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Adludio bolsters senior leadership following record revenue growth of 447% across three years 

Adludio bolsters senior leadership following record revenue growth of 447% across three years 

Charlie Roth joins Adludio as Director of Sales for the US Northeast, building Adludio’s relationships with local brands and agencies ..

Wall Street ends lower as bond yields jump on growth concerns

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 ..

Employers to save £1000 following increase in the Employment Allowance

Employers to save £1000 following increase in the Employment Allowance

Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s2022 Spring Statement, the Employment Allowance has now been increased. And with the war in Ukraine ..

Dollar rebounds as Brainard assures markets Fed will stay the course

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..

Dollar slides from near two-year high amid hawkish signals from Fed

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..

UK finance regulators should pay heed to energy security policy, says Sunak

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..

Puppet’s Seventh Annual DevOps Salary Report Finds Gender Salary Gap is Decreasing while Global Salary Competition is Rising

Puppet’s Seventh Annual DevOps Salary Report Finds Gender Salary Gap is Decreasing while Global Salary Competition is Rising

Puppet, the industry standard for infrastructure automation, today revealed the findings of its 2021 DevOps Salary Report. Puppet surv..

APSCo Charity Ball raises almost £50,000 for St Ann’s Hospice

APSCo Charity Ball raises almost £50,000 for St Ann’s Hospice

  This year’s APSCo Charity Ball, which took place last Thursday at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, has raised £48,670 for St An..

CloudPay Partners with Visa to Deliver Faster, Digital Pay Options

CloudPay Partners with Visa to Deliver Faster, Digital Pay Options

  CloudPay and Visa Direct enable fast, secure salary payments, taking days off the traditional payroll payments process and intr..

Financial screws turned on Russia as insurers exit, London stocks halted

Financial screws turned on Russia as insurers exit, London stocks halted

By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s global financial isolation intensified on Friday as the London Sto..

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..

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..

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..

European stocks drop as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate

European stocks drop as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashank Nayar (Reuters) -European shares fell on Thursday as heightened Russia-Ukraine tensions eclipsed a slew..

Gold jumps, stocks stumble as Ukraine crisis deepens

Gold jumps, stocks stumble as Ukraine crisis deepens

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold prices jumped to an eight-month high and safe-haven debt rose on Thursday after U.S. P..

Global stocks trade higher at the end of a volatile month

Global stocks trade higher at the end of a volatile month

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World stocks climbed higher on Monday as investors digested new optimism from the U.S...

What is a GIA and how it works

What is a GIA and how it works

A General Investment Account, which can also be called GIA, is a particular and flexible saving account which allows the holder to mak..

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

Over 60% of investors used borrowed funds to purchase highly volatile cryptocurrencies

A study by KIS Finance, has revealed that over two thirds of cryptocurrency investors borrowed money to make their purchase, rather th..

Central banks start turning off the cash taps

Central banks start turning off the cash taps

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – As speculation grows about when the Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balan..

Digital pound could hit financial stability and erode privacy, UK lawmakers warn

Digital pound could hit financial stability and erode privacy, UK lawmakers warn

By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – A digital pound used by consumers could harm financial stability, raise the cost of credit and ..

Poland to launch fresh tax cuts in anti-inflation drive

Poland to launch fresh tax cuts in anti-inflation drive

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will cut value added tax on gas, food and petrol as part of a second package of measures to soften the..

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 ..

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..

The future of the accountancy sector lays in the hands of accountants themselves

The future of the accountancy sector lays in the hands of accountants themselves

Accountants and accountancy firms are both the perpetrators and the victims of the problems currently facing the sector, finds new res..

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..

Infinity appoints Hannah Delaney as VP of Marketing

Infinity appoints Hannah Delaney as VP of Marketing

Ex Samsung and HTC marketer is key to growth plans for martechSaaS business Martech SaaS provider, Infinity, has appointed Hannah Dela..

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..

Firms which secure tax benefits for R&D risk hindering innovation due to heavy political intervention

Firms which secure tax benefits for R&D risk hindering innovation due to heavy political intervention

3 November 2021 Firms that seek out tax benefits for research and development through institutional intermediaries, such as profession..

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

1 November 2021 Financial development has significant indirect impacts on environmental pollution, new research from Trinity Business ..

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..

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..

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 ..

Open banking environments’ security: concerns and solutions

Open banking environments’ security: concerns and solutions

When hearing the terms “big data” or “open data” you might not think of banking. Evolving digital ecosystems, omnipresent digitization..