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There sure is a lot of repositioning going on among UK banks as the very final Brexit talks come to a conclusion.Danish ferries operator DFDS, who readers...
So who out there bought an exercise bicycle during the pandemic? Someone is buying an awful lot of Peletons, according to Affirm, the instalment lender...
The cost and value of data is a major and growing issue for banks.Is there an alternative universe where data is not so expensive? Perhaps. It's...
Covid-19 is no emergency drill, but it's certainly allowed a lot of fintechs in France to get some practice at the ultimately lucrative lending business.While...
Several years ago, with interest rates dropping and fintech competition driving down fee income, many banks looked to hive off payments operations into...
More than twenty years after moving into financial services, British supermarket banks are going back to the business of supermarketing as the big British...
While Côte D'Ivoire prepared for an election last month, Emmanuel Macron promised to keep out of African politics. It didn't quite work....
BBVA is to sell its US operations to PNC Bank for $11.6 billion in cash, reports Reuters. With its origins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PNC Bank has grown...
Financial regulators in China, the US, Africa and Europe are facing common but unusual challenges these days. Regulating banks is a difficult enough business,...
Nigerian fintechs are finding willing partners in banks and telcos as investors continue to support innovation in digital payments. After a couple of years...
Japan's Mizuho Bank will become the first Japanese bank to sell consumer data to corporate clients and directly monetise its vast databases, chief...
What a long, strange ride it's been, and November is only a week old.The Associated Press called the US election in favour of Joe Biden on Saturday...
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