Cryptoverse: Buying the dip? Bitcoin’s a rates rookie
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Bitcoin has scant experience with rising interest rates, posing perils for..
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Stocks slide on growth fears, oil tumbles
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock indexes around the world fell sharply on Monday and the dollar reversed course after ..
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Bitcoin falls to 22-month low as stock markets tumble
By Alun John and Elizabeth Howcroft HONG KONG / LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since July 2021 on Monday as slumpi..
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BoE’s Saunders worries inflation will be higher than forecasts
By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders, who called in vain for a big i..
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Swiss press freedom dealt blow in bid for overhaul of bank secrecy rules
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) -Lawmakers blocked a bid to overhaul strict Swiss banking secrecy rules on Friday in a blow..
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Rouble weakens sharply from over 2-year high vs euro before long weekend
(Reuters) -The Russian rouble dropped sharply on Friday, pulling back from a more than two-year high against the euro as the spectre o..
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U.S. rate outlook hits stocks, propels dollar to 20-year highs
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures were indicating a lower open on Friday following a slide in the previous s..
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Stocks tumble on inflation fears, Treasury yields jump
By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields rose and a gauge of global equity markets slumpe..
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BoE flags risk of recession and 10% inflation as it raises rates again
By David Milliken, William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England sent a stark warning that Britain risks a do..
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Dollar slips before expected Fed rate hike
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell against a basket of currencies on Wednesday ahead of the outcome of a Fed..
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Just Eat Takeaway faces shareholder backlash over dealmaking
(Reuters) – Just Eat Takeaway.com NV board was under fire on Wednesday from investors at its AGM who criticised its dealmaking a..
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Stocks rise, U.S. yields slip as markets await Fed rate hike
By Herbert Lash and Danilo Masoni NEW YORK/MILAN (Reuters) -A gauge of global equity markets edged higher on Tuesday while 10-year U.S..
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More than 23,000 equity release customers cashed in property wealth in Q1
The number of new and returning equity release customers reached a new quarterly high of 23,395 between January and March this..
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Dollar on track for best month since 2015
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slipped from 20-year highs against a basket of currencies on Friday but remain..
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Qualco UK goes live with Open Banking Solutions
Qualco UK today went live with two new solutions, featuring open banking technology delivered by a number of key partners. Working wit..
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Rewire partners with Paysafe to drive financial inclusion for migrants through cash management
Leveraging Paysafe’s eCash solution Paysafecash, Rewire is set to provide financial services to cash-reliant migrant communitie..
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Nium Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alternative Payments Network Platform, Socash
Acquisition combines Socash’s technology for local payment acceptance with Nium’s global platform for money movement network fo..
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Merchants could be losing MILLIONS annually due to unoptimised payments strategies, new report from emerchantpay finds
91% UK and German businesses surveyed estimate they could be losing up to 25% turnover due to due to shortcomings in their pay..
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Moneyhub teams up with Wyzr to automate financial planning
Bristol, 20 April 2022 – Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Data and payments platform, is partnering with financial techn..
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Analysis-Banks lag bond yield surge as recession worries trump cheap valuations
By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – Expectations of rising interest rates have failed to lift valuations of European bank shares ..
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Dollar hits 20-yr high as yen tumbles on dovish Bank of Japan
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar hit a 20-year high against rivals on Thursday as the Bank of Japan doubled-dow..
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Closer U.S. ties would ‘reboot’ UK finance after Brexit, says report
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain should move further and faster in reforming its financial rules to ‘reboot’ after B..
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Analysis-Euro peers over the cliff at dollar parity as recession looms
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The euro’s drop to a five-year low is rekindling the possibility the currency will..
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BoE set to walk the line between inflation and recession
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England next week will try to walk what Governor Andrew Bailey calls a ̶..
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Economic growth risks jolt inflation-obsessed markets
(Refiles to fix date to April 27 not April 26) By Sujata Rao and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – After months focusing on ce..
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Britain says EU will struggle to shift euro clearing from London
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial services minister said on Tuesday that the European Union would find i..
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Be simple in bank capital, Bank of England tells global regulators
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The complex system of bank capital buffers could be radically simplified to encourage banks to k..
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Stocks, commodities prices tumble on hawkish Fed, China worries
By Chris Prentice and Marc Jones WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Traders ditched riskier assets on Monday as relief over Emmanuel Macron&..
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U.S. dollar rallies to more than 2-year hike on steep Fed rate hike outlook
(Adds bank affiliation BNP Paribas in analyst quote in 5th paragraph) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Stefano Rebaudo NEW YORK (Reuter..
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Wall Street ends lower as bond yields jump on growth concerns
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wall Street ended the day lower in a choppy trading day on Monday, while U.S. Treasury ..
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Dollar rebounds as Brainard assures markets Fed will stay the course
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The dollar rebounded on Tuesday after digesting slightly softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data..
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Dollar slides from near two-year high amid hawkish signals from Fed
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Tommy Wilkes NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar slipped from a near two-year high on Thursda..
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UK finance regulators should pay heed to energy security policy, says Sunak
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday called on the country’s financial..
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Central Bank of Ireland approves QIAIF exposure to cryptocurrency as Irish domiciled funds surpass €4trn
∙ Central Bank of Ireland approves, in principle, QIAIFs with a low level of exposure to cash settled Bitcoin futures, th..
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Romance fraud is on the rise: How can banks protect their customers?
By: Jamie Melling, CEO — Smartnumbers A surge in romance scams has seen fraudsters swindle Brits out of an average of £8,650, with the..
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Are fintechs set to lose the battle for business banking customers?
Michelle Stevens, banking specialist at finder.com, a personal finance comparison site Innovation in banking isn’t limited to personal..
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Key trends to watch in the asset and wealth management sectors
By Chitra Baskar, COO and Global Head of Funds & Product at Intertrust Group It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that since Ma..
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