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Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.

Andrew Fearon, joint CEO and head of M&A at Titan, said the deal supports the firm’s overall acquisition strategy, describing the transaction as 'instrumental' for its future growth plans as a business.

The Aviva Investors UK Listed Equity Income fund saw its rating scrapped after the departure of its co-manager James Balfour.

In the paper, the BoE said that lenders will be pushed to make it clear to customers that stablecoins are not standard deposits, which are guaranteed against bank failures.

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius started collecting feedback from industry stakeholders and the general public regarding the inclusion of metaverse within the financial services industry.

The UK Treasury Treasury is currently considering making changes to the payments legislation to enable retail payments for goods and services to be made using fiat-backed stablecoins. This includes an option the Treasury are exploring to allow certain stablecoins which are issued outside of the UK to be used for payments. The FCA’s Discussion Paper explores the proposed regulation around the issuance and custody of fiat-backed stablecoins under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the use of these stablecoins as a means of payments under the Payment Services Regulations. Sheldon Mills, executive director, consumers and competition, FCA, says: “Stablecoins have the potential to make payments faster and cheaper for all, and that’s why we want to offer firms the ability to utilise this innovation safely and securely.

Bankers servicing one of the world’s biggest ESG debt markets are now actively seeking legal protections to guard against the potential greenwashing allegations that may be ahead.In the handful of years they’ve existed, sustainability-linked loans have mushroomed into a $1.5 trillion market. SLLs let borrowers and lenders say that a loan is tied to some environmental or social metric.

northern lights also known as the aurora borealis and it left those watching it in awe. According to reports from the Met Office, they confirmed multiple sightings, from the northern reaches of Scotland to the central and eastern regions of England.

Bittrex Global CEO Oliver Linch has voiced support for the UK Treasury’s recent crypto asset regulation proposals, arguing that they could help the country achieve its goal of becoming a leading hub for digital assets.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the parent company of the London Stock Exchange and other fintech companies, has posted on LinkedIn that it's seeking a director of digital assets. 

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain's construction industry suffered a second month of shrinkage in October as higher borrowing costs hit house-builders and worries about the weak economy put clients off new investment, a survey showed on Monday.

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Euler Motors, which makes electric three-wheeler commercial vehicles, on Monday said it had raised Rs 120 crore in a funding round that included new investors such as the UK government-backed British International Investment, and Indian venture firm Green Frontier Capital. The firm did not disclose the valuation at which the funding happened, but founder and chief executive Saurav Kumar told ET that it was at a lower valuation than the previous fundraise—a down round, in startup parlance. The firm had last raised funding in October 2022, when it received an investment of $60 million at a $200-250 million valuation, per news reports and Tracxn.

Investing.com — European stock markets traded in a subdued fashion Monday, consolidating after last week’s strength as investors looked to central bank speakers for guidance.

Regulating artificial intelligence (AI) has joined outer space as the latest battleground for dominance among the world’s advanced nations. Eagerness to dominate is no guarantee of clarity, though. The larger picture on what is to be done, and how, remains unclear even after the recent British summit on AI – which saw participation from all major AI powers, including the US and China – the Biden administration’s executive order on AI safety, and the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act.

KPMG, the auditor of British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s InfraBuild, has warned of “material uncertainty” for the Australian steel distribution group if it is unable to complete a $US350 million ($544 million) financing offer to replace debts that fall due late next year.

Over two days of talks between world leaders, business executives and researchers, tech CEOs such as Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman rubbed shoulders with the likes of US Vice President Kamala Harris and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the future regulation of AI.

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, he said on Sunday in a post.

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LONDON (Reuters) — Almost two thirds of UK adults are planning to cut back on spending this Christmas, according to research from Accenture (NYSE:ACN), published on Monday, which is significantly more pessimistic than other recent surveys.

Mizoram drew to a close on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the electorate through a video message with the promise of fulfilling their dream of making it a “marvellous” state. Modi highlighted the development work undertaken in the northeast since the NDA came to power at the Centre in 2014. In the video message, Modi delivered his short ten-minute speech partly in Hindi and English, underlining that the distance- both physical and mental- between the Centre and the northeast has been narrowed significantly in the last few years.