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06.02 / 17:37

Citi Adani’s UK links probed as London-based Elara Capital faces scrutiny

The Financial Conduct Authority is monitoring potential links between Adani Group and the City firm Elara Capital, which is alleged to have ties to the embattled Indian conglomerate.

06.02 / 10:33

UPS Citi Jefferies dealmaker Max Jones joins Liberum to head up TMT team

Investment bank Liberum, which has been hiring bankers to expand from its traditional City stockbroker roots, has taken on senior Jefferies banker Max Jones to lead its team focused on technology, media and telecoms deals.

05.02 / 09:15

business Adoption Job Startups London London emerges as world’s most crypto-ready city for business — Research

Along with pro-crypto regulations, mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies requires a supporting infrastructure that can allow the general public access and exposure to the ecosystem. When considering eight key indicators around taxes, ATMs, jobs and events in crypto, London stands at the top as the most crypto-ready city in the world for businesses and start-ups.

05.02 / 00:27

CBDC Adoption regulation Bank of England UK is 'likely' to need digital currency, says BoE and Treasury: Report

The Bank of England (BoE) and Treasury believes the United Kingdom is likely to need to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by 2030, according to a Telegraph report on Feb. 4.

04.02 / 17:07

JPMorgan Citigroup Trading Places: Citigroup’s healthcare push, PwC’s sponsor pivot, Sir Nigel Wilson retires

Citigroup hired a senior JPMorgan dealmaker to head its healthcare investment banking team in Europe. Cyril Besseddik will join the US investment bank in May.

04.02 / 17:03

business Technology Adoption Microsoft Software Metaverse Meta Time Top 10 most famous computer programmers of all time

For computer programs and mobile applications, programmers must develop code. In order to keep things working properly, they are also involved in maintaining, debugging and troubleshooting software and systems.

03.02 / 20:03

Blockchain Provident Lowe's Digital CEO Platform Dacxi.com rebrands to Wealth99

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03.02 / 15:57

JPMorgan Citigroup Trading Places: Citigroup’s healthcare push, PwC’s sponsor pivot, Sir Nigel Wilson retires

Citigroup hired a senior JPMorgan dealmaker to head its healthcare investment banking team in Europe. Cyril Besseddik will join the US investment bank in May.

03.02 / 13:35

Time Managed Funds Association chief Bryan Corbett: Time for the UK to welcome short-sellers

Short-selling is the financial equivalent of marmite. Some people hate it. Others think it’s useful, actually.

03.02 / 01:25

business Tether Bitfinex Holdings Only 4 people controlled Tether Holdings as of 2018: Report

A group of four men controlled 86% of stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited as of 2018, according to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal in connection with United States authorities investigations.

03.02 / 00:31

Government Stablecoin Adoption defi regulation Europe Euro approved Euro stablecoin launched in Finland, claims to be first approved in the EU

Finnish company Membrane Finance has released a fully-reserved stablecoin backed by the euro, according to a Feb. 2 blog post from the company. The company is licensed by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (Fin-FSA) and claims that the new ”EUROe” coin is “the first and only EU-regulated crypto stablecoin.”

02.02 / 20:01

UPS Progressive CEO Platform Fighting World Champ Boxer Savannah Marshall Partners With Fight Out Move-to-Earn Platform That’s Raised Nearly $4 Million

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023, London England – UK Boxer Savannah Marshall is honored to team up with Fight Out, a unique move-to-earn platform that gives users the chance to receive rewards simply by exercising at home or in the gym.

02.02 / 13:33

business CBDC Tokens HSBC Banks HSBC needs someone to helm its tokenization efforts

HSBC, the British multinational bank which manages the largest amount of assets in Europe, doubles down its interest in digital currencies. The bank is looking for a top executive to work with asset tokenization.

02.02 / 13:31

Binance Digital Tether coinbase Kraken guidelines UK Takes Major Step Forward in Regulating Crypto – Temporary Backtrack on Crypto Promotion Guidelines

The UK Treasury is set to deliver "ambitious plans to robustly regulate cryptoasset activities" on a par with traditional finance, but will also step away from the plan to apply stock-like standards to crypto promotions - for now.

02.02 / 13:09

Progressive Investment Association taps fund managers for diversity data

The UK asset management industry has one of the worst track records on women and ethnic minorities in senior roles.

02.02 / 11:09

UPS HSBC Suicide HSBC’s Stuart White: My daughter was self-harming and attempted suicide. Bottling up my emotions didn’t help.

HSBC executive Stuart White understands what it's like to turn up for work with your "mask up".

01.02 / 21:29

PwC Deal Leak Ex-PwC partner grilled over alleged leak in Quindell deal

Ex-PwC UK restructuring partner Ian Green has denied leaking confidential information about a client of the firm under cross-examination in a £63m trial.

01.02 / 19:57

UPS Citi fencing Ring-fencing architects say rule ‘undoubtedly’ made banks safer

Two key architects of bank ring-fencing in the UK said the rules had "undoubtedly" made the sector safer, despite protests from some lenders.

01.02 / 17:09

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Decentralization FinTech How to improve your coding skills using ChatGPT

As a language model, ChatGPT is primarily used for natural language processing tasks such as text generation and language understanding. While it can be used to generate code samples, it’s not designed to help improve coding skills. However, here are a few ways ChatGPT can be used to help improve coding skills.

01.02 / 14:29

crypto rules What the UK’s new crypto rules could mean for traditional finance

Crypto firms in the UK could be banned from commingling client assets with their own and face minimum capital requirements if new government proposals go ahead.

01.02 / 13:47

Stablecoin Adoption regulation ICO crypto framework UK treasury Framework UK Treasury publishes crypto framework paper: Here's what's inside

His Majesty’s Treasury published a long-anticipated consultation paper for the United Kingdom's upcoming crypto regulation. The extensive 80-page document covers a broad range of topics, from the troubles of algorithmic stablecoins to nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and initial coin offerings (ICOs).

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