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Klarna transactions soar as US users hit 20mln
Swedish payments company Klarna announced a jump in transactions in the second quarter as the number of users in the US reached 20mln.
The “buy now, pay later” group said gross…
Lloyds Banking Group plans to become major residential landlord
The bank aims to acquire around 400 homes by the end of this year and then double this target in 2022
Lloyds Banking Group PLC aims to become one of the UK’s biggest landlords over the…
FTSE takes its lead from weak Chinese data pointing to slowing growth
FTSE 100 opened lower as investors tried to work out the implications of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The blue-chip index dropped 55 to 7,163 with mixed economic data from…
Lloyds Banking’s new chief executive Charlie Nunn starts work
Lloyds Banking Group PLC’s new chief executive Charlie Nunn has started work today, the bank said in a statement.
William Chalmers, who has been interim group chief executive for the…
How newbie investors can sort out their ESG, according to Barclays Bank expert
Sorting out the ESG early on in the portfolio building process will pay off in the long term
There’s so much to learn as a new investor but making sure the ESG is in order early on will…
TUI and Entain in Thursday’s spotlight as investors eye rebound from Covid chaos
The package holiday firm and global gambling group are among the most notable names in the diary for Thursday.
Package holiday giant () () reports a trading update on Thursday, with…
Barclays has ‘greatest scope’ for rerating says Jefferies
Out of all the UK banks () has the greatest scope to re-rate, that’s according to analysts at Jefferies.
The broker picks out Barclays among six new names in its ‘high conviction…
NatWest struck off Goldman’s conviction list amid worries over UK mortgage…
Analysts at the US bank also trimmed their target prices for NatWest, Barclays and Virgin Money on the back of what they said were the "headwinds" in the UK mortgage market
() has been…
London Stock Exchange planning to relax
Is this a sensible relaxation of cherished City values or another case of selling out to the might of technology companies?
The London Stock Exchange is preparing to slash the “free…
NatWest Group to yield 13-14% in 2022/23 by Deutsche Bank’s calculations
“On our new forecasts, total capital return for 2022-23 is equivalent to a 13-14% yield,” Deutsche Bank said
() () shares remain merely a 'hold' for (), which is concerned about margin…