Personal loans booming as cost of living drives Australians to borrow record amounts
National debt helpline calls have increased alongside growth in new personal loans, which charged an average 9% interest in March
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Lloyds customers unable to make payments due to IT glitch
Bank apologises after IT update caused problems with Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apps
Tony Blair is strong on diagnosis, deluded on prescription: Britain’s ills can’t be fixed by him | Larry Elliott
The former PM’s essay rightly calls for a coherent economic plan, but then sets too much store by AI – and a worldview stuck in the past
NS&I failures pile on the agony for bereaved families chasing missing premium bonds
“It has been more than a year of hell,” says Kate Constable about the time it took to claim £46,000 in premium bonds belonging to her late mother.
Metro Bank investors urged to reject executive pay report
Bonus scheme that could hand CEO a £60m windfall is ‘significantly out of line’ with market, says proxy adviser
Learning from a Bad Trade - The Big Picture - The Big Picture
A Bad Bear Stearns Trade Can Teach Investors a Lot It doesn’t have to take a decade to learn some valuable lessons. Bloomberg, January 6, 2020
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS - fi-desk.com
How well prepared are institutions for the impending requirements of SFTR? Most repo market participants are aware of the new European Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), but not everyone is clear on ex…
Andrea Leung - Markets Media
Steve Leung Design Group (SLD), the interior design practice established by the eponymous architect and designer, Steve Leung, is venturing into the European market through a collaboration with Italian designer Andrea B…