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Mastercard trumps Visa with £233m offer for Earthport
Mastercard has trumped rival Visa with a higher offer for British payments firm Earthport. Earthport provides cross-border payment serv..
Wednesday 4 November 2026
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Mastercard has trumped rival Visa with a higher offer for British payments firm Earthport. Earthport provides cross-border payment serv..
Lloyds Banking Group’s boss has refused to rule out further job cuts as the lender overhauls its IT systems.
Prime Minister Theresa May was accused of failing to guarantee jobs and workers’ rights when the UK leaves the EU
Dissatisfied home owners and tenants in England are to be given more simple and quick access to help when something goes wrong, under G..
Interest rates will not automatically go up or down if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, the governor of the Ba..
Primary Health Properties is to merge with Medicx, creating a £2.3 billion healthcare giant. The NHS landlords will combine in an all-s..
British Airways owner IAG has ended its interest in low-cost carrier Norwegian, saying that it will sell its remaining stake in the firm
The competition watchdog has formally raised “serious concerns” with Viagogo about its compliance with a court order secured to protect..
The Barclays chief executive has said that activist investor Edward Bramson, one of the lender’s largest shareholders, has not laid out..
Prime Minister Theresa May has been pressed by union leaders to guarantee jobs and workers’ rights after Brexit during a series of face..
Consumers borrow £1.3 billion per year in high-cost short-term credit such as payday loans – and pay back £2.1 billion – the City regul..
UK household weekly spending reached its highest level since 2005 last year as the average cost of transport reached £80.80, figures sh..
Online gaming group 888 Holdings has said boss Itai Frieberger has stepped down after a near three-year stint in charge. He has been re..
The Restaurant Group has hailed a “pivotal” year despite a drop in core sales, as it eyes growth opportunities following its multimilli..
Fever-Tree has reported another year of rapid growth as consumers snapped up its mixers during the heatwave and the busy Christmas period