ZICA ASSIS (Founder, Beliza Natural): A real rags to riches tale
AS a child in the seventies, Zica Assis and her family had nothing. They lived, like thousands of others in the run-down favelas of...
Jingle of coins and rustle of banknotes: noises of the past?
By Hal Williams
IT’S A CONFUSING time for cash in Britain — maybe even crunch time in the run-up to the Budget.
The roll-out of limited...
£672bn of SME borrowing is unprotected: Legal & General
LEGAL & GENERAL estimates a business protection gap of £672bn for SMEs — with an overall gap estimated to extend into the trillions.
Following their...
An ill-wind for Visa quickly blows in Mastercard’s favour
AMAZON has told customers in the UK that it will stop accepting Visa credit cards early next year because of high transaction fees.
The retail...
Is the office now officially a financial millstone?
INDUSTRY analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance predicts that the UK’s serviced offices market will grow by 17 percent this year.
But the...
Return fraud: ‘Creative’ crime in a reshaped world
E-COMMERCE has exploded over recent years — and fraudsters are taking advantage of retailers’ return policies.
While PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has made it...
Steven Spielberg: Storyteller Extraordinaire
It takes a remarkable man to change the course of a whole industry with one mechanical shark. Steven Spielberg did just that with his...
Cancer treatment gets boost from med-tech development
52 NORTH Health, a UK- and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1m in its first round of funding from British and European specialist investors.
52...
Duqm Or Bust!
Tiny port on the Arabian Sea is set to become one of the most economically strategic places on earth…
By Darren Parkin
CHANCES are you’ve never...
‘Commission-free’ investment platform expected in Q3 2021
FINTECH start-up Lightyear is offering Europe’s first commission-free investment platform.
Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear marries multi-currency accounts with unlimited access...
