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New Barclaycard Avios credit cards make spending go further with travel perks and incentives

New Barclaycard Avios credit cards make spending go further with travel perks and incentives

New Barclaycard Avios1 and Avios Plus2 credit cards allow customers to earn Avios for every £1 spent, to redeem on travel New custome..

Family finance app Nosso raises a $2.8m Seed round co-led by Octopus Ventures and Anthemis Group

Family finance app Nosso raises a $2.8m Seed round co-led by Octopus Ventures and Anthemis Group

London, 28th February 2022: Nosso, a fintech helping parents invest and plan for their children’s financial futures, today annou..

Bethpage Federal Credit Union To Go Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

Bethpage Federal Credit Union To Go Live With Scienaptic’s AI-Powered Credit Decisioning Platform

Initial tests show potential for 70-90% increase in automated decision-making and double-digit increases in credit approvals for card ..

Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms

Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms

By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls..

Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia

Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Friday widened sanctions against Russia in step with further measures imposed by the ..

Sterling falls 1% versus dollar, rises against euro

Sterling falls 1% versus dollar, rises against euro

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling declined 1% to $1.3216 as the dollar strengthened against a basket of currencies on safe-haven deman..

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

By Gergely Szakacs and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is putting pressure on centr..

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

By Timour Azhari and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accounts belonging to UK nat..

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

By Simon Lewis and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies rejected Ukraine’s demand for no-fly zones on Friday, saying t..

Russia’s offer to foreign firms: stay, leave or hand over the keys

Russia’s offer to foreign firms: stay, leave or hand over the keys

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Companies around the globe grappled with a dilemma over what to do with their Russian investments on Friday as Mosco..

Ukraine to confront Russia at Int’l Court of Justice on Monday

Ukraine to confront Russia at Int’l Court of Justice on Monday

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia will face off Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a hearing on emerge..

Oil steadies from decade-highs as Iran talks kindle supply hopes

Oil steadies from decade-highs as Iran talks kindle supply hopes

By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil steadied after hitting prices not seen in roughly a decade on Thursday, as sellers jump..

Russian ETF jumps as some sense bargains in ‘uninvestable’ market

Russian ETF jumps as some sense bargains in ‘uninvestable’ market

By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – A Russia-exposed ETF rose by more than 100% in London on Thursday in a sign that some investo..

Ukraine demands ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russians

Ukraine demands ceasefire, humanitarian corridors at talks with Russians

By Maksym Levin and Pavel Polityuk BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian negotiators at talks with Russian officials on..

Stocks slide as oil surge rattles inflation fears

Stocks slide as oil surge rattles inflation fears

By Herbert Lash and Tommy Wilkes NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices soared again on Thursday as the Ukraine war sparked a ru..

Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google from April 4 will require employees back about three days..

Generali pulls back from Russia, Intesa reviews business

Generali pulls back from Russia, Intesa reviews business

MILAN (Reuters) – Leading Italian insurer Generali is set to pull out of its operations in Russia following Moscow’s invas..

Analysis-Crypto exchanges won’t bar Russians, raising fears of sanctions backdoor

Analysis-Crypto exchanges won’t bar Russians, raising fears of sanctions backdoor

By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges are staying put in Russia, breaking ..

Investors seek bargains as Ukraine keeps markets on edge

Investors seek bargains as Ukraine keeps markets on edge

By Sujata Rao and Lewis Krauskopf LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Money managers are scanning roiled global markets for bargains after unpr..

Regulation and Compliance Trends 2022

Regulation and Compliance Trends 2022

By: Rupert Brown, CTO Evidology Systems Rupert Brown, CTO Evidology Systems This article Is being written at the beginning..

TransUnion Teams up With CreditLadder To Include Property Rental Payments in Credit Reports

TransUnion Teams up With CreditLadder To Include Property Rental Payments in Credit Reports

Global information and insights company TransUnion, one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, has partnered with CreditLadder..

AAT calls for more focus on apprenticeships amid government proposals for student finance changes

AAT calls for more focus on apprenticeships amid government proposals for student finance changes

 AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has urged the Government to put more emphasis on alternative routes to employment, includ..

From process to experience: the next frontier is engagement banking

From process to experience: the next frontier is engagement banking

By Jonathan Stallard, executive at Backbase The traditional structure of incumbent banks, whereby each product is managed in isolation..

How embedded lending will re-shape B2B financing in 2022

How embedded lending will re-shape B2B financing in 2022

Mikkel Velin, Co-CEO at YouLend, explores the trends shaping the future of lending and what this means for the wider B2B lending indus..

MONNEO AND KANTOX PARTNER TO OFFER CURRENCY MANAGEMENT AUTOMATION ON CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS

MONNEO AND KANTOX PARTNER TO OFFER CURRENCY MANAGEMENT AUTOMATION ON CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS

Virtual IBAN and corporate account provider Monneo, has formally announced its partnership with Kantox, a global leader in currency ma..

How AI is transforming automation and the future of work

How AI is transforming automation and the future of work

By Neil Parker, GM EMEA, Laiye As AI and automation hit the headlines with increasing regularity, we often hear frenzied talk of robot..

Euro weakens, rouble slumps as sanctions piled on Russia

Euro weakens, rouble slumps as sanctions piled on Russia

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Russian rouble plunged and the euro nursed losses against the U.S. dollar on Monday as th..

Analysis-After sanctions barrage, Russia’s emerging market allies explore workarounds

Analysis-After sanctions barrage, Russia’s emerging market allies explore workarounds

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As western governments ratchet up sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s eme..

Ukraine asks for South Korea cybersecurity aid amid Russia invasion

Ukraine asks for South Korea cybersecurity aid amid Russia invasion

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The top Ukraine official in South Korea said on Friday that his country wants to request Seoul..

Dollar surges as Russia invades Ukraine

Dollar surges as Russia invades Ukraine

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar jumped and the Russian rouble tumbled to a record low on Thursday afte..

Europe’s banks brace for Russia fallout while U.S. banks see limited pain

Europe’s banks brace for Russia fallout while U.S. banks see limited pain

By Lawrence White, Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON/VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) -European banks on Tuesday were br..

Charities adopt ‘new digital’ by using expense management app to improve effectiveness, say Expend

Charities adopt ‘new digital’ by using expense management app to improve effectiveness, say Expend

Community charities are turning to digital apps to help them go cashless and improve their operational effectiveness, say expense mana..

Business

Agronomics Leads Onego Bio Ltd’s Seed Funding Round

Agronomics Leads Onego Bio Ltd’s Seed Funding Round

Agronomics Limited (“Agronomics” or the “Company”) Agronomics, the leading listed company focused on the field of cellular agr..

Finance

WHP targets growth following support from Secure Trust Bank

WHP targets growth following support from Secure Trust Bank

Multi-disciplined engineering company, WHP Engineering, has secured a £2m facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to support growth, follow..

Finance

ICON Corporate Finance advises UK-based Muhimbi advises on sale to global enterprise software developer PSPDFKit

ICON Corporate Finance advises UK-based Muhimbi advises on sale to global enterprise software developer PSPDFKit

Tech-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of UK-based Muhimbi – a leading software solution provider for cloud..

Business

Paysafe expands BetWildwood partnership with Skrill USA digital wallet upgrade

Paysafe expands BetWildwood partnership with Skrill USA digital wallet upgrade

Colorado online sportsbook enhances payment offering with Paysafe’s revamped Skrill USA digital wallet that facilitates iGaming      Houston, Texas –..

Business

OpenPayd hires ex-Worldpay VP, Daniel Belda as Head of Product Strategy

OpenPayd hires ex-Worldpay VP, Daniel Belda as Head of Product Strategy

London, UK – OpenPayd, a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform has today announced the appointment of Daniel Belda as its Head of ..