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Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2021- Next 100 Global Awards

Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2021- Next 100 Global Awards

The Next 100 Global Companies to watch highlights some of the most exciting, innovative, and promising businesses from around the world. The list reco..

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Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2021

Global Banking & Finance Awards® 2021

Global Banking & Finance Review® announces the list of winners for its 11th annual Global Banking & Finance Awards® program 2021 Global Bankin..

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Explainer-Western sanctions on banks only scratch surface of Fortress Russia

Explainer-Western sanctions on banks only scratch surface of Fortress Russia

By Tommy Wilkes and John McCrank LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union and Britain announced new sanctions on Russia..

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Explainer-How Western sanctions will target Russia

Explainer-How Western sanctions will target Russia

By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -The United States and its allies are coordinating new sanctions on Russia after Moscow recognised two regions in easter..

Markets pricing some geopolitics, but risk premia can grow further -Goldman

Markets pricing some geopolitics, but risk premia can grow further -Goldman

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) -Global markets are already pricing chunky geopolitical risks, but there is scope for risk premia to rise further acro..

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World-renowned data leaders confirmed to speak at the Data Governance Conference Europe and Master Data Management Summit 2022.

World-renowned data leaders confirmed to speak at the Data Governance Conference Europe and Master Data Management Summit 2022.

Hosted and organised by IRM UK, the Data Governance Conference Europe and Master Data Management Summit is back in-person and takes place from the 16t..

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Oil climbs on growing fears of conflict over Ukraine

Oil climbs on growing fears of conflict over Ukraine

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped more than $2 to a fresh seven-year high on Tuesday after Moscow ordered troops into two b..

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Stocks slide, oil jumps as Russia orders troops to Ukraine regions

Stocks slide, oil jumps as Russia orders troops to Ukraine regions

By Tom Westbrook and Xie Yu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global stocks tumbled while safe-havens rallied and oil surged on Tuesday as Europe’s ea..

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Financial think-tank calls for regulated ESG ratings in Britain

Financial think-tank calls for regulated ESG ratings in Britain

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should regulate sustainability ratings on companies to improve transparency, reduce the risk of greenwas..

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COVID-hit Queen Elizabeth sends message to Brazil

COVID-hit Queen Elizabeth sends message to Brazil

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth sent a message of condolence to Brazil on Monday as she continued to carry out official dutie..

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Factbox-Britain scraps all remaining COVID-19 restrictions

Factbox-Britain scraps all remaining COVID-19 restrictions

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced the government would remove all remaining coronavirus restrictions i..

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EU will consider making countries fill gas storage – energy chief

EU will consider making countries fill gas storage – energy chief

By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) – The European Union will consider whether to require member states to fill their natural gas storage to prescri..

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Stocks steady on hopes for diplomacy in Ukraine

Stocks steady on hopes for diplomacy in Ukraine

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures bounced on Friday and selling pressure eased in Asian share markets after the U.S. Sec..

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Bitcoin falls 7.4% to $40,632

Bitcoin falls 7.4% to $40,632

(Reuters) – Bitcoin dropped 7.4% to $40,631.78 at 2205 GMT on Thursday, down $3,248.05 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s bigge..

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Are government initiatives helping or hindering EV rollout?

Are government initiatives helping or hindering EV rollout?

A recent survey of EV installers in the UK, carried out by charge point management platform Fuuse, found OZEV grant applications to be the biggest hur..

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Marketing vacancies reach record breaking heights

Marketing vacancies reach record breaking heights

Vacancies for marketing professionals continued at record breaking levels throughout 2021 as the UK recovered from the pandemic, with jobs up 130% on ..

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Why quotas aren’t enough to tackle gender equality

Why quotas aren’t enough to tackle gender equality

A holistic approach is needed to achieve gender equality and get more women to the top, according to new research from Nyenrode Business University. ..

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AMS responds to latest labour market statistics

AMS responds to latest labour market statistics

Responding to the latest labour market data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Paul Modley, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion ..

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A desk in the sun: Brits embrace the ‘hybrid holiday’ this half term

A desk in the sun: Brits embrace the ‘hybrid holiday’ this half term

As half term hits and travel restrictions ease, almost a third (27%) of those surveyed are planning to work remotely from Europe this year, says a ne..

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Top 20 UK & Ireland professional services group, Xeinadin, agrees strategic partnership and significant investment from Exponent

Top 20 UK & Ireland professional services group, Xeinadin, agrees strategic partnership and significant investment from Exponent

10 February 2022: Xeinadin Group Limited (“Xeinadin” or “the Company”), one of the leading professional services groups in the UK and Ireland, has agr..

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Online reviews can predict the failure of 7 out of 10 businesses, even months ahead

Online reviews can predict the failure of 7 out of 10 businesses, even months ahead

By analysing online customer ratings, researchers from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) have developed an AI model which can p..

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Recruitment SaaS platform Manatal raises US$5.1 million in funding to transform recruitment globally

Recruitment SaaS platform Manatal raises US$5.1 million in funding to transform recruitment globally

LONDON, UK – 10 February 2022 – Recruitment and onboarding SaaS platform Manatal today announced they have closed US$5.1 million in seed f..

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European stocks drop as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate

European stocks drop as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashank Nayar (Reuters) -European shares fell on Thursday as heightened Russia-Ukraine tensions eclipsed a slew of encouraging ..

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Gold jumps, stocks stumble as Ukraine crisis deepens

Gold jumps, stocks stumble as Ukraine crisis deepens

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold prices jumped to an eight-month high and safe-haven debt rose on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Bid..

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Worker shortage jeopardises Spain’s EU-funded recovery plan

Worker shortage jeopardises Spain’s EU-funded recovery plan

By Corina Pons and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) – When Spain’s decade-long housing boom spectacularly bust in 2008, some 1.8 million job..

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Visa, Amazon reach global deal over payment fees

Visa, Amazon reach global deal over payment fees

(Reuters) – Visa Inc cards will be accepted at all Amazon.com Inc stores and sites as part of a global agreement, the companies said on Thursday..

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Air France-KLM beats expectations on long-haul recovery

Air France-KLM beats expectations on long-haul recovery

PARIS (Reuters) -Air France-KLM beat core profit expectations for 2021 due to a recovery in transatlantic travel in the fourth quarter and said it had..

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Exclusive-Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world’s poorest

Exclusive-Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world’s poorest

By Francesco Guarascio and Jennifer Rigby BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccin..

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Kraft Heinz plans more price hikes as sales, earnings beat estimates

Kraft Heinz plans more price hikes as sales, earnings beat estimates

By Deborah Mary Sophia and Mehr Bedi (Reuters) -Kraft Heinz Co said on Wednesday it would raise the prices of its snacks and condiments further to cou..

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Apple given fourth Dutch fine in App Store dispute

Apple given fourth Dutch fine in App Store dispute

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) again on Monday, its fourth such fine fo..

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China greenlights Audi-FAW’s $3.3 billion electric vehicle venture

China greenlights Audi-FAW’s $3.3 billion electric vehicle venture

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Volkswagen’s Audi and its Chinese state-owned partner FAW Group have received approval from Chinese authoritie..

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Australia drops landmark criminal cartel case against Citi, Deutsche

Australia drops landmark criminal cartel case against Citi, Deutsche

By Byron Kaye and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Friday withdrew a cartel lawsuit against Citigroup Inc, Deutsche Bank AG and four forme..

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Volvo Cars Q4 profit lags forecasts

Volvo Cars Q4 profit lags forecasts

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Cars reported on Friday quarterly earnings below expectations, and said it expected to continue growing sales volume..

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CFOs are key to the successful digital transformation of companies, finds new research

CFOs are key to the successful digital transformation of companies, finds new research

CFOs are key to the successful digital transformation of companies, finds new research Chief Financial Officers (CFO) play a vital role in succ..

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Boomi Selects Solace to Enable Real-time Event Streaming across the Enterprise, Accelerate Innovative Service Delivery

Boomi Selects Solace to Enable Real-time Event Streaming across the Enterprise, Accelerate Innovative Service Delivery

Ottawa (February 9, 2022) – Solace, the leading enabler of event-driven architecture for real-time enterprises, announced today that Boomi, the intell..

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Cavai, global leader in conversational Advertising, announces innovative launch of conversational video to maximise engagement and impact

Cavai, global leader in conversational Advertising, announces innovative launch of conversational video to maximise engagement and impact

London, 8th Feb, 2022: Cavai, the leading conversational advertising cloud, has launched conversational video, a groundbreaking format designed to max..

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Fear and tradition drive followers to favour tyrants

Fear and tradition drive followers to favour tyrants

People who place high value on hierarchical structures, group loyalty, and conformity to traditions brought on by the perception that the world is a t..