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A push to overhaul laws to stamp out land banking is part of a Government bid to crack down on anti-competitive and unconscionable conduct by supermarkets.
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Stopping bank closures in the Pacific is vital for the economic wellbeing of island communities and their trading relationships with other countries.
Truong My Lan at her trial in Vietnam, April 2024.
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A recent corruption case in Vietnam has led to the owner of a bank being sentenced to death.
The LSE is losing some big names to the US.
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There are some fundamental differences between listing on the LSE and in the US – and they may be contributing to London’s decline.
Sam Bankman-Fried (centre) leaving court in June 2023 after he was charged following the collapse of his cryptocurrency business.
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The general public may want tighter crypto regulations but is the UK government listening?
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Cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried may face a jail term of more than a century after conviction on seven counts of fraud and money laundering.
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky: all he wanted for Christmas (2022) was a UK banking licence.
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More diversity in the banking sector can help with stability, but Revolut’s two-year wait for a UK banking licence indicates regulatory caution.
Buy now, pay later loans target low-income, tech-savvy Gen Z and millennial consumers under the guise of improving financial inclusion for these groups.
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Are buy now, pay later services truly a new way to boost financial inclusion, or just another type of predatory loan?
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Our study shows the way bank bosses talk about risk can negatively affect financial stability.
Binance is one of several crypto firms that have been sued by US regulators recently.
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Crypto platforms are calling for clear regulations rather than lawsuits from regulators.
Accepting digital payments.
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The UK could learn a lot from developing economies about using digital payments to boost financial inclusion.
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US regulators are beginning bringing more enforcement actions against crypto firms, with the latest targeting top exchange Binance.
Trying to maintain some stability.
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Central banks are reaching into their toolkits to shore up the global financial system.
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The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has exposed gaps in financial regulation that could be tricky to fill.
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There are two types of systemic risk that can infect the highly interconnected global banking system.
A company’s internal structure can provide protection from external events.
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Companies benefit from certain internal environmental and social checks and balances, particularly when it comes to preventing a tumble in their share price.
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Small companies should think hard about their finances and how to make them more secure, particular in uncertain times.
A family reacts to news of the father’s bankruptcy in a 19th century engraving.
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New rules following a spate of bank failures in 19th century Britain could provide some lessons for today’s regulators.
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The speed of SVB’s collapse was a surprise but central bankers can learn lessons from this failure.
Relaxing some banking rules could affect the stability of the UK’s financial sector, largely based in the City of London.
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New green finance measures aside, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Edinburgh reforms look like history repeating itself.