The tax rumours most worrying my clients September 1, 2026 As Budget day creeps over the horizon, JMW partner Craig Harrison writes about which tax rumours are most worrying his clients.
Big-spending Chelsea sign up crypto firm Circle as shirt sponsor August 28, 2026 Chelsea have tapped the crypto industry in their search for a new main sponsor by agreeing a one-year front-of-shirt deal with Circle Internet Group. The New York-listed company is best known as the issuer of stablecoin USDC, which is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar and will also appear on the shirts of Chelsea’s men’s, [...]
Reform sidelines crypto industry at pivotal conference August 28, 2026 Reform UK is set to sideline crypto companies at its conference next week and cut the industry’s access to senior figures after backlash over Nigel Farage’s £5m gift from a bitcoin billionaire, City AM can reveal. Reform was an early champion of the digital currency and tokenisation industries, which have been a mainstay at previous [...]
Jenrick pledges reform for small businesses August 25, 2026 Reform UK’s economics chief Robert Jenrick has billed a package of tax and red tape reforms for small businesses as the “biggest plan” presented in a decade. A week before the party’s conference in Birmingham, Jenrick has hailed a number of flagship policies designed to appeal to bosses employing fewer than 50 employees. The party [...]
OKX Card Usage Surges Across Europe as Crypto Moves Into Everyday Spending August 19, 2026 OKX Card purchase volume rises 280% year over year as European customers increasingly use digital assets for groceries, transport and other everyday expenses
Citi Unveils Custody+: A Suite of Near- and Real-time Custody Solutions to Meet Always-On Industry Demand August 18, 2026 As capital markets become increasingly always-on, Citi Investor Services’ innovative and modular ecosystem of solutions is redefining custody infrastructure for the future Highlights: Citi is redefining custody infrastructure to support clients’ diverse operating models as the industry shifts towards continuous markets, compressed settlement cycles and technology disruption With the U.S. rollout of real-time asset servicing through its Single Event Processing technology, over 80% of Citi’s total event volume is being processed in real-time These advancements further Citi Services’ platform strategy to build scalable and modern infrastructure with a strong data and AI foundation
Jenrick: Welfare cuts worth £50bn allows us to ‘sustainably pay’ triple lock pension August 17, 2026 Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has said a £50bn welfare cut plan allows the state to “sustainably pay” for the triple lock pension. In a press conference on Monday, Jenrick said plans to strip welfare from around 3m people, including foreign nationals, would be the biggest overhaul of the benefits system in a generation. Jenrick said [...]
Nigel Farage wins in Clacton – and triggers investigation August 14, 2026 Nigel Farage’s re-election has triggered a parliamentary investigation into his financial affairs after he swept to victory in the Clacton by-election. The Reform UK leader won with over 11,000 more votes than the novelty candidate Count Binface, who was the main opposition after every other major party refused to take part in the poll. The [...]
Robinhood offers crypto asset tied to FCA warning list August 11, 2026 Robinhood is offering a crypto asset to UK retail customers whose native platform appears on the financial watchdog’s warning list. The fintech has granted customers access to more than 50 cryptocurrencies this week on its app, including Hyperliquid ($HYPE). But the original platform, also known as Hyperliquid, and its governing body the Hyper Foundation are [...]
Naser Taher, Chairman and Founder of MultiBank Group, Honored by H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan with the Golden Excellence Award for FinTech, Digital Asset and Blockchain Excellence August 6, 2026 The recognition honors Naser Taher and MultiBank Group for its revolutionary advances in regulated digital assets, blockchain, and real-world asset tokenization