3 d. ago Barclays, Halifax, Lloyds, NatWest, RBS customers to get 'super ATMs' in major change

The new super ATMs will allow customers to deposit cash and cheques, as well as check their balance and change their PIN, regardless of which bank they are with

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4 d. ago Why you might have shares in a cryptocurrency company without even realising it

Coinbase is a major platform for crypto trading and is now in many investors’ portfolios

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8 d. ago TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says

Company could face fine of 6% of annual turnover if European Commission’s preliminary verdict is upheldThe European Commission has said TikTok is in breach of EU digital laws that require transparency over who pays for advertising.The commission reached a preliminary verdict on the Chinese-owned short video platform’s advertising policy, having launched an investigation in February 2024. The company could face a fine of 6% of global annual turnover, if the commission upholds this view. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Investing platform offers temporary 8.5% annual interest rate on cash balances this month

The offer from investing and trading platform IG is only available until May 31.

Economics

2 w. ago Investing platform offers temporary 8.5% annual interest rate on cash balances

IG said its offer gives investors a ‘place to park their money and still earn a serious return’.

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2 w. ago Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That’s malarkey | Steven Greenhouse

The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessorWhile Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any administration in American history”, last week’s economic news emphatically refutes that. Trump’s commerce department reported on Wednesday that the US economy – in a sharp and dismaying reversal – shrank in the first quarter of this year.That of course is when Trump returned to the White House, but Trump, true to form, denied that he was in any way responsible for the surprisingly bad economic news. Trump, who has spent his life blaming others and refusing to admit mistakes, was quick to blame Joe Biden for the downturn. The nation’s gross domestic product declined at a 0.3% annual rate in the quarter, after adjusting for inflation.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author focusing on labor and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Co...

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