The latest finance news including topics such as the development of digital banking and the future of Fintech, and stories from the World Bank and World Trade Organisations (WTO) stories.
From 30 April 2025, a significant change to Universal Credit will ensure that more than a million low-income households across the UK receive a financial boost, thanks to new rules reducing the amount that can be deducted from their benefits to repay debts.
Gary Smith, chartered financial planner at Tilney, responds to the Government’s proposals to deal with the current crisis facing members of the NHS Pension Scheme.
Francesco Audrino, Professor of Statistics at University of St. Gallen explains financial risk forecasting in the era of big data and underlines the role of investors’ sentiment and attention.
Paresh Raja, CEO, Market Financial Solutions, highlights Prime Minister Boris Johnson's tax reforms and reviews what impact they could have for investors and taxpayers.
The Education Secretary has accepted all the recommendations from the independent School Teachers’ Review Body, to raise the upper and lower boundaries of all pay ranges by 2.75%.
Roland Bloesch, VP and Global Head of Regulation Industries at SAP Customer Experience highlights how digital transformation can reinvent banking as banks become forward-thinking, recognising the need to partner with fintechs.
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has asked the Migration Advisory Committee to review and advise on salary thresholds for the future immigration system, which will start to take effect from 2021.
High-earning senior clinicians will be able to save into their NHS pension without facing significant tax charges, under plans launched by the government today.
Companies are continuing to expand into Portugal and the country is reaping the economic benefits of the added exposure, Bernardo Trindade, President of the Executive Committee of Portugal IN explores.
Tenants will be protected from unfair letting fees with most seeing tenancy deposits capped at 5 weeks’ rent thanks to a new law which has now come into effect (1 June 2019).
In this article, Brian Costello discusses the current state of Open Banking, explaining how multi-factor authentication may not be the right answer in FinTech.
