LONDON, 26 September 21. Today Quantexa, a global data and analytics software company, announced the Cabinet Office ha..

Contactless payment limit increases to £100: what this means for SME’s

Contactless payment limit increases to £100: what this means for SME’s

By: Jean-Michel – chief technology officer at Total Processing. The UK’s contactless payment limit has just in..

Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS

Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average – ONS

LONDON (Reuters) – Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2..

CEC Bank innovates with low-code apps to support SME customers

CEC Bank innovates with low-code apps to support SME customers

CEC Bank launches fully digitalised current accounts for SMEs and sole traders built using low-code platform, Aurachain. CEC Bank, the..

Metro Bank posts flat third-quarter loan growth

Metro Bank posts flat third-quarter loan growth

(Reuters) – Metro Bank said on Wednesday third-quarter net loans were at similar levels to the previous quarter, as a reduction ..

Yields rise, stocks nudge higher after U.S. jobs data

Yields rise, stocks nudge higher after U.S. jobs data

By Herbert Lash and Tommy Wilkes NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global equity markets edged higher and Treasury yields rose on Frid..

Analysis-Europe’s record IPO year has a sting in its tail

Analysis-Europe’s record IPO year has a sting in its tail

By Abhinav Ramnarayan and Oliver Hirt LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s record year for initial public offerings (IPOs) is threa..

Compare Forex Brokers and Find the Best One for Your Platform

Compare Forex Brokers and Find the Best One for Your Platform

Do you know how to compare forex brokers and find the best one for Forex trading? You need to start the process by first understanding..

Dollar makes broad gains on inflation worries

Dollar makes broad gains on inflation worries

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Wednesday toward the 1-year high touched last week as surging energ..

Stocks under pressure as euro zone inflation hits 13-year high

Stocks under pressure as euro zone inflation hits 13-year high

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street headed for a steadier start on Friday after losses in Europe and Asia as euro zone i..

Stocks claw back as markets calm after Evergrande-led slide

Stocks claw back as markets calm after Evergrande-led slide

By Lewis Krauskopf and Lawrence White NEW YORK/LONDON(Reuters) – World stock markets edged back on Tuesday while the U.S. dollar..

UK inflation expectations show record jump in Sept -Citi/YouGov

UK inflation expectations show record jump in Sept -Citi/YouGov

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The British public’s expectations for inflation over the coming year have shot up by ..

Dollar eases from near 1-month high as Fed, Evergrande eyed

Dollar eases from near 1-month high as Fed, Evergrande eyed

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar eased slightly from a near one-month high as global markets firmed som..

UK’s first green gilt draws record $137 billion demand

UK’s first green gilt draws record $137 billion demand

By David Milliken and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – Britain sold 10 billion pounds of its first ‘green’ governmen..

Evergrande jitters pull risk currencies lower, dollar gains on safety bid

Evergrande jitters pull risk currencies lower, dollar gains on safety bid

(Adds details, updates prices; changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The offshore..

U.S. consumers’ inflation expectations highest in 8 years, NY Fed says

U.S. consumers’ inflation expectations highest in 8 years, NY Fed says

By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – U.S. consumers’ expectations for how much inflation will change over the next year and the c..

ByteDance in talks with banks to borrow over $3 billion, sources say

ByteDance in talks with banks to borrow over $3 billion, sources say

(Reuters) -ByteDance, the Chinese owner of short-video platform TikTok, is in talks with Wall Street banks to borrow more than $3 bill..

Three Layers of Hybrid Workforce Data for financial institutions

Three Layers of Hybrid Workforce Data for financial institutions

By Michael Cupps, Senior Vice President of Marketing at ActiveOps Before the pandemic took the world by storm, the banking sector seem..

London takes aim at New York with five-year financial plan

London takes aim at New York with five-year financial plan

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to ease taxes on banks and make it easier to hire staff from abroad, its financial..

WE’RE NOT GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY: 22 MILLION PRICED OUT OF TRAVEL BY COVID TESTING

WE’RE NOT GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY: 22 MILLION PRICED OUT OF TRAVEL BY COVID TESTING

Britons have spent £1.6 billion so far on COVID-19 testing for international travel As a result, 42% have been priced out of foreign ..

The holiday activities you didn’t know could invalidate your travel cover

The holiday activities you didn’t know could invalidate your travel cover

With holiday travel on the up[1], research reveals outdoor activities, and a summer of sports could cost Brits more than £1 billion in..