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<p>Few surprises as chancellor uses low-key speech blaming ‘global economic storms’ for stoking energy prices and cost of living crisis</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/budget-2026-key-points-john-healey">Budget 2026: key points at a glance</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/28/budget-

Some of Canada's biggest banks say they are now banning AI agents, like Meta's Muse, while others are taking initial steps to limit them.

Impersonation scams are on the rise and culprits are utilizing artificial intelligence to more convincingly dupe victims, a detective with the Toronto Police Service’s Financial Crimes Unit told Breakfast Television on Wednesday. Det. David Coffey says so far this year TPS has received around 17,000 fraud reports and one in six are now impersonation scams […

<p>In his first budget as chancellor, John Healey has pledged to offer ‘breathing space’ to help Britons navigate ‘global economic storms’. There were a record number of measures, including a one-off £100 energy payment to millions and a rise in the levy on bank profits. But the Conservatives have criticised the government for postponing big decisions, inclu

The CBN has called for stronger collaboration among banks, telcos, and law enforcement to combat financial fraud, warning that criminals exploit informatio Read More: https://punchng.com/cbn-seeks-banks-telcos-collaboration-against-financial-fraud/

<p>How the Burnham government’s first attempt to ease cost of living pressure pans out for key stakeholders<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/budget-2026-key-points-john-healey">Budget 2026: key points at a glance</a></p><p>Every budget has its winners and losers, and John Healey’s first as chancellor was no exception. While some ga

The U.K. budget cuts household energy costs, raises taxes on banks and directs billions toward defense, Ukraine and artificial intelligence

Chancellor opts for limited household relief as fiscal watchdog warns of ‘pretty grim’ picture for living standards

Britain's chancellor unveils first budget of the Andy Burnham era — as watchdog reveals decade-long pressure on living standards.

Follow live: Chancellor hit lenders and taxed income from savings and property

Lenders benefit from investments by wealthy clients and resilient corporate and investment banking activity

Dư nợ cho vay ký quỹ và ứng trước của VPBankS đạt gần 40.000 tỷ đồng cuối quý III, tăng 17% so với đầu năm, đưa công ty lên vị trí thứ hai toàn ngành.

Since Sydenham Metro opened, more than 55 million trips have been taken and spending in Marrickville’s gastronomy and arts scene has swelled.

Nigerian banks are warned not to sacrifice financial resilience for the CBN’s new data localisation directive, which requires local storage of payment data Read More: https://punchng.com/banks-warned-against-sacrificing-resilience-for-data-localisation/

The ILO and development finance institutions are seeking common standards for measuring how investment projects create jobs to improve financing decisions. Read More: https://punchng.com/ilo-banks-move-to-standardise-jobs-data/

The maximum individual loan limit for UCCSs has been raised to ₹60 lakh for societies with deposits below ₹100 crore and ₹1 crore for those with deposits exceeding ₹100 crore

<p>Bankers have barely begun to repay the billions they cost the country after 2008. In this PM they may have met their match</p><p>Vibes matter. We live by how we feel – an idea that orthodox economics gets wrong and Andy Burnham’s first budget looks set to get right.</p><p>This walking good-vibes maestro is spreading a confetti of small good deeds. These m

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The Australian sharemarket had a muted morning but finished in the green thanks to a rally by BHP and Rio Tinto shares.

Regional charm in a historic building that heroes local producers.

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banks are expected to maintain tight len...

Interswitch and partner banks are pushing tokenised card payments in Nigeria, allowing customers to pay by tapping phones to reduce transaction friction. Read More: https://punchng.com/banks-interswitch-push-phone-taps-to-cut-payment-friction/

Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat’s 2027 governorship campaign will build on President Tinubu’s legacy while promising to fix gaps in the state’s develo Read More: https://punchng.com/hamzat-banks-on-tinubus-legacy-promises-to-fix-lagos-gaps/

<p>Lobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners</p><p>A banking lobby group has been accused of cherrypicking data and trying to mislead the British government by claiming <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/15/john-healey-raise-taxes-banks-budget">a tax rise for ba

<p>Government campaign recommends three days’ worth of stores for emergencies, but some are ahead of the game</p><p>Dried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupboard on a disaster movie, but instead it is precisely what some UK residents are stockpiling amid official warnings about Russian “state-sponsored ter

Aeroporto de Teresina já apreendeu cerca de 80 power bank inadequados para voo em 2026 Reprodução O Aeroporto de Teresina confirmou, nesta sexta-feira (23), que já foram apreendidos cerca de 80 carregadores portáteis fora das normas desde que a Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (Anac) passou a exigir novas regras para o transporte de power banks em voos, no

Unvetted and unauthorized third-party AI agents are operating inside the bank accounts of some U.S. customers. Axios' Madison Mills joins "CBS Mornings" to explain more.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 &mdash; The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) said its member banks are offering repayment def...

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Bankers and lawyers say Chinese clients' demand for U.S. bank accounts has gathered pace as Beijing tightens the screws on Chinese offshore wealth.

Banks and telcos deploying AI are urged to strengthen agent controls by restricting data access and adding independent shutdown mechanisms to prevent unaut Read More: https://punchng.com/banks-telcos-urged-to-strengthen-ai-agent-controls/

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The three — MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking — are making final arrangements to forgo participation.

Nem az van, mint korábban, hogy „valaki bemond valamit, és akkor lesz repülőrajt”. Jelasity Radován örül, hogy sok korábbi kolléga kötött ki a kormányzatban, és pozitív, hogy a bankszektor és a kormányzat gazdasági előrelátása „egy és ugyanaz”. Azért reménykedik benne, hogy a különadók csökkennek.

The amount of cash held outside Nigeria’s banking system rose to N4.92tn in September 2026, according to new data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/cash-outside-nigerian-banks-rises-to-n4-92tn-in-september-cbn/

The final section of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro rail line will probably be the last built on the old freight lines.

EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 50 years after the invention of the sports bra, Tyra Banks, in partnership with Forbes Entertainment, will bring the stories of Lisa Lindahl, Polly Smith, and Hinda Miller to the big screen. The women are the inventors of Jogbra, the world’s first sports bra, which made its debut in 1977. Britt Brewer is writing […]

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hosted a training programme on incorporating climate risks into micro- and macro-level stress testing for central banks, with the participation of 25 representatives from 11 central banks in member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), alongside a delegation from the COMESA Monetary Institute (C

The Financial Services Agency has urged financial institutions to review their cybersecurity measures amid repeated unauthorized access incidents.

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings took place in Bangkok last week. One participant from the Middle East – Lebanon – is confronting a question larger than any bailout: can the state recover authority over both force and finance? Although Hezbollah ’s independent arsenal has long denied the state full control over war and peace, so

Stocks in Ireland’s Iseq All-Share index largely began the week on a positive note