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Analysis-East Europeans count their pennies for Christmas as food costs soar

Analysis-East Europeans count their pennies for Christmas as food costs soar

By Krisztina Than TISZAESZLAR, Hungary (Reuters) – Consumers in Eastern Europe are saving up to put their favourite carp and por..

EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price th..

As WHO pandemic pact talks begin, poor countries on back foot

As WHO pandemic pact talks begin, poor countries on back foot

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Global talks have begun on drafting new health rules for combating pa..

‘We’re going to be free’: Chinese cheer as COVID curbs are loosened

‘We’re going to be free’: Chinese cheer as COVID curbs are loosened

By Martin Quin Pollard and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday announced the most sweeping changes to its resolute anti-C..

Britain urges banks to offer mortgage flexibility in cost-of-living crisis

Britain urges banks to offer mortgage flexibility in cost-of-living crisis

By Huw Jones and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has called on banks to support households finding it difficult to make payment..

impact.com Ends 2022 with Strong Momentum Driven by Client and Agency Partner Growth

impact.com Ends 2022 with Strong Momentum Driven by Client and Agency Partner Growth

Expansion in Europe and Asia, plus demand for strategic integrations and new product innovation  are behind growth as leaders in the P..

Why You Should Use a Mobile Banking App – and How to Make the Most of It

Why You Should Use a Mobile Banking App – and How to Make the Most of It

Mobile banking is a wonder of the modern world, and yet it’s also something that not everyone takes advantage of in spite of its many ..

Top 4 (Unexpected) Benefits of Remittances

Top 4 (Unexpected) Benefits of Remittances

By Jairo Riveros, chief strategy officer and managing director of the U.S. and Latin America at Paysend The reliance on remittances co..

How Open Banking will change the banking industry in the next 10 years

How Open Banking will change the banking industry in the next 10 years

By James Hickman, CCO of Ecospend. In 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a report on the UK’s ret..

Invest In Infrastructure To Escape The ‘Starvation Cycle’, Warns Leading Nonprofit Sector Strategist

Invest In Infrastructure To Escape The ‘Starvation Cycle’, Warns Leading Nonprofit Sector Strategist

By Mark Salway, Sector Advisory Lead for iplicit, discusses the ‘trap’ that catches out many mid-sized nonprofit organisat..

Assurance v Security: Reassessing Responsibility for Data Assurance

Assurance v Security: Reassessing Responsibility for Data Assurance

The adoption of Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) has exploded in recent years as companies embrace the lower costs and fle..

How collaboration technologies are helping organisations to embrace a hybrid working model

How collaboration technologies are helping organisations to embrace a hybrid working model

By Matt Weston, Managing Director, Vantage 365 It is sometimes easy to forget that, for such a long time prior to the even..

Are markets being too optimistic?

Are markets being too optimistic?

By Rupert Thompson, Chief Economist at Kingswood Global equities had another quietish week, albeit including a 3% mid-week..

Occupational Health and Safety must be brought back to the forefront of ESG

Occupational Health and Safety must be brought back to the forefront of ESG

By Brondwyn Douglas, senior ESG officer at Spear Capital.  We have recently entered into an era wherein sustainability has..

Mobile Marketing: challenges and opportunities over the festive period and beyond

Mobile Marketing: challenges and opportunities over the festive period and beyond

By Arunabh Madhur, Regional VP & Head Business EMEA at SHAREit Group The festive season is a make-or-break time of yea..

What the Future Holds For Financial Institutions in 2023

What the Future Holds For Financial Institutions in 2023

As 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the payments trends we’ve seen erupt this year and discuss w..

U.N. summit aims for global pact to protect nature

U.N. summit aims for global pact to protect nature

By Gloria Dickie and Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Countries are gathering Tuesday for a key U.N. nature conference in Mo..

Explainer-What’s on the agenda at the U.N.’s COP15 nature summit?

Explainer-What’s on the agenda at the U.N.’s COP15 nature summit?

By Gloria Dickie MONTREAL (Reuters) – A key United Nations summit to halt nature loss begins this week in Montreal, Canada. Dele..

Factbox-How governments are trying to ease inflation pain

Factbox-How governments are trying to ease inflation pain

(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruptions to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have ..

Adnami appoints Jeetesh Luhar as International Sales Director

Adnami appoints Jeetesh Luhar as International Sales Director

Jeetesh joins as Adnami doubles down on growth; moving to scale up mode in the UK and beyond  Ad tech company, Adnami, has appointed J..

Anya Libova joins Apester as UK Managing Director

Anya Libova joins Apester as UK Managing Director

Senior appointment follows the hire of media veteran Itay Gissin as CEO  Apester has announced the appointment of Anya Libova as UK Ma..

Emergency call services, telcos urge EU to protect telecoms networks from power cuts

Emergency call services, telcos urge EU to protect telecoms networks from power cuts

By Elvira Pollina, Supantha Mukherjee and Mathieu Rosemain MILAN/STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s top telecoms operato..

First winter cold snap tests French power grid

First winter cold snap tests French power grid

PARIS (Reuters) – Temperatures hovering near zero in coming days will test the resilience of France’s power network, even ..

EU seeks deal on law preventing import of deforestation-linked goods

EU seeks deal on law preventing import of deforestation-linked goods

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will attempt to clinch a deal on Monday evening on a law to prevent compa..

Greece, Britain discussing Parthenon Sculptures return but deal not close, Athens says

Greece, Britain discussing Parthenon Sculptures return but deal not close, Athens says

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government on Monday quashed local media reports that a deal with Britain over th..

Historic crown to be modified for King Charles’s coronation

Historic crown to be modified for King Charles’s coronation

LONDON (Reuters) – The historic St Edward’s Crown, which has been the centrepiece of the coronation of monarchs in England..

Shares slip, yields rise as U.S. data sparks rate hike concerns

Shares slip, yields rise as U.S. data sparks rate hike concerns

By Herbert Lash and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks slid and Treasury yields rose on Monday as investors i..

Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades

Sterling slips as boost from new China COVID rules fades

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound slid on Monday, as an initial jolt of investor enthusiasm over signs of possible l..

BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt

BIS warns of $80 trillion of hidden FX swap debt

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that pension funds and other ‘non..

ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December

ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December

(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would have to’) By ..

UK new car sales rise in November, fail to zoom past 2019 levels- SMMT

UK new car sales rise in November, fail to zoom past 2019 levels- SMMT

(Reuters) – British new car registrations jumped nearly 24% in November from a year earlier to record their fourth straight mont..

Oil prices rise after OPEC+ keeps output steady, Russian price cap imposed

Oil prices rise after OPEC+ keeps output steady, Russian price cap imposed

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday after OPEC+ nations held their output targets steady ahead of a European ..

Tax credits for EU electric vehicles to dominate Monday’s trade talks with U.S

Tax credits for EU electric vehicles to dominate Monday’s trade talks with U.S

Tax credits for EU electric vehicles to dominate Monday’s trade talks with U.S By David Lawder COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Reuters) -Top ..

Euro zone likely heading into mild recession-PMI

Euro zone likely heading into mild recession-PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone business activity declined for a fifth month in November, suggesting the economy was sliding into a..

Volkswagen to discuss new software roadmap on Dec. 15 -Handelsblatt

Volkswagen to discuss new software roadmap on Dec. 15 -Handelsblatt

BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen Chief Executive Oliver Blume will present a long-delayed new software strategy for the carmaker at..

Trafigura enters $3 billion loan to supply Germany’s Sefe with gas

Trafigura enters $3 billion loan to supply Germany’s Sefe with gas

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Commodities trading firm Trafigura on Monday said it has entered into a $3 billion four-year loan to suppl..

Asia shares bank on eventual China opening; oil gains

Asia shares bank on eventual China opening; oil gains

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares extended their rally on Monday as investors hoped steps to unwind pandemic restric..