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Visa To Keep UK Presence After BoE Steps In
November 2nd, 2015
The Bank of England wants Visa Inc to keep a big UK presence after the $23.5bn takeover of Visa Europe, Sky News learns. The Bank of England has told the credit card giant Visa to keep a substantial presence ...
Fired Currency Traders Won’t Leave Quietly
September 16th, 2015
Six lawsuits filed in London by FX traders emerged last month Banks also faced employee suits after Libor scandal lay-offs As banks try to clean up trading floors beset by benchmark-rigging scandals, not all fired workers are leaving quietly. ...
Four in ten say they won’t need cash in ten years time as contactless proves popular for many
August 31st, 2015
43% of people look to contactless payments as the payment method of the future. Within the next five years, one in three (34%) expect to be using a mobile device on a day-to-day basis to make payments. By 2025, ...
Eurozone shares show biggest decline as investors surge towards safe haven assets
July 21st, 2015
Eurozone shares sees largest annual decline in sentiment since the start of the survey Gold and UK government bonds are the only asset classes to enjoy a monthly increase in sentiment Actual market performance shows price declines for nine ...
Eversheds launches Consulting arm in Asia
June 25th, 2015
Law firm Eversheds has announced the launch of Eversheds Consulting in Asia with the expansion of Eversheds Agile. The firm’s flexible lawyer service Eversheds Agile is set to be rolled out in Hong Kong and Singapore during the summer ...
RBS Stake Sale by U.K. Government to Begin in Coming Months
June 11th, 2015
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said he’ll start returning Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc to private ownership in the “coming months,” even though it may cause a loss for U.K. taxpayers. Shares will be sold to institutional ...
Spain’s Banco Sabadell in Talks to Buy Britain’s TSB Group
March 12th, 2015
Spain’s Banco de Sabadell SA is in talks to buy British consumer lender TSB Banking Group Plc for 1.7 billion pounds ($2.5 billion), to expand outside an economy battered during Europe’s financial crisis. Sabadell, Spain’s fifth-biggest bank, is proposing ...
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LAUNCHES ‘1000 COMPANIES TO INSPIRE BRITAIN’ 2015
March 9th, 2015
Second edition of landmark report launched; backed by the three major UK political parties Identifies fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in UK Publication examines opportunities and challenges facing SMEs 50 company CEOs open trading ...
Shifting Polls in Scotland Send Investors Rushing for Shelter
September 9th, 2014
Scotland, home to just five million people, has never weighed on the minds of currency traders and market investors the way that Russia or China or the eurozone has — until now. A poll this weekend showed Scottish voters ...
U.S. sanctions set to slow Rosneft’s dollar debt, not oil deals
July 17th, 2014
President Barack Obama aimed a direct blow at Russia’s economic heart on Wednesday with sanctions on Rosneft, the flagship oil giant that generates more than 4 percent of the world’s crude and over 8 percent of the country’s GDP. ...
