Revealed: How Chinese takeaway worker led police to one of the world’s biggest ever Bitcoin hauls – worth £2BILLION – in a Hampstead mansion
In the summer of 2017, Jian Wen had arrived in London with just £5,979 to her name and took a...
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Open Banking In The Global South
Open Banking is under continuous discussion and implementation in OECD and European markets. This post provides a brief operator view...
Exporters need to follow new UK rules to avail duty benefits: DGFT
Exporters seeking to avail duty concessions on shipments to the UK will have to adhere to the new British rules...
Disney+ screws UK Doctor Who fans with global release strategy
The latest series of Doctor Who will debut on iPlayer and globally on Disney+ at midnight in the UK. The...
Will banking M&A pick up this year?
Takeovers expand balance sheets without straining themNatWest poised to free itself and grow There has been a distinct danger over the past decade that memories of deal-hungry banks pulling off mega-takeovers and challenging for global dominance might have faded into a folk tale of the sector’s former glories.However, with Barclays (BARC) and building society Nationwide buying Tesco Bank and Virgin Money (VMUK), respectively, the UK’s financial institutions are again finding ways of deploying their excess capital that do not involve sticking strictly to dividends or buybacks. At the same time,...
UK Court Rules Against Craig Wright’s Claims of Being Satoshi Nakamoto
A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright, who claimed to have written the Bitcoin whitepaper, is not the elusive...
The EU AI Act – What Are The Implications For Banking and Fintech?
Yesterday’s European Parliament's final vote on the AI Act, set to take effect this May, heralds the world's most comprehensive...
Berenberg poaches four Peel Hunt corporate brokers in UK push
Berenberg has hired four senior corporate brokers from rival Peel Hunt as the German bank looks to expand its UK...
EU regulators pass the planet’s first sweeping AI regulations
The European Parliament has sweeping legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, nearly three years after the draft rules were . Officials...
US government proposes a 30% cryptocurrency mining tax to reduce its environmental impact
The Joe Biden administration has proposed a 30% tax on the electricity used for cryptocurrency mining operations in its budget...
