World news | The Guardian2d ago
FCA investigates collapsed lender MFS amid £1.3bn mortgage scandal https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/20/fca-investigates-mfs-mortgage-lender #FinancialSector #FinancialConductAuthority #Banking #Business #UkNews #CorporateGovernance
FCA investigates collapsed lender MFS amid £1.3bn mortgage scandal

Move follows the granting of a worldwide asset-freezing order on company’s founder, Paresh Raja

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US news | The Guardian3d ago
PwC partners who fail to embrace AI have no future at firm, US CEO warns https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/19/pwc-pricewaterhousecoopers-partners-ai-artificial-intelligence-paul-griggs #Pwc #AiArtificialIntelligence #Accountancy #FinancialSector #Technology #UsNews #Business
PwC partners who fail to embrace AI have no future at firm, US CEO warns

Paul Griggs says senior staff at consulting firm who are not ‘paranoid about being AI-first’ are likely to be replaced

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Yonhap Infomax News5d ago
President Lee Jae-myung declares tax measures for real estate market stabilization should be last resort, comparing them to nuclear weapons while emphasizing financial sector controls and supply policies as primary tools to curb property speculation driven by leveraged investments.
#YonhapInfomax #PresidentLeeJaemyung #TaxReform #RealEstateMarket #HousingPrices #FinancialSector #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=110315
President Lee - 'Taxes Are Like Nuclear Weapons, Should Not Be Used Recklessly... Last Resort'

President Lee Jae-myung declares tax measures for real estate market stabilization should be last resort, comparing them to nuclear weapons while emphasizing financial sector controls and supply policies as primary tools to curb property speculation driven by leveraged investments.

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
European takeover battle hots up with UniCredit’s ‘unfriendly attack’ on Commerzbank https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/16/european-banking-takeover-battle-unicredit-commerzbank #EuropeanBanks #Banking #Business #Europe #FinancialSector #WorldNews #MergersAndAcquisitions #Germany #Italy
European takeover battle hots up with UniCredit’s ‘unfriendly attack’ on Commerzbank

Milan-based bank plans to up its near-30% stake in German lender to trigger formal talks despite strong opposition from Berlin

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The Guardian FeedsMar 14

How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?
By Rupert Jones and Zoe Wood

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/iran-war-middle-east-affect-finances-energy-bills-inflation-interest-rates

#UKcostoflivingcrisis #USIsraelwaronIran #Financialsector #Business #Inflation #Interestrates #Economics #Worldnews #Petrolprices #Energybills #Money #Householdbills #Motoring #Stockmarkets #Pensions #FTSE #Mortgagerates #Mortgages #Banksandbuildingsocieties #Property #Housingmarket #Familyfinances #Consumeraffairs #RupertJones #ZoeWood

How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
British fintech Revolut gets full banking licence https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/11/british-fintech-revolut-gets-full-banking-licence #Revolut #FinancialSector #Business #Fintech #UkNews #BanksAndBuildingSocieties
British fintech Revolut gets full banking licence

Group lodged application in 2021 but had to overcome accounting issues and reputational concerns

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
Average UK mortgage rate tops 5% as lenders scurry to reprice loans amid Middle East crisis https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/11/uk-mortgage-rates-lenders-reprice-loans-middle-east-crisis #MortgageRates #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Money #Mortgages #Property #HousingMarket #RealEstate #Business #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #FinancialSector
Average UK mortgage rate tops 5% as lenders scurry to reprice loans amid Middle East crisis

More than 500 lending products pulled in biggest single upheaval since Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
Financier Crispin Odey takes FCA to court over exclusion from City https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/10/financier-crispin-odey-takes-fca-to-court-over-exclusion-from-city #FinancialConductAuthority #Regulators #HedgeFunds #FinancialSector #Business #UkNews
Financier Crispin Odey takes FCA to court over exclusion from City

Regulator fined the multimillionaire £1.8m and banned him from the financial services industry last year

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World news | The GuardianMar 7
UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/07/uk-recruiter-emerges-from-insolvency-for-third-time #Hampshire #Business #UkNews #England #Hmrc #Tax #TaxAvoidance #Money #Accountancy #CorporateGovernance #FinancialSector #Politics
UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax

Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year

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World news | The GuardianMar 5
HSBC and Coventry raise rates on fixed mortgages in response to crisis in the Middle East https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/05/hsbc-coventry-raise-rates-fixed-mortgages-iran-middle-east-crisis #MortgageRates #UkNews #MortgageLendingFigures #Mortgages #BankOfEngland #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsisraelWarOnIran #FinancialSector #Inflation #InterestRates
HSBC and Coventry raise rates on fixed mortgages in response to crisis in the Middle East

Experts say the Iran war could cause an energy price shock that pushes up UK inflation, in turn forcing up interest rates

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