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Getting your teenager a car is a milestone experience—for both you and them. While your teen might be dreaming about sleek designs and the latest and greatest technology, your number one concern as a parent is likely safety. And for good reason! Due to inexperience, teen drivers are statistically more likely to be in an accident. So, selecting a car with good safety features isn’t just a wise decision—it’s a requirement. In this article, we’ll...

Managing payments can be expensive and frustrating. High card fees, chargebacks, and slow settlements eat into profits and disrupt cash flow. That’s where open banking comes in. This new payment technology allows businesses to accept direct bank transfers, cutting out card networks and reducing costs. As adoption grows worldwide, understanding open banking trends is essential for merchants looking to stay competitive. Here’s what you need to know. Growing Beyond Payments Initially, open banking focused on...

Throughout its history as a financial center worldwide with major banks and financial institutions headquartered there in London; the landscape has notably transformed in recent times with the emergence of a surge in fintech startups utilizing cutting edge technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, alongside modern digital banking offerings. London used to be famous, for its conventional financial institutions but now it houses a dynamic group of tech innovators reshaping the finance landscape in...

Apple has announced plans to spend $500bn (£400bn) and hire 20,000 additional staff in the United States, as it seeks to protect itself from the impact of President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs targeting goods made in China. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, revealed the four-year initiative following a meeting with Mr Trump at the White House. The scheme includes building a new manufacturing facility for advanced servers in Houston, Texas, boosting its streaming TV production...

Just Eat is set to be acquired for €4.1bn (£3.4bn)—less than a third of its value at the height of the pandemic—marking a stark reflection of the post-Covid slump in takeaway demand. The Anglo-Dutch delivery giant, listed in Amsterdam and known officially as Just Eat Takeaway, confirmed on Monday that it had agreed to a buyout by Dutch investment group Prosus at €20.30 per share. The move comes just two months after Just Eat dropped...

Mark Carney’s investment vehicle Brookfield has struck a deal to acquire National Grid’s renewables arm for $1.7bn (£1.3bn), bolstering the former Bank of England governor’s credentials as he campaigns to become Canada’s next prime minister. The Canadian asset manager, which Mr Carney chairs, expects to complete the takeover by the end of September. Its swoop on National Grid Renewables in the US follows Brookfield’s recent $10bn fundraising for an eco-focused investment fund. National Grid, the...

McDonald’s UK arm is maintaining its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, despite its Chicago-based parent company scaling back such initiatives since Donald Trump returned to the White House. While the fast-food giant’s US division scrapped targets for minority representation in senior roles, rebranded its diversity department, and abandoned DEI requirements for suppliers, the British business says its own pledges remain intact. These include ensuring 40 per cent of senior leadership roles are held by...

Campaigners battling for state pension compensation have issued the Government with a formal ultimatum, warning that they will pursue a judicial review unless ministers rethink their refusal to pay out billions to millions of 1950s-born women. The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group claims 3.6 million women were short-changed because the Government failed to provide adequate warning when it raised the state pension age from 60 to 65, and later to 66. These changes...