Britain Financial News
16.08 / 12:57
BlackRock
Ashmore
Abrdn, Ashmore among most-shorted UK stocks as BlackRock, GLG bet against shares
Abrdn and Ashmore are among the 10 most-shorted companies in the UK, with BlackRock, GLG Partners and Point72 among the investment giants betting against the two asset managers.
16.08 / 12:37
Technology
Germany refuses to back calls for Russia tourist visa ban
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to back growing calls for an EU-wide ban on giving tourist visas to Russians.
16.08 / 12:37
Technology
Disaster
Ukraine war: Moldova ships in one million iodine pills amid fears of nuclear disaster
Moldova has imported one million iodine pills as fighting rages around a nuclear power station in neighbouring Ukraine.
16.08 / 11:39
Digital
VISA
Gap
Crypto app Nebeus taps Modulr for card issuing
The firm is now taping Modulr for embedded payment features like Direct Debit, Faster Payments and Sepa Instant. In addition, Nebeus will be able to issue branded virtual and physical cards - with ‘out of the box’ features like card-freezing, real-time spend notifications and spend controls - to their customers across the UK and Europe.
16.08 / 08:05
Technology
Trump
Donald Trump: Prosecutors oppose release of 'highly sensitive' search evidence
The US Justice Department has rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida, saying the investigation “implicates highly classified material” and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses.
16.08 / 02:29
Parke
EY partners meet at luxury hotel as uncertainty continues over firm split
EY UK partners gathered last month at the five-star Royal Lancaster hotel near Hyde Park in west London for a sales pitch from their senior leaders on the firm’s multi-billion dollar break-up.
15.08 / 23:51
Technology
Ukraine war: Five Europeans accused of being mercenaries put on trial by pro-Russian separatists
Five Europeans captured in eastern Ukraine went on trial on Monday in a court run by Kremlin-backed separatists, accused of fighting with the Ukrainian army as mercenaries.
15.08 / 23:51
Technology
Sunak
Truss v Sunak: Rivals to succeed Boris Johnson blasted over 'fantasy' economic plans
Britain's leading politicians have been accused of coming up with "pure fantasy" solutions to the country's problems, amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.
15.08 / 21:35
business
exit
Exit stage left — Eqonex to close crypto exchange after two years
Nasdaq-listed digital asset investment firm Eqonex has announced it will be exiting the “crowded crypto exchange space” by shuttering part of its operations.
15.08 / 19:37
Binance
regulation
Binance obtains in-principle approval to operate in Kazakhstan
The Astana Financial Services Authority, or AFSA, an independent financial regulator in Kazakhstan, has taken a step towards licensing major cryptocurrency exchange Binance to operate in the country.
15.08 / 19:11
Science
Wagner
Ukraine war: Germany NATO spending, Wagner mercenary group bombed, Griner appeal
Ukrainian artillery hit the headquarters of Russia's infamous Wagner Group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, say reports.
15.08 / 17:57
15.08 / 17:31
Digital
Why the UK and US need to join forces on crypto regulation
Timothy Spangler and Daniel Natoff are partners at law firm Dechert
15.08 / 14:45
Citi
Citigroup
exit
Citi makes Fleming sole UK deals head after Skarbek exit
Citigroup's James Fleming is now the sole head of its UK dealmaking unit following the departure of key investment banker Jan Skarbek.
14.08 / 16:11
Entrepreneur
Jobs
Wildfires
Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia 'blackmail', Hungary imports more gas, anthem played to Russian tourists
Kyiv and Moscow once again accused one another of firing on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station on Sunday.
14.08 / 14:17
Government
Law
Adoption
AML
AML and KYC: A catalyst for mainstream crypto adoption
For Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin (BTC), the motivation to create a new payment ecosystem from scratch in 2009 stemmed from the economic chaos caused by the banking sector’s over-exuberant and risky lending practices mixed accompanied by the bursting of the housing bubbles in many countries at the time.
14.08 / 13:17
Entrepreneur
Jobs
Wildfires
Jerusalem shooting: Eight Israelis injured as gunman opens fire on bus near holy Western Wall
A gunman left eight Israelis injured in Jerusalem in a shooting near one of the country's holiest sites.
14.08 / 12:25
Climate change
Drought
Wildfires
Wine
UK to unseat Champagne wine region due to climate change, finds study
The UK could unseat top wine-producing regions Champagne and Burgundy in France due to the effects of climate change, according to a new study.
13.08 / 17:41
co-CEO
Former Deutsche Bank co-CEO Anshu Jain dies at 59
Anshu Jain, an Indian-born investment banker who rose to the role of co-CEO at Deutsche Bank, died last night after a long battle with cancer, his family announced in a statement Saturday. He was 59 years old.
13.08 / 15:27
Climate change
medicines
Ukraine war: Russian GDP outperforms, prisoner swap, Ukraine medicines blocked
A Russian diplomat confirmed on Saturday that Moscow and Washington are discussing a possible prisoner exchange.
13.08 / 13:13
Climate change
Wildfires
'The water wasn't there': Shrinking of Italy's Lake Garda shocks tourists
Tourists flocking to Italy's largest lake ahead of the country's long summer weekend have found a vastly different landscape than in past years.
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