Payments platform Bango snaps up Japanese firm Docomo Digital August 30, 2022 Bango provides a payments platform for firms including Netflix, Britbox and Youtube
Monday read: Five day week is ‘in many cases not fit for purpose’, says Atom Bank chief August 29, 2022 The concept of a five day working week is " in many cases no longer fit for purpose for 21st century businesses”, the chief of digital lender Atom Bank said today as he hailed the success of a four day week at the firm.
UK regulatory fines slump after pandemic logjam August 24, 2022 The amount of fines dished out by the UK’s financial regulators has tumbled by nearly half in the first half of the year as officials catch up with a pandemic backlog, a compliance consultancy said today.
NFTs worth more than $100m stolen in the past year August 24, 2022 Over $100m worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been reported as stolen in the past year as scammers pounced on a surge in interest in digital assets, new data has revealed.
Aveva shares surge as Schneider mulls takeover August 24, 2022 Shares in British software group Aveva leapt over 30 per cent today after French industrial group Schneider said it was mulling a full buyout of the firm.
Cineworld shareholders ‘will get zero’ if it files for bankruptcy, says short seller August 24, 2022 Cineworld was “run on a wing and a prayer” and will leave shareholders with nothing if it files for bankruptcy in the US, a short seller of the firm said today.
HSBC agitator Ping An claims ‘we are not an activist’ despite break-up calls August 24, 2022 The investor pushing for a break up of HSBC has claimed it is “not an activist investor” today and simply cares about returns.
WhatsApp clampdown: Lawyers warn City firms about increasing scrutiny of app August 24, 2022 Lawyers have warned City firms to “dust off” their communication training handbooks amid fears that regulators could ramp up scrutiny of the use of WhatsApp in UK financial services.
Car chain Lookers profits dip as soaring costs throttle jump in sales August 24, 2022 Car dealership chain Lookers has reported a dip in profits for the first half of the year as soaring costs and supply strains offset a jump in revenue to £2.23bn. In a trading update today, bosses said that pre-tax profits fell from £50.4m in the first six months of last year to £49.9m in 2022, [...]
Dividends surge to £469bn as oil and financial firms dish out cash August 24, 2022 Global dividend payouts surged to record levels in the second quarter of the year as oil and financial firms paid out bumper sums to shareholders, new data has revealed.