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Almost 9 Million* People Never Check They are Getting the Best Deal on Regular Outgoings
  • Significant number of UK adults frequently missing out on best deals on their bills, by not comparing energy tariffs (18%), credit card deals (27%) or broadband offers (18%), as Yolt’s own proprietary user data1 demonstrates a significant rise in household spending
  • One in five people (22%) are also ignoring bank statements, missing opportunities to reduce spending
Monday, August 9, 2021 - 10:50
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Deutsche Telekom Trusts Coinbase Custody for its CELO Tokens

Coinbase Custody has been selected by Deutsche Telekom as its trusted custodian for its CELO tokens – the native cryptocurrency of the Celo blockchain network.

As the first telecommunications company in the world, Deutsche Telekom joins Celo to participate in the decentralized financial economy. Deutsche Telekom collaborates with Coinbase to stake its tokens to subsidiary T-Systems MMS.

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 10:40
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Two Thirds of SME Leaders Anticipate Never Repaying Government Covid Support Loans
  • Nearly one in 10 (9%) have defaulted on Covid loans before starting repayments

Two thirds (66%) of SME leaders who received financial support from the Government’s Covid loan schemes say it’s likely their business will default on the loan, according to new research1 from Nucleus Commercial Finance. This equates to 2.3 million SMEs who anticipate never repaying their loan.2

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 10:13
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Crédit Agricole, Facebook, and Microsoft are the Most Impersonated Brands in URL Phishing Attacks
Criminals continue to impersonate well-known brands to trick people into giving up their personal information.
 
Monday, August 9, 2021 - 10:06
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Wahed Migrates to WealthKernel’s APIs to Support UK App Launch

Halal-focused investment firm extends partnership with WealthKernel to use flexible investment APIs

WealthKernel, a wealthtech provider for digital investment services, today announces that US halal and ethical focused investment firm, Wahed, has migrated its investment offering entirely to WealthKernel’s trusted APIs. Wahed initially partnered with WealthKernel in 2017 to utilise its white-label service and build the world's first automated halal robo-advisor.

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 09:39
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Tapering rate hike race is on

Despite some real concerns in Friday's data too.

EURUSD slide can turn into an avalanche.

This is the Grand Stadium of who will hike first.

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 09:20
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Mastercard Incorporated Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call Offered Fodder for Fintech Boom

Soon after announcing the creation of a global startup engagement program dedicated to digital assets, blockchain, and cryptocurrency companies, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach discussed the company’s fintech future on the company’s Q2 earnings call.

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 09:17
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Sturdy Jobs Report Boosts Optimism Even as Delta Fears Grow

US Bond Yields, Dollar Soar, Euro Tumbles, Aussie, Kiwi Drop

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 09:16
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First FinTech Super App for SMEs in UK & Ireland Launches Funding Round

Paysme launches £1 million funding round on Globacap platform  Paysme is a single platform that delivers FinTech services such as mobile payments, e commerce, digital banking, accounting, lending and insurance via a Super App Paysme is designed to support the UK’s six million underserved SME companies 

Monday, August 9, 2021 - 09:09
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Better-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls Paves Way for Fed Tapering

Commenting on better-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls and increased likelihood of Fed tapering, Caleb Thibodeau, Associate at Validus Risk Management, said: “In the last Fed meeting, we heard Powell brushing off labor market sluggishness, indicating the employment recovery was on a strong, very robust path that will catch-up to inflation – this was definitely the feeling from today’s change in nonfarm payrolls and drop in the unemployment rate.

 

Friday, August 6, 2021 - 14:53
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