Good News in War FOR Cash: Use of Cash in UK Grows for First Time in 10 years
The long-term decline in cash use in the UK appears to have reached its limit, at least for now.
Read more...The long-term decline in cash use in the UK appears to have reached its limit, at least for now.
Read more...“Everybody should have a digital ID; everybody should have a bank account; everybody should have a smartphone. Then, anything can be done. Everything else is built on that.”
Read more...The US tech firm could not have found a better partner with whom to get back into the facial recognition market than the current UK government.
Read more...At the time of its construction, the Panama Canal was (and still is) a marvel of modern engineering. But it is also a single point of failure in a global mesh of tightly coupled supply chains.
Read more...“When Russia insults the high representative of the European Union, it is insulting all Europeans.”
Read more...How did Brazil, a country that until recently was heavily dependent on cash, reach a point where its politicians are now considering eliminating it altogether? One of the answers is a three-letter word that is now ubiquitous across the country: Pix.
Read more...The country is once again in deep crisis mode, with decades high inflation, a crumbling currency and no foreign currency reserves. It is shackled to the IMF but now faces the possibility of being able to tap alternative sources of finance.
Read more...This may be an important battle for Big Ag lobbies and biotech companies but it is an existential one for Mexico, for whom corn is the cornerstone not only of its cuisine and diet but also its culture.
Read more...After enthusiastically selling the war since its inception, the mainstream media in Europe may be beginning to change its tune.
Read more...There is a lot riding on the outcome of the upcoming general elections, not just economically but geopolitically, and not just for Argentina but across Latin America and perhaps even the globe.
Read more...Ecuador was already in a major crisis; now it is in an even bigger one.
Read more...UK banks are now making it harder for customers to deposit cash in their own accounts, while three of Australia’s Big Four banks are eliminating cash services from many of their branches.
Read more...The policing minister is encouraging police forces across the country to make use of live facial recognition technologies for routine law enforcement. Retailers are also embracing the technology to monitor their customers.
Read more...At the beginning of July, the AMLO government’s biggest bet on energy self-sufficiency — the Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco — began processing crude oil. But since then, things have not gone according to plan.
Read more...The share price of Coutts’ parent bank, semi-state owned Natwest, has slumped 8% over the past 10 days, wiping £1 billion off its market cap and generating juicy returns for short-selling hedge funds.
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