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Humanity to OpenAI Board: You’re Fired!
Humanity to OpenAI Board: You’re Fired!
November 22, 2023  |  David S. Evans

Governance is back in the news with the OpenAI debacle.   The Governance Lessons of Brexit and Bitcoin   The last time I wrote about governance was...

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UK Finance Ministry Proposes Rules Against ‘Unfair Bank Account Closures’
UK Finance Ministry Proposes Rules Against ‘Unfair Bank Account Closures’
July 20, 2023  |  Bank Regulation

The United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, HM Treasury, is proposing rules for banks to combat “unfair bank account closures.” The proposed rules are meant to...

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Has UK’s Cautious Approach to New Technologies Paid Off?
Has UK’s Cautious Approach to New Technologies Paid Off?
June 06, 2023  |  Fintech Investments

New York and London — two of the world’s leading business-destination cities and top global financial centers — have a “strong two-way flow in terms...

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Tech Companies Avoiding UK for IPOs
Tech Companies Avoiding UK for IPOs
May 08, 2023  |  IPO

Tech companies have determined that the United Kingdom is not the place to launch their initial public offerings. This observation follows the decision of British...

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London Stock Exchange Suffers IPO Flop
London Stock Exchange Suffers IPO Flop
December 12, 2022  |  IPO

London contributed just 9% of all European IPOs this year. According to data published by Bloomberg, initial public offerings (IPOs) in London raised 1.5 billion...

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UK Cost-of-Living Crisis Behind Overdraft Usage Surge
UK Cost-of-Living Crisis Behind Overdraft Usage Surge
December 01, 2022  |  Economy

Overdraft usage in the U.K. has increased by 7.1% since August 2021. This surge, according to a study of 20,000 ClearScore users who opted to...

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UK Finance Ministry Nixes Veto Proposal Over Regulators
UK Finance Ministry Nixes Veto Proposal Over Regulators
November 23, 2022  |  Regulation

A proposal that would have allowed Britain’s finance ministry to overturn decisions made by financial regulators has been removed from a bill that is now...

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N. Ireland Protocol Resolution Holds Promise for FinTech, Investment Growth
N. Ireland Protocol Resolution Holds Promise for FinTech, Investment Growth
November 08, 2022  |  Cross Border Commerce

Having ousted its previous prime minister and navigating through an economic crisis, the U.K. has renewed negotiations with Brussels on a range of topics, with...

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Businesses Abandon Mainland Europe to Focus on Post-Brexit Britain
Businesses Abandon Mainland Europe to Focus on Post-Brexit Britain
September 11, 2022  |  emea

In the run-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum, one of the key arguments used by the “Leave” campaign was that freedom from the influence of...

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