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13h agoLow · 27UKEuropeTokenisation & RWA

Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches

Errors in entry and exit records leave some Britons wrongly flagged as having overstayed post-Brexit 90-day limit<ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/09/eu-lawsuit-ibm-atos-leonardo-entry-exit-border-system">EU sues IBM and two European firms over entry/exit border system</a></li></ul>The writer Jojo Moyes is facing a two-year EU travel ban and €10,000 (£8,300) fine because of glitches with the bloc’s digital security controls.She is one of a number of UK travellers who say their trips to the EU have not been properly recorded since the…

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14h agoMedium · 56UKRates & derivatives

Young people in UK hit by ‘low-gear economy’, warns Bank of England deputy

Exclusive: Iran war has fuelled energy price rise and clouded outlook, driving up unemployment, says Clare LombardelliYoung people in Britain are bearing the brunt of a “low-gear economy” as employers hold back from hiring amid the fallout from the war in the Middle East, a deputy governor of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/bankofenglandgovernor">Bank of England</a> has warned.Clare Lombardelli, the Bank’s deputy governor for monetary policy, said the unfolding conflict, which has triggered a surge in energy prices and clouded the outlook for the economy…

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27h agoLow · 25UKEuropeEnergy

Global LNG Markets Face a Winter of Extreme Uncertainty

The defining feature of the Northern Hemisphere winter 2026/27 is uncertainty. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are above $30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), and gas inventories are markedly lower in key markets.

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27h agoLow · 25UKEuropeEnergy

Europe’s Power Prices Jump to 2022 High as Wind and Solar Falter

A weather front is bringing still and cloudy weather at the start of the week in some of Europe’s largest electricity markets, resulting in power prices for peak evening periods soaring to 2022 highs. Across the UK, Germany, and France, the top power markets in Europe, wind and solar power generation is slumping on Monday and is expected to remain below normal until at least the middle of this week.

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27h agoMedium · 57AmericasUKStablecoins & digital assets Currencies

Coinbase and PNC Bank expand partnership with USDC payments for corporate clients

PNC Bank is piloting USDC payment acceptance for corporate and institutional clients through its expanded partnership with Coinbase.

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30h agoMedium · 50UKRates & derivatives

Tradeweb collaborates with BNY to expand ICD Portal investment options

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: TW), a global leader in electronic trading across asset classes, today announced a strategic collaboration with BNY’s (NYSE: BNY) LiquidityDirect to expand investment options available through Tradeweb ICD Portal (“ICD Portal”), a multi-fund platform through which Tradeweb’s corporate treasury clients can access and trade money market funds and other short-term investments.

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30h agoMedium · 45UKStablecoins & digital assets$2.9bn

The $2.85B Binance hackers lost shows why the UK needs stablecoin freeze rules

The Binance hack proved stablecoin freezes work. Now the UK should make clear freeze rules a condition of listing coins.

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30h agoLow · 31UKStablecoins & digital assets

Wirex and Aurora target fragmentation in stablecoin payments

Aurora Intents, the cross-chain execution solution built by Aurora Labs, has partnered with Wirex, the global stablecoin infrastructure platform, to let partners’ users top up their accounts from almost any blockchain using one permanent deposit address.

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33h agoMedium · 42AmericasUKStablecoins & digital assets

Crypto-friendly Robinhood brings US IPO access to UK retail investors

Robinhood has launched commission-free IPO Access in the UK, allowing retail investors to request shares in eligible U.S. listings

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34h agoHigh · 63AmericasUKStablecoins & digital assets Currencies

Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulator

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency elevated the biggest U.S. exchange's trust status from conditional to a full-fledged charter, the company said.

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37h agoLow · 32UKRates & derivatives

Why has Royal Mail only delivered letters twice in three months?

I am waiting for the overdue results of a cancer test, and the postal service seems to be prioritising parcels over lettersIn the three months since I moved to my village, I’ve had just two deliveries of letters.One of them was only because I caught a passing postman on a parcel round who arranged one just for me. The bundle contained a bank card, two notifications of an overdue bill I was unaware of, a weeks-old letter from my new water company asking me to set up payments, and a letter about a routine cancer test.

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3d agoLow · 28UKStablecoins & digital assets

‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

Santiago Peña charged over alleged role in crisis as prosecutors request he be placed in preventive custodyPedro Volpe had just woken up last Tuesday when he saw a message from a friend asking whether his bank account was down too.It was a day after payday, and Volpe, 50, a writer and lawyer, opened his banking app and panicked: he could not even see his balance. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/07/paraguay-ueno-bank-collapse-santiago-pena">Continue reading...</a>

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3d agoLow · 26UKStablecoins & digital assets

Gotta buy ’em all: how Pokémon card collecting became race against scalpers

Fans trying to access latest releases are being priced out in a cut-throat market driven by crypto-like hypeThe runaway demand for Pokemon cards is because they are being hyped “like crypto”, according to one young fan who had spent the night queueing outside a London store to make sure he did not miss out on the latest card release.Before its 10am opening on Friday, the line outside the pop culture store Forbidden Planet in central London snaked past five others and, despite its strict sales policy, was probably “50/50” fans and resellers, said Kai, who had been there since…

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4d agoLow · 24UKStablecoins & digital assets

Binance: What the Largest Ever Crypto Hack Means for Cyber Resilience

In this interview, GlobalData's Phoebe Hodgson comments on the market reaction and implications to the Binance hack.

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5d agoMedium · 52UKRates & derivatives

Bank of England hikes interest rate for the first time since Iran war, warns inflation will near 5%

One policymaker voted to raise the bank's key interest rate to 4.25%.

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6d agoLow · 27UKStablecoins & digital assets

Scaling Digital Assets and Overcoming Market Fragmentation

At Sibos 2026, Quant and Murex discuss the barriers affecting institutional adoption of digital assets and overcoming fragmentation when integrating digital assets with money, liquidity, risk, and existing operating models.

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13d agoLow · 25UKTokenisation & RWA

How Will Tokenisation Transform Cross-Border Payments and Settlement?

At Sibos 2026, Volante’s Nadish Lad reveals how tokenisation and programmable money will revolutionise cross-border payments and compliance.

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21d agoLow · 23UKRates & derivatives

UK inflation jumps to 3.5% — cementing rate hike expectations

U.K. inflation rose by a hotter-than-expected 3.5% in the 12 months to September, driven by the surging cost of motor fuels.

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Author Jojo Moyes among UK travellers at risk of EU ban amid digital border system glitches

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Young people in UK hit by ‘low-gear economy’, warns Bank of England deputy

Global LNG Markets Face a Winter of Extreme Uncertainty

Europe’s Power Prices Jump to 2022 High as Wind and Solar Falter

Coinbase and PNC Bank expand partnership with USDC payments for corporate clients

Tradeweb collaborates with BNY to expand ICD Portal investment options

The $2.85B Binance hackers lost shows why the UK needs stablecoin freeze rules

Wirex and Aurora target fragmentation in stablecoin payments

Crypto-friendly Robinhood brings US IPO access to UK retail investors

Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulator

Why has Royal Mail only delivered letters twice in three months?

‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

Gotta buy ’em all: how Pokémon card collecting became race against scalpers

Binance: What the Largest Ever Crypto Hack Means for Cyber Resilience

Bank of England hikes interest rate for the first time since Iran war, warns inflation will near 5%

Scaling Digital Assets and Overcoming Market Fragmentation

How Will Tokenisation Transform Cross-Border Payments and Settlement?

UK inflation jumps to 3.5% — cementing rate hike expectations