The Future of Payments: Biometrics Within the Financial Ecosystem
By Catharina Eklof, CCO, IDEX Biometrics Today’s Payment Landscape Enabled by huge advances in technology, our evolving..
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Holding a mirror up to the finance industry on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
By Rani Khalon, DEI Engagement Consultant at employee engagement consultancy Forty1 Ask yourself, are you actually carryin..
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Are we witnessing the great return to the office?
By Dr Alison Watson, Head of the School of Leadership and Management at Arden University We are now approaching three year..
BUSINESS
An analysis of VC investment in the Defence sector and the MOD’s readiness to exploit digital opportunities
By Rupert Jones CBE, Advisor at social impact firm WithYouWithMe After decades of UK Defence under-investment, the stars..
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How Blockchain Technology Can Help the Fashion Industry Make Verifiable Green Claims
By Dave Sandor, CEO and Co-founder of Allinfra The fashion industry has increasingly come under fire for its negative im..
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Why Make Fintech Products Accessible For All?
By Jordan Richards, Founder and CEO of RCCO Fintechs and financial bodies have a moral duty to ensure their digital pro..
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Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit
By Katie Paul and Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Twitter Inc’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday raised the possibility of the social medi..
BUSINESS
Dollar set for biggest two-day fall since 2009 as rate outlook shifts
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar headed for its biggest two-day drop in almost 14 years on Friday, as investors piled int..
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Analysis-Europe’s retailers brace for cutback Christmas
By James Davey and Rachel More LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – European retailers fear this Christmas could be the worst in at least a..
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Wall St heads higher as Fed rate hopes dent dollar
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks rose on Friday for a second day on hopes that peaking U.S. inflation means less ag..
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Global economic crisis strangling progress for poor, warns U.N. development chief
By Laurie Goering SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Decades of development progress are at risk as economies..
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Winter weather could be mild, German met office DWD says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany could be in for a mild winter, the meteorological office DWD said on Thursday, raising the possibi..
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EU proposes tighter vehicle pollution emission standards
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Thursday broadly tighter limits for vehicle emissi..
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Inflation dampens festive spirit as German retail faces slump
By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) – German shoppers are tightening their purse strings this festive season, the HDE retail associa..
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Behind FTX’s fall, battling billionaires and a failed bid to save crypto
By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson (Reuters) – On Tuesday morning, Sam Bankman-Fried, owner of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, caught ..
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AstraZeneca lifts 2022 earnings outlook as cancer drugs boost results
By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -AstraZeneca raised its full-year earnings outlook on Thursday after strong sales of its key cancer drugs ..
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U.S.-sanctioned oil tanker stuck in Indonesia carries Venezuelan fuel
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) -A grounded oil supertanker under U.S. Treasury Department sanctions being refloated in Indonesi..
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U.S., Ukraine agree to launch talks to upgrade 2008 trade accord
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Ukraine announced on Wednesday that they will launch negotiations to upgrade a bila..
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Twitter, social platforms could see spike in election misinformation
Twitter, social platforms could see spike in election misinformation
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Election misinformation is spreading across social media platforms like Twitter and Meta Platform’s Facebook, a..
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Adapting payments to reassure consumers and safeguard profitability during times of uncertainty
By Jon Horddal, Group Chief Product Officer at emerchantpay The economic climate is in massive flux. With inflation in Se..
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Republican ‘red wave’ fizzles, but midterm race for U.S. Congress tight
By Gabriella Borter and Tim Reid BIRMINGHAM, Mich./PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) – Republicans made modest gains in U.S. midterm elec..
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World stocks slip as markets await U.S. midterms outcome
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stocks slid below recent seven-week highs and the dollar rose on Wednesday as investo..
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Christmas shopping begins early as Britons face cash crunch
By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers are trying to navigate the hit to their finances by spreading out t..
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Bobby Kotick Leads Activision Blizzard Through Economic Turmoil
Bobby Kotick is acutely aware that the video game industry isn’t entirely recession-proof. For the first time in years, video game sal..
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Ahold turns to solar panels, lowers thermostats to save energy
By Richa Naidu and Toby Sterling LONDON (Reuters) – Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize is turning to renewable energy and lowering..
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Britain’s Next buys failed furniture retailer Made.com, 400 jobs axed
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British fashion retailer Next will buy the Made.com brand for 3.4 million pounds ($3.8 million) ..
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Britain’s M&S warns of ‘gathering storm’ of higher costs and weak consumer
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British retailer Marks & Spencer warned on Wednesday of a “gathering storm” of higher..
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Citigroup to buy Deutsche Bank license in Mexico for wholesale unit
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday it would purchase Deutsche Bank’s Mexican license in order to continue its cor..
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Adidas slashes 2022 outlook after Kanye West split
By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Adidas further slashed its outlook for 2022 on Wednesday as it weighed the impact of its split from Y..
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Commerzbank keeps outlook as lower Q3 profit still beats expectations
By Tom Sims and Unknown 9629b5b2-3983-43b7-ac6e-49eba7f61a04 FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Commerzbank said on Wednesday its ne..
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ABN Amro’s Q3 profit jumps as interest income recovers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch bank ABN Amro beat analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, saying its net profit had more than doubled t..
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InPost sees stronger 2022 but warns of slowing demand
(Reuters) – Poland’s InPost on Wednesday said its full-year expectations were higher than previously anticipated thanks to..
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Taiwan’s President looks forward to Britain supporting its CPTPP bid
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting British minister of state for trade Greg Hands on Wednesd..
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Dollar catches breath while investors await midterms; cryptos skittish
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar steadied on Wednesday as traders waited on results from U.S. elections and on ..
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Oil prices ease on U.S. inventory build, China COVID worries
By Sonali Paul and Isabel Kua SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slid on Wednesday as industry data showed U.S. crude stockpiles rose mor..
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Asia stocks advance as investors await U.S. midterm election results
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares rose and the dollar wobbled on Wednesday as investors awaited U.S. inflatio..
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Twitter to introduce ‘Official’ label for some verified accounts
By Sheila Dang and Fanny Potkin (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform Twitter will introduce an “Offici..
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