Bank of England officials split over future path for rates
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymakers disagreed on Thursday about where interest rates need ..
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First Abu Dhabi Bank could renew $35 billion offer for StanChart -Bloomberg News
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, could renew a p..
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Italy inflation-adjusted retail sales fell in 2022
ROME (Reuters) -Italian retail sales increased in value terms but decreased in volume in 2022 compared to the previous year, with cons..
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Tax trends: Why technology-led co-sourcing will build momentum in 2023
By Russell Gammon, Chief Solutions Officer at Tax Systems In recent years, technology has played an important role in driv..
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Challenges lie ahead: three things to watch with web data collection in 2023
By Erez Naveh, SVP of Product at Bright Data Increasing price pressures amidst global economic uncertainty are making this..
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Global shares slide, dollar gains as rates rise on strong data
By Herbert Lash and Amanda Cooper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global equity markets slid and the dollar firmed on Monday after data s..
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Swiss to vote on preventing cashless society, pressure group says
(Reuters) – Swiss citizens will get the chance to try to ensure their economy never becomes cashless, a pressure group said, aft..
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Central banks hike rates again, but a pause is coming
LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks are steadily moving closer to a pause in their aggressive interest rate hiking campaigns...
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Dollar falls to nine-month low as Powell notes progress in disinflation
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar extended losses on Wednesday and fell to a nine-month low against a basket of ..
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UK shop price inflation hits record 8% in January: BRC
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Prices in British shops in January were 8.0% higher than a year before, the biggest annual ..
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You’ve got to shape up: 3 steps for fintechs to navigate the recession
By Anna Oleksiuk, Fintech Practice Leader, Intellias Having already experienced three major crises in the last two decades..
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It in 2023: why market volatility will be a forcing function to finally take down bloatware
By Prasad Ramakrishnan, SVP of IT and CIO at Freshworks. From economic slowdowns, the looming threat of a global recession..
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Stocks, dollar gain on resilient U.S. economy
By Herbert Lash and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A gauge of global stock performance rose and the dollar strengthened o..
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Bank of England set to hike to 4% as rate peak looms
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks on course to raise its main interest rate by half a percentage po..
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UK income inequality widens after pandemic dip
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British income inequality rose to a three-year high in the 2021/22 financial year after a d..
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Global 2023 economic view downgraded, at odds with market optimism: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Global economic growth is forecast to barely clear 2% this year, according to a Reuters pol..
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Cryptoverse: Bitcoin investors take control
(Corrects paragraph 8 to show big investors were responsible for about 68% of the flows) By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Re..
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What will happen in Fintech in 2023?
By Rohini Gupta, founder of FinregE, As we move further into 2023 and gather momentum for the months ahead, the pace of ..
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Digital euro will be free but limited in scope, ECB says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The digital version of the euro currency will be free to use and available to all but the European Central..
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Analysis-Bond traders get their swagger back in rate-obsessed markets
By Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond traders are stars again on Wall Street. Fixed income, currencies and commodities (FIC..
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Global stocks advance ahead of U.S. inflation data
By Sinéad Carew and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street equities followed Europe’s higher on Wednesday as in..
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Inflation fighting central bankers air climate role doubts
By Francesco Canepa and Lindsay Dunsmuir STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Some of the world’s top central bankers aired concerns about being..
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World Bank warns global economy could easily tip into recession in 2023
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the br..
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Analysis-Central Europe’s path to lower inflation strewn with hazards
By Luiza Ilie and Gergely Szakacs BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s 25 basis point rate hike on Tuesday may signal an end to..
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Sterling hits 2 1/2 week high, eyes on BoE
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound hit a two-and-a-half-week high against a broadly weak dollar on Monday ahea..
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Big fall in euro zone inflation offers little help for ECB
By Balazs Koranyi and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation tumbled last month but underlying price press..
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Euro zone economy sentiment rises in Dec, first time since start of Ukraine war
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone economic sentiment improved in December for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine,..
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Green bonds are set to drive corporate ESG debt out of slump in 2023 -Barclays
By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global sales of corporate bonds with environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets will..
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Stocks fall, Treasury yields rise upon final 2022 trading day
By Sinéad Carew and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK, LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street equity indexes lost ground on Friday, the last tradi..
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Weary Wall Street cheers improved consumer confidence
By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) -Global stock markets rose on Wednesday, as U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in D..
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Accounting and accountants can save the world
Nature Needs to be on the Balance Sheet if we are to Reverse Biodiversity and Climate Crisis Research paper calls for Nature ..
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FSC reinvests in Spanish consumer finance specialist Ufasa
– European financial services specialist signs capital increase to drive further growth – FSC Partner Martin Rauchenwald..
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Stocks, dollar little changed as inflation data sends mixed signals
By Herbert Lash and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar and Wall Street stocks traded little changed on Friday a..
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UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000
M&A deal size has fallen in the last 12 months from £7.1 million to £6.3 million. Deal volumes have remained broadly the s..
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FICO Survey: UK Consumers Will Choose Banks Based on Fraud Protection
FICO’s latest survey into fraud and identity verification shows consumers rank fraud protection as number one consideration whe..
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DeathStalker targeting British legal, financial and travel entities with new Janicab variant, Kaspersky intelligence found
LONDON, 7th December 2022 – Kaspersky experts have identified new functionalities within the Janicab malware, which is being ..
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Majority of UK marketers are tackling 2023 budget challenges head on through increased creativity and risk taking
91% of marketers believe that it is important to invest more in marketing during a recession 7th December 2022, London..
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