Metro Bank positioned itself as “a fresh start to banking” when it launched in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. It was set up in 2010 as a challenger to the “big five”…
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Information is a valuable commodity. And thanks to technology, there are millions of terabytes of it online. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT are now managing this information on our behalf – collating it,…
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Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477press@fsb.org Ref: 33/2023 Report notes that significant further progress has been achieved on climate disclosures over the last year, including the publication of the International Sustainability Standards Board…
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© Reuters. By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on two owners of tankers that carried Russian oil above the G7 price cap of $60 a barrel, one…
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Every day seems to bring new headlines about rising costs. In Nigeria, unions are threatening to strike amid soaring fuel prices; the country’s inflation rate hit 25% in August. The amount it costs to fill…
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Since gay couples have fewer children, the high frequency of same-sex relationships in humans is puzzling from an evolutionary point of view. Perhaps there are social advantages such relationships confer on a group, or perhaps…
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Researchers with the Bank of Canada say they have created a system for substantiating credentials that is anonymous and immune to quantum computer hacking. “In this work, we construct the first secret-free and quantum-safe credential…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, appearing to run out of space to contain a historic supply glut that has hammered prices, in Cushing,…
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Economic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasizing the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof, just look to the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. It’s been awarded to 90…
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Have you ever waited in a long queue only to find the ice cream flavour you wanted is gone? What did you choose instead? In the field of behavioural economics, researchers have shown that people…
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