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China has been beating its currently forecast growth rate. According to official data, China's economy grew at an annual pace of 6.8% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2017. Over the past year China has seen national economic growth that is unparalleled and unprecedented worldwide. This week Finance […]
HSBC has today confirmed that it will no longer provide project finance for new tar sands projects including the construction of any tar sands pipelines. This policy would exclude HSBC from providing project financing for the Keystone XL and Line 3 Expansion pipelines. HSBC also stated that its overall exposure to tar sands will reduce […]
There has been a lot of recent news regarding trade tariffs, as America and China impose a number of greater tariffs on a wide range of each other’s goods. Is this all political showboating though, or do they actually have an impact? Trade tariffs were introduced to increase the ease and competition, while decreasing the […]
With current trade ‘talks’ with China, the US in a not in a great position money wise. According to Congressional Budget Office the US is heading for an annual budget deficit of more than $1 trillion (£707bn) by 2020, on the back of tax cuts and higher public spending. Although these measures may bring ease […]
Online research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, shows that using a debit or credit card with a pin number is still the preferred method of payment for 42% of people in the UK. Contactless methods followed at 34%, with the vast majority of these respondents (31%) preferring a contactless card to using […]
Banks and card companies prevented £1,458.6 million in unauthorised financial fraud last year, equivalent to £2 in every £3 of attempted unauthorised fraud being stopped, the latest data from UK Finance shows. In 2017, fraud losses on payment cards fell 8% year-on-year to £566.0 million. At the same time, card spending increased by 7%, meaning […]
Cryptocurrency has been arguably the big financial breakthrough of the past few years and in 2017 it really took off, led of course by bitcoin. The potential of such digital currencies and the technology which powers them has created the Internet of Value. But when does control lie within these spheres? While both have created […]
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