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Free banking-as-a-service software looks like a saving. Follow the incentives and it becomes deferred debt with an uncapped balance. Victoria Hayes explains why fintechs should refuse it.
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics ECARES at Lancaster University. France's 1.6% minimum-wage increase, in response to the countrywide protests, may offer a temporary reprieve from social unrest, but it does little to resolve the deeper political and institutional crisis confronting the country. According to Foucart, the central problem extends…
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday, November 9, he was bringing forward a planned hike in the minimum wage to December from January, as he sought to defuse a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked some of France's worst civil unrest in years. Unions swiftly dismissed the offer as "crumbs".
Fast-food outlets at two prestigious Dolomites resorts are Italy’s first, with legal action threatened Europe live – latest updates Skiers on the slopes of two of Italy’s most prestigious resorts will be able to dine from buckets of fried chicken between runs this winter as the US fast-food chain KFC prepares to open outlets, infuriating mountain and food purists while prompting a prominent businessman to…
An internal EU assessment has uncovered a Russian network that aimed to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration. The assessment, seen by Reuters, offers an insight into how external actors have been exploiting France's domestic turmoil for their own political ends.
British comedian and TV star Russell Brand was Monday jailed for more than 10 years for a string of sex offences including rape as the judge told him he had been a "sexual predator" whose fame had protected him.
The UN's annual climate change summit, known as COP31, opens this Monday in Turkey amid deep concern following deadly heatwaves in Europe and deadly floods in Nepal. A "super El Niño" in the Pacific is also expected to drive more extreme weather events. In response, COP31 host Turkey is set to launch a global initiative aiming to electrify a third of the world economy. FRANCE 24's Environment Editor Valerie…
EVs and home batteries are in Treasury crosshairs despite a better economic case for scaling back nuclear-powered submarines and diesel fuel rebates for miners Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As Jim Chalmers, the treasurer, comes under increasing pressure to fight inflation by slashing spending in the mid-year budget update, the drumbeat is loudest for cuts in one specific area: green…
Christine Lagarde's early decision to step down as head of the European Central Bank (ECB) has put the European Union on a tight schedule. The bloc expects to pick a new ECB chief by the end of December.
Spain's ruling Socialists have narrowed the gap but continue to trail the conservative People's Party, who would need to team up with the far-right Vox party to secure a majority of seats in parliament, pollsters say with three weeks to go before the country's general election.
From floods to wildfires to heatwaves, 2026 is the year it became hard to ignore the impact of climate change on UK weather. But will soaring living costs affect the government’s commitment to tackling climate change?
Poland was in shock after a weekend mass shooting in which a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 in the city of Krakow before police shot and wounded him. The shooter died in the hospital on Monday morning, police said.
New Delhi, home to over 30 million people, regularly ranks among the world's most polluted areas during winter, with pollution worsening in late October and November.