Let’s talk about representative APRs. Those enticing little percentages that influence a consumer’s decision to apply for one loan product over another. Far too often excitement turns to disappointment when they get down to the fine print and discover that the headline percentage was too good to be true, usually after going through the extensive application process. According to the Financial Conduct Authority^*, 51% of people will be accepted at the representative rate or better. That leaves the other half in a take-a-higher-rate-or-leave-it situation.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Trescon and LEAD Ventures on Thursday to deliver the 13^th global edition of World Blockchain Summit in the commercial capital of UAE.

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released the findings of research conducted by WBR Insights looking at key trends in data management among asset managers in Europe and North America with $10-100 billion in assets under management (AUM).

Euronews, Europe’s number one international news channel, with a reach of 400 million households in 160 countries, today announced a strategic partnership with UK-based journalist payment platform, paydesk, the world’s leading booking and payment platform for freelance media professionals.

Today Ubisecure, an accredited Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuer through its RapidLEI service, announced a next generation LEI management solution designed specifically for banks to better manage and protect business-critical LEIs belonging to both clients and the banking organisation itself. The new solution provides LEI discovery and single view consolidation, automated registration, and renewal protection, while reducing the LEI management burden on the bank’s administration teams.