Britain Financial News
19.08 / 18:01
UPS
Southern
Cardiovascular
Drop
dutch
On your bike: If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions drop nearly 700 million tonnes
If everybody cycled as much as the Dutch, global carbon emissions would drop by nearly 700 million tonnes per year.
19.08 / 17:07
European Union
Hundreds of UK-bound migrants rescued from sea in just four days
More than 250 migrants have been rescued trying to cross the English Channel by boat in just four days, say French authorities.
19.08 / 14:53
Citigroup
Citigroup fined £12.6m by FCA over failures to monitor market abuse
Citigroup's broker-dealer has been fined £12.6m by the UK financial regulator for failing to properly implement market abuse protocols, as the US bank continues on a years-long project to overhaul its controls.
19.08 / 13:05
UPS
Digital
CEO
Platform
Robinhood to Pay Less Than Half of Initial Bid for Crypto Firm Ziglu
Nasdaq-listed financial services platform Robinhood Markets Inc has loweredits bid for United Kingdom-based crypto fintech firm, Zigluin light of the current realities in the digital currency ecosystem.
19.08 / 12:03
CoinGecko
regulatory approval
regulatory
Crypto.com gets UK regulatory approval
Joining the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) register means that Crypto.com has approval to offer crypto asset services and products to customers in the United Kingdom in compliance with anti-money laundering and «terrorist» financing rules. The United Kingdom is a «strategically important market for us», said Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, citing an increase in crypto adoption in the country and the government's agenda to make Britain a hub for crypto assets. As authorities around the world are grappling with how to regulate the crypto sector, firms are racing to register with financial watchdogs.
19.08 / 09:57
Lowe's
Compilation
Consumer confidence drops to lowest level since 1974
British consumer confidence fell to a record low in August as cost-of-living pressures and dim economic prospects continued to build.
19.08 / 07:51
Government
Blockchain
CBDC
Adoption
'Programmable money should terrify you' — Layah Heilpern
Government controlled “programmable money should terrify you”, says social media influencer and TV Host Layah Heilpern, who sees central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a way for banks and governments to reign control over their people.
19.08 / 06:09
business
Blockchain
Investments
stocks
Robinhood lands steep 60% discount on $170M exchange acquisition: Report
Stock and crypto investment platform Robinhood has reportedly scored a 58% cut on its $170 million offer to buy crypto exchange Ziglu due to adverse market conditions.
18.08 / 16:39
Climate change
Ukraine war: Russia rejects Zaporizhzhia demilitarisation, UN chief in Lviv, Kharkiv bombardment
Russia's Foreign Ministry has dismissed a proposal by the head of the United Nations to demilitarise the area around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
18.08 / 15:05
Forest fires have burned a record 700,000 hectares in the EU this year
Forest fires have burned a record 700,000 hectares in the EU so far this year - the biggest amount since records began.
18.08 / 15:05
Sanna Marin: Finland's prime minister hits back over party video criticism
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her private life after a video emerged of her enjoying a party with friends.
18.08 / 15:05
Alexey Alchin: Brussels must stop EU-based Russians being extradited home, says MEP
Brussels should urge EU countries to suspend any extraditions of Russians back home.
18.08 / 14:27
18.08 / 09:37
Law
Kabul mosque bombing at evening prayers kills 10, including prominent cleric
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.
18.08 / 09:37
Law
Serbia and Kosovo hold rare talks to de-escalate Balkan tensions
Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has tried to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine.
18.08 / 08:25
Target
AXY
Infinity
5 Reasons Why Axie Infinity Early Investors are Buying IBAT
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18.08 / 01:33
Climate change
'Imbeciles': Surfers fined for speeding down Venice's Grand Canal
Two foreign tourists who sped down Venice's Grand Canal on motorised surfboards were fined on Wednesday, after a hunt by city authorities.
17.08 / 20:25
business
Volatility
Genesis Trading
Another crypto CEO steps down as Genesis Trading restructures leadership
Michael Moro, CEO of Digital Currency Group’s market maker and lending subsidiary Genesis Trading, has become the latest executive to step down from a leadership role at a crypto company amid the market downturn.
17.08 / 20:19
17.08 / 20:13
Health
Spain wildfires: Firefighters and train passengers hurt as blaze rips through Valencia countryside
"Run, run, run, run!" The cry rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters.
17.08 / 19:27
Health
Climate change
Prison
Saudi student sentenced to 34 years in prison over Twitter posts
A Saudi Arabian student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting activists on Twitter.
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