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Revolut’s UK Banking Licence Put Mortgages and Its IPO Back in Play

23rd April 2026
Revolut recently said it wants to secure banking licences in both France and the United States, just weeks after finally winning a full UK banking licence. That is what makes the latest move matter. Without the UK approval, the push into France and the US would look like another expansion story. With it, the company […]
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UK Mortgage Rates Are Falling Again. Why Borrowers Still Need to Be Careful

23rd April 2026
UK mortgage rates are falling again, with TSB, Santander and Virgin Money joining Barclays and HSBC in cutting selected deals after the violent repricing that followed the Iran war. That sounds like relief. It is not a reset. The market is becoming less dysfunctional, but borrowing is still far more expensive than it was before […]
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Blackstone Raised $70bn as Returns Slipped. That Should Worry Investors

23rd April 2026
Blackstone pulled in almost $70bn in the first quarter even as returns weakened across private credit, private equity and parts of real estate. That is not just a strong fundraising quarter. It is a warning about what private markets are becoming. Money is still pouring in even when performance is no longer doing enough to […]
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Why DeepSeek’s $20bn Valuation Matters More for Pay Than Capital

23rd April 2026
DeepSeek is raising money at a valuation above $20bn, but the more revealing part of the story is not the capital. It is the price. In most start-up rounds, valuation is the scoreboard. Here it looks more like a retention tool. That matters because when stock options make up a large share of researcher pay, […]
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Rishi Sunak Says AI Is Flattening Hiring. Britain Still Has No Tax Plan

23rd April 2026
Britain has an AI strategy, a skills strategy and an investment pitch, but the picture is less settled than ministers would like to suggest. Recently, OpenAI paused its main UK data-centre project in April over high energy costs and what Reuters described as an unfavourable regulatory environment, a reminder that ambition and delivery are not […]
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UK Inflation Is Back Above 3%. The Harder Problem Is Growth

22nd April 2026
UK inflation rose to 3.3% in March 2026, up from 3.0% in February, according to the Office for National Statistics. That is the headline. The harder part is what sits alongside it: weaker growth, higher business costs and a Bank of England that cannot deal with an imported energy shock as neatly as it would […]
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Why Critical Minerals Capital Is Moving Towards Supply-Chain Control

21st April 2026
The USA Rare Earth–Serra Verde deal is useful not because it is another mining acquisition, but because it shows where critical minerals capital is starting to move. Reuters reports that USA Rare Earth is buying Serra Verde in a $2.8 billion cash-and-stock transaction, adding an operating rare earth mine in Brazil to a portfolio that […]
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Anthropic Amazon Compute Deal: What the $100 Billion Commitment Says About AI Infrastructure Power

21st April 2026
Anthropic’s latest agreement with Amazon matters because it turns compute into a capital strategy question. Anthropic says it will commit more than $100 billion over the next ten years to AWS technologies, secure up to 5 gigawatts of new capacity to train and run Claude, and deepen a relationship in which Amazon is already cloud […]
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Standard Life Aegon UK Deal: What the £2 Billion Acquisition Means for Pensions M&A

17th April 2026
Standard Life’s £2 billion acquisition of Aegon’s UK insurance and pensions business is not just another large financial services deal. It is a useful case study in how buyers use M&A to accelerate strategy, reshape earnings, and strengthen market position without relying on a fully cash-funded structure. That is the real value of this transaction. […]
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The FCA’s 2026/27 work programme points to faster, more digital supervision and a sharper focus on regulatory readiness.

17th April 2026
The FCA’s 2026/27 work programme is most useful not for any single measure, but for what it reveals about the regulator’s direction of travel. The message is clear: supervision is becoming faster, more digital, and more reliant on data. For firms, that is not an abstract shift. It affects how they handle authorisations, maintain records, […]
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Paycheck Explained — No Fee, Big Revenue Sources

30th January 2026
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Paycheck Explained — No Fee, Big Revenue Sources Get ready, sports fans – the biggest sporting event of the year is almost here! That's right, Super Bowl LX on Feb 8, 2026, will see the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in a contest that has the nation pumped for […]
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Best Crypto Courses in 2025: Learn Crypto the Right Way Before You Invest

11th July 2025
    The Best Crypto Courses Right Now (July 2025) Crypto isn’t dead—it’s maturing. And if you're in the U.S., that means more regulation, more risk… and more opportunity if you actually know what you're doing. Whether you’re a total beginner trying to understand Bitcoin or a trader looking to master DeFi and on-chain analysis, […]
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