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A quarterly magazine written for the members of LIBF looking at financial services, economics, fintech, financial advice, trade finance, regulation and careers with guest columns from leading commentators.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · Feb 3
The February 2025 issue of "Financial World" focuses on fintech: financialworld.libf.ac.uk

Will crypto trump the CBDC?

What will agentic AI mean for financial services?

What does your smartphone know about you and who does it tell?

#AI #ML #bigtech #tech #data #financialservices #regulation
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 27m
Bank of England likely to slow rate-cut cycle this week

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#BoE #interestrates #inflation #employment #trade
Bank of England likely to slow rate-cut cycle this week
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England looks likely to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, slowing its pace of cuts for the first time since it started to loosen policy last year
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 29m
Investors call for creation of International Minerals Agency

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#NationalMineralsAgency #RareEarths #trade #tradewar #supplychain #sustainability #ESG #netzero #investment #growth #manufacturing
Investors call for creation of International Minerals Agency
LONDON (Reuters) -A group of investors in mining called on Monday for the creation of an independent agency for the sector modelled after the International Energy Agency. The group of investors, which
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 33m
Bank of England must better address climate risk to tackle inflation, WWF says

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#BoE #CentralBank #regulation #inflation #interestrates #renewables #netzero #ESG #energy #sustainability
Bank of England must better address climate risk to tackle inflation, WWF says
The central bank is being urged to take a series of actions to better respond to environmental risks.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 35m
The oil glut will last into 2026. Here's why it's unclear how big it will be

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#oil #fossilfuels #inflation #interestrates #trade #supplychain #netzero #ESG #sustainability #renewables
The oil glut will last into 2026. Here's why it's unclear how big it will be.
The world's oil supply is largely expected to enter an extreme glut in 2026. Just how big that overhang will be is complicated.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 3d
What Palantir Sees www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

#AI #GenAI #resilience #cybersecurity #geopolitics #tech #bigtech #palantir
Opinion | What Palantir Sees
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
ECB must have active role in payments' evolution to protect public trust in money

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#payments #regulation #trust #money #financialservices #crypto #stablecoins #tech #FiatCurrency #CBDC
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
ING plans 1.1 billion euro share buyback as Q3 profit beats expectations

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#ING #banks #financialservices #ShareBuyBack #interestrates
#RoE
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
StanChart third-quarter profit beats estimates, to hit return target early

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#StanChart #banks #financialservices #trade #RoE #interestrates
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
‘Tectonic shift’ in global wealth toward Gulf & Asia: HSBC’s Michael Roberts

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#WealthManagement #productivity #demographics #economy #Gulf #Asia #HSBC #banks #financialservices
‘Tectonic shift’ in global wealth toward Gulf & Asia: HSBC's Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts, CEO of HSBC Bank plc and CEO of Corporate and Institutional Banking, joins CNBC’s Dan Murphy in a wide-ranging interview: from the bank’s ‘New Networks of Capital: Saudi Arabia’ repor...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
Meta, Microsoft Test Investors’ Patience With AI Spending Spree

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#Meta #Microsoft #AI #GenAI #bigtech #tech #investment #growth #innovation #RoE
Meta, Microsoft Test Investors’ Patience With AI Spending Spree
Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. — together racked up some $78 billion in capital expenditures last quarter. Most of that cash was destined for data center construction and grap...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
French economy grows 0.5% in third quarter, faster than expected

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#France #GDP #growth #investment #productivity #EU #trade #tariffs #employment
French economy grows 0.5% in third quarter, faster than expected
PARIS (Reuters) -France's economy grew 0.5% in the third quarter, faster than forecast, as exports surged mainly due to shipments from the aeronautics industry and corporate investment picked up
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
ECB to hold rates even as weak trade threaten its 'good place'

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#ECB #interestrates #inflation #employment #trade #tradewar #EU
ECB to hold rates even as weak trade threaten its 'good place'
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is all but certain to leave interest rates unchanged for a third meeting in a row on Thursday, enjoying a rare
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
Tech leaders ramp up AI spending, but Alphabet’s cash flow wins investor favor

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#GenAI #AI #bigtech #tech #Google #Alphabet #investment #growth #innovation #RoE
Tech leaders ramp up AI spending, but Alphabet’s cash flow wins investor favor
(Reuters) -Three of the biggest U.S. technology companies flagged plans on Wednesday to accelerate capital spending over the next year but investors were most accepting of Google-parent Alphabet's abi...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
Volkswagen posts 1-billion-euro loss on tariffs, Porsche woes

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#Volkswagen #tariffs #trade #manufacturing #EU #supplychain #US #inflation #tradewar
Volkswagen posts 1-billion-euro loss on tariffs, Porsche woes
Volkswagen reported its first quarterly loss for five years Thursday, topping one billion euros, as the German auto giant struggles with US tariffs and a troubled electric shift at subsidiary Porsche....
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
Fed Cuts Rates as Officials Worry About Labor Market www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

#QT #employment #interestrates #inflation #dollar #US #Fed
Fed Cuts Rates as Officials Worry About Labor Market
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 4d
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

#tariffs #trade #tradewar #china #unitedstates #rareearths #tech #bigtech #ESG #sustainability #supplychain
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
UBS beats expectations as claws backs provisions

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#UBS #banks #RoE #capital #regulation
UBS beats expectations as claws backs provisions
Swiss banking giant UBS reported third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations, thanks in part to clawing back provisions for possible litigation, but also sustained by strong performances in ...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
Santander books record Q3 profit as strong US unit offsets weaker Brazil

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#santander #banks #financialservices #CarFinance #RoE #capital
Santander books record Q3 profit as strong US unit offsets weaker Brazil
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Santander bank reported a 7.8% year-on-year rise in its third-quarter net profit, saying a strong performance in its U.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
Adyen beats revenue estimates as payment volumes rise

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#Adyen #payments #financialservices
Adyen beats revenue estimates as payment volumes rise
Dutch payments group Adyen beat market expectations for quarterly revenue on Wednesday as strong retail activity kept payment volumes high, but slightly narrowed its financial forecast through 2026.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
Climate fund backs $6 billion Jordan water project with its largest deal

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#climatechange #water #investment #growth #netzero #ESG #sustainability
Exclusive: Climate fund backs $6 billion Jordan water project with its largest deal
The world's largest multilateral climate fund has made its largest financial commitment to date to help build a $6 billion water desalination project in Jordan, its top executive said.
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
German engineering body warns US tariff expansion to hit over half of machinery exports

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#tariffs #trade #tradewar #supplychain #inflation #exports #Germany #EU #US #manufacturing
German engineering body warns US tariff expansion to hit over half of machinery exports
(Corrects day in paragraph 1 to Wednesday, not Tuesday) BERLIN () -More than half of German and European machinery exports to the United States could be hit by new tariffs if Washington expands its li...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 5d
Budget 2025: Reeves vows to 'defy' gloomy forecasts - but faces income tax warning

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#tax #productivity #income #growth #innovation #investment #interestrates #inflation
Budget 2025: Reeves vows to 'defy' gloomy forecasts - but faces income tax warning
Rachel Reeves has said she is determined to "defy" forecasts that suggest she will face a multibillion-pound black hole in next month's budget, but has indicated there are some tough choices on the wa...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 6d
Global efforts not enough to curb temperature rise, UN says ahead of climate summit

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#Climatechange #GlobalWarming #ESG #sustainability #netzero #UN #ExtremeWeather
Global efforts not enough to curb temperature rise, UN says ahead of climate summit
The UN's review of national climate plans shows the world is well off track to limit warming
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 6d
Exonerated trader Tom Hayes sues UBS for $400 million over Libor accusations

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#Libor #financialservices #UBS #TomHayes #CourtCase #LiborRigging
Exonerated trader Tom Hayes sues UBS for $400 million over Libor accusations
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tom Hayes, the former trader who was a face of the global Libor-rigging scandal before his conviction was overturned in July, sued his former employer UBS for more than $400 millio...
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Financial World, the magazine of LIBF @financialworld.bsky.social · 6d
Barclays to buy US personal loan firm Best Egg for $800 million

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#barclays #banks #savings #financialservices #merger #capital #retailbanking
Barclays to buy US personal loan firm Best Egg for $800 million
Barclays will buy U.S. personal loan originator Best Egg
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