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Britons drive contactless transactions past 1 billion mark

Data shows contactless spending in Europe hit £1.14bn in March - a three-fold surge from the same month in the previous year.

Investors prop up China's stock market with $19bn fund as meltdown fear grows

Following market plunges security companies and mutual funds are investing their own funds to avert disaster.

Ukraine: EBRD to invest up to $1bn in 2015 if reforms are made

Ukraine has yet to break up Naftogaz or clean up the banking system.

Summer budget 2015 preview: What can you expect from George Osborne on 8 July?

The chancellor will unveil his emergency economic plan after the Tories won a shock majority.

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Greece debt crisis: Tourists panic about access to cash as ATMs run out of money

Banking source says only 40% of cash machines in country have any currency in them.

Alfred Joyner Jun 30, 2015

EU referendum: Finance firms want 'thoughtful' reforms not Brexit says TheCityUK

The campaign group has proposed 25 reforms to the EU ahead of the UK's referendum.

Ian Silvera Jun 30, 2015

Greece Debt Crisis: Alexis Tsipras 'won't implement austerity if Greeks vote Yes in referendum'

Euro partners have made it clear: No deal means a Grexit.

Joe Millis Jun 29, 2015

Barclaycard updates bPay contactless payment range with sticker, fob and wristband

Moves comes as Barclays faces up to the threat from Apple Pay in the UK.

Alistair Charlton Jun 29, 2015

Greek debt crisis: Uncertainty and closed banks cause markets worldwide to fall

The FTSE 100 dropped 2.9% and Germany's Dax fell 3.8% while the Euro fell below its $1.1 mark.

Bauke Schram Jun 29, 2015

Grexit: Alexis Tsipras announces referendum on bailout deal for 5 July

Greek Prime Minister ' trusts the will of the people'.

Joe Millis Jun 26, 2015

Chinese stocks fall fastest in months as analysts expect end of market surge

The fall came despite the successful IPO of China's third-largest broker Guotai Junan's shares.

Bauke Schram Jun 26, 2015

Tourists from Belgium and France walk near tanks at a staging area outside the northern Gaza Strip July 27, 2014.

Israel: Foreign direct investment plunges almost 50% as Boycott Divestment and Sanctions take toll

FDI down to €5.7bn in 2014 from €10.5bn the year before.

Joe Millis Jun 25, 2015

James Caan: Are you an entrepreneur in disguise?

Venture capitalist and former Dragon on why you should be developing a team of entrepreneurs.

James Caan Jun 25, 2015

Grexit: Alexis Tsipras slams creditors and suggests Germany and IMF gunning for loan default

EU official says bailout negotiations 'still stuck at the same red lines'.

Jerin Mathew Jun 24, 2015

Edmund Shing: Forget Greek debt woes and buy into the European market recovery

Whether Greece stays in the Eurozone or not I believe you should invest in Eurozone stocks.

Edmund Shing Jun 24, 2015

RBS chairman Philip Hampton: 'It will take years for the government to sell our shares'

RBS says it will also take until 2019 before the bank is as profitable and low-risk as it aims to be.

Bauke Schram Jun 23, 2015

Greek debt crisis: Eurozone leaders hope to wrap up deal to bail out Greece by 25 June

Athens has until 30 June to repay €1.6bn to International Monetary Fund

Joe Millis Jun 23, 2015

How the Philippines is emerging as a key Asian economy

Growth in the Philippines is taking off.

Ravender Sembhy Jun 19, 2015

Greece crisis: Yanis Varoufakis urges EU not to enter 'state of mind that accepts an accident'

Greece's Finance Minister says eurozone is "dangerously close" to such a mindset.

Adam Justice Jun 19, 2015

RBS and NatWest customers outraged by overdraft charges caused by system failure

People have turned to Twitter to express their anger with RBS and NatWest after payments went missing for days

Bauke Schram Jun 19, 2015

Japan benefits greatly from oil price fall, says BoJ chief

Japan: Central Bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda believes recovery picking up

No need for additional easing as inflation likely to reach 2% target.

Joe Millis Jun 19, 2015

Grexit: Greece enters last-chance saloon as urgent summit called to discuss default

Banks might have to stay closed on 22 June to prevent massive withdrawals.

Joe Millis Jun 19, 2015

Mobile phone service is soaring in Africa.

Africa's entrepreneurs set to be seeded by $1bn growth fund

TPG and Satya's $1bn PE fund will invest across Africa in telecoms, finance, healthcare and consumer areas.

Ian Allison Jun 18, 2015

US Federal Reserve: Chair Janet Yellen signals a gradual rise in interest rates

Analysts expect a quarter of a percentage point rise in September.

Joe Millis Jun 18, 2015

AIM at 20: The evolution of a stock market

The junior exchange celebrates its 20th birthday on 19 June.

Ravender Sembhy Jun 17, 2015

Austrian brothel offers free sex in tax protest

A brothel owner in Austria fed up with what he says are punitive tax payments decided to offer free sex to customers.

Adam Justice Jun 17, 2015

RBS and Natwest Fined £15m for Serious Failings in Mortgage Advice

Britain's worst bank? A history of NatWest and RBS outages and technical meltdowns

The failure on 17 June is the fifth outage in three years, and a relatively small one.

Bauke Schram Jun 17, 2015

Greece: Grexit would be a 'modern Greek tragedy' if aid talks fail

The Central Bank of Greece issued a stark warning of a Grexit on Wednesday (17 June) if aid talks fail ahead of an end of June repayment deadline.

Adam Justice Jun 17, 2015

RBS glitch chaos: 600,000 transfers could be delayed for days

RBS was fined a total of £56m by the FCA and the PRA in 2014 because of its history of blackouts.

Bauke Schram Jun 17, 2015

Grexit: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accuses creditors of trying to humiliate Greece

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker alleges Athens not being straight with the people.

Joe Millis Jun 17, 2015

Greece-EU crisis: Take it or leave it time approaches as Tsipras accuses creditors of pillaging

Germany says an emergency plan is needed because Greece could fall into a state of emergency.

Joe Millis Jun 15, 2015

British Prime Minister David Cameron EU Jean-Claude Juncker

EU Referendum 2017: Standard and Poor's warn Britain could lose triple-A rating on a Brexit

Moody's and Fitch have already downgraded the UK to AA+

Joe Millis Jun 13, 2015

International Monetary Fund team in China as part of currency basket review

Global lender reviewing whether to include yuan in its basket of currencies.

Rachel Middleton Jun 13, 2015

RBS sale: What could taxpayers have got for £7.2bn George Osborne expects to lose?

Chancellor announced government will sell stake in RBS for less than £45bn Labour injected into it

Lewis Dean Jun 11, 2015

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