MPs demand action on fraud reimbursement as they criticise ‘half-baked’ plans March 4, 2023 MPs have slammed proposals to reimburse fraud victims, describing the plans as “half-baked” without further action from the regulator. Under the plans being considered by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), banks and building societies will have to fully reimburse victims of authorised push payment fraud where the loss is over £100. Last month MPs questioned [...]
Lucky Ruby should get his Fill of success on the All-Weather March 3, 2023 THE INFAMOUS All-Weather track at Sha Tin has always been looked upon with suspicion by local bettors, with too many variables to consider. The track-bias seems to change from meeting to meeting, although when the city has seen little or no rain, it’s always best to follow horses that race up with the pace from [...]
Labour’s plan for business also means supporting women through their menopause March 3, 2023 For too long women at work have suffered in silence when it comes to the menopause. Many experience debilitating mental health and physical menopausal symptoms that have a huge impact on their everyday activities, not to mention their personal and intimate relationships too. And far too many are left feeling ashamed of this, trying their [...]
Ka-Ching! Hall and Bowman set for a Perfetto performance March 3, 2023 SHA TIN hosts another exciting 10-race programme on Sunday, with six races on Turf and four on the All-Weather surface. Although there are not too many stars on show, the racing – as per normal – is full of highly-competitive handicaps and is guaranteed to throw up one or two shocks. Local bettors are in [...]
Energy bills support expected to stay at £2,500 after Hunt U-turn March 3, 2023 Jeremy Hunt is expected to extend support for household energy bills by an extra three months beyond April, a fresh government U-turn.
London Metal Exchange faces FCA ‘enforcement’ investigation after £3.3bn nickel crisis March 3, 2023 The FCA announced plans to begin an "enforcement" investigation into London Metal Exchange response to last year's nickel crisis.
Bittrex Global lists EUROC, issued by Circle March 3, 2023 Digital asset exchange Bittrex Global has announced the strategic integration of Euro Coin (EUROC), issued by fintech firm Circle.
Explainer: Sunak’s doubts on rejoining the EU’s Horizon science scheme post-Brexit March 3, 2023 This week was all about Sunak’s deal with the EU on the Northern Ireland protocol. It was praised by many as an agreement between grown-ups, as the best solution available after years of post-Brexit impasse. Its staunchest critics – aside from the ever-candid Boris Johnson – are still waiting in the shadows for the best [...]
From the digital pound, to homeworking via heat pumps: City A.M.’s five most-read stories of the week March 3, 2023 The most read story of the last seven days was the revelation that the digital pound would coming this decade. Details of the unpublished Treasury and BoE report were reported here and read by hundreds of thousands of readers Second most read was our energy editor’s piece on heat pumps, following British Gas owner’s decision [...]
Partygate inquiry: Breaches ‘obvious’ to Johnson as ex PM feels ‘vindicated’ by Sue Gray Starmer switch March 3, 2023 Evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been “obvious” to Boris Johnson during partygate, the inquiry into whether he lied to MPs has said. The cross-party Privileges Committee said the Commons may have been misled multiple times as they set up a live showdown with the former prime minister for later this month. [...]
