CurrenciesFCA zones in on crypto transfers in money laundering crackdownAugust 18, 202368The UK's markets watchdog continues to crack down on money laundering, with crypto firms doing international transfers the latest to...
MortgagesCan my building society force me to pay off my mortgage when I turn 75? Consumer rights lawyer DEAN DUNHAM repliesAugust 1, 202357My current mortgage with Nationwide, with whom I have been for more than 20 years, expires on December 31.However, when...
PensionIn the debate over pension schemes, cutting costs should be the easy bitJuly 2, 202373In the increasingly fractious debate about the UK’s final salary pension schemes, there is broad agreement on one thing: it...
PensionOpinion: ‘Work’ means something different in France than in the USMarch 23, 202367Editor’s Note: Catherine Poisson is an associate professor of Romance Languages at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Her research has...
FinanceClosing gender pay gap could unlock £147bn from women in financeMarch 8, 2023451Women working in financial services could unlock up to £147bn of value for the UK economy by 2035 if wages...
FundsUS spends most on health care but has worst health outcomes among high-income countries, new report findsJanuary 31, 202358CNN — The United States spends more on health care than any other high-income country but still has the lowest...
CurrenciesAs long as a currency has just one master, it is doomed to failJanuary 21, 202360The global financial economy failed to create a successful universal currency for payments in all countries, although such attempts have...
PensionFrance faces widespread protests and ‘hellishThursday’ as anger at pension reform mountsJanuary 18, 202379Paris CNN — French workers are set to take to the streets Thursday to protest radical reforms to the country’s...
CurrenciesAlireza Akbari: Iran executes dual British-Iranian citizenJanuary 14, 202380CNN — A dual British-Iranian citizen was hanged by Iran on charges of espionage and corruption, a state-affiliated media outlet...
Mortgages‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soarDecember 31, 202273London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a...