Opinion & Analysis

The high street is reeling after a winter of ill health. Toys R Us, Maplin, House of Fraser, Claire’s: it seems that even stalwarts of the retail landscape aren’t immune to rising rents, the burgeoning ecommerce market and wavering consumer…

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?…

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…

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…

How are banks meant to co-exist, work with or become the initiators of fast-developing fintech when most are so caught up in legacy systems? Below Finance Monthly benefits from expert insight from Kyle Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer at…