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Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’?

17 Oct 2016

Many of the world’s poorest poor don’t have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital...

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The Bank of England & The Duke of Wellington.

Opinion: Forget Super Thursday, the Bank of England can only offer Mildly Useful Thursday

03 Aug 2016

Michael Kitson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how the Bank of England may try to give the economy a boost.

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Shopping

Spending for smiles: money can buy happiness after all

07 Apr 2016

Money really can buy happiness when spending fits our personality, finds a study based on 77,000 UK bank transactions.

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Crowdfunding

Alternative finance market set to double in 2015

07 Nov 2014

The UK’s alternative finance market – which includes crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading – is set to reach nearly £2 billion by...

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“Trust me, I’m a banker”

14 Oct 2014

In a post-­crash economy, the financial industry has taken a severe hammering in the courts of public approval. Banks have never been trusted less...

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Six reasons why … good bankers will always turn bad

28 Feb 2014

They want to be good, they promise to be good, but will they be good? Cambridge Judge Business School faculty Professor Raghavendra Rau, Dr Bang Dang...

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That was supposed to be going up, wasn't it?

Stress hormones in financial traders may trigger ‘risk aversion’ and contribute to market crises

18 Feb 2014

New study’s findings overturn theory of personal risk preference as a ‘stable trait’, and show that real source of instability in risk behaviour “...

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CrontoSign device and image

New system to combat online banking fraud

18 Apr 2013

A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being...

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Banking Protest.

Fraud claims and board games: What now for regulation and governance?

02 Aug 2012

The author of the report which laid the basis for British and international corporate governance codes will be the guest speaker at a conference...

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Islamic Bank of Britain.

Zero interest and growing fast

25 Apr 2012

From humble beginnings, Islamic finance is now a trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate some in the West find alarming. A new analysis...

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Mike Marin.

The crisis of shareholder primacy

19 Mar 2012

If we want to prevent the next financial crisis, a new model of corporate governance is needed to replace shareholder primacy in financial...

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Adrian Leonard at Lloyd's

Navigating the choppy waters of risk

06 Oct 2011

Whether or not the planned intervention in the organisation of international banking sector succeeds, it will certainly impact on the City of London...

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