Swedish financial technology company Klarna announces launch of its initial public offering, months after the firm paused its planned listing ~finance business banking Article 339 words 7 votes
Sweden's Klarna receives licence from UK's Financial Conduct Authority – will allow the fintech firm to launch a debit card ~finance banking business Article 413 words 7 votes
A contentious book argues that endless oil revenue and a sovereign wealth fund are making Norway increasingly bloated, unproductive and unhealthy ~finance business Article 13 votes
Clark Olofsson, one of the two charismatic Swedish criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term "Stockholm syndrome", has died aged 78 ~news sweden.stockholm crime Article 527 words 9 votes
EU needs single regulatory framework and to break down fragmentation across its business, tax, debt issuance and securities law systems, according to Norway's sovereign wealth fund ~finance business Article 15 votes
Capital One US settlement: Here's who's eligible for $425 million payout ~finance banking business Article 1104 words, published May 19 2025 23 votes
Key US regulators approve merger of Capital One and Discover, paving the way for a new biggest credit card company ~finance business banking Article 30 votes
Brazil’s government-run payments system has become dominant ~finance banking Article 232 words, published Apr 3 2025 34 votes
Gothenburg fined for missing an environmental target – was one of the first local governments in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan" ~enviro sustainability Article 499 words 9 votes
Norges Bank has decided to renew Nicolai Tangen's term as chief executive of Norway's soveriegn wealth fund after his first period comes to an end later this year ~finance Article 246 words 6 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund should let other institutions and perhaps even ordinary people invest in the fund ~finance Link 12 votes
Norway central bank gets eighty-two applicants for wealth fund CEO job – current chief Nicolai Tangen has applied for a second term ~finance Article 3 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund posted a full-year profit of $222.4 billion – returns were driven by the AI boom that drove tech stocks higher in 2024 ~finance Article 7 votes
Iceland is crowdsourcing ideas from the population on budget savings to ensure taxpayer money is well spent ~finance economics Article 77 words 13 votes
How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new US federal lawsuit ~finance banking business Article 1075 words 21 votes
Nazi ties to Credit Suisse ran deeper than was known, hidden files reveal ~finance banking Article 15 votes
The one-in-a-thousand-day problem in banking - an analysis of financial crises ~finance banking Article 1477 words, published Dec 24 2024 9 votes
Sweden is a nearly cashless society – here's how it affects people who are left out ~finance business banking Article 820 words, published Dec 18 2024 47 votes
Everybody loves FRED: How America fell for a data tool ~finance economics business Article 1322 words, published Dec 6 2024 13 votes
Three of the biggest US banks are facing a lawsuit for ‘widespread fraud’ on Zelle ~finance banking Article 396 words 32 votes
Norwegian payment service Vipps becomes world's first company to launch competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone – follows agreement with European regulators ~tech apple.pay Article 318 words 17 votes
Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis ~finance business Article 51 votes
Key inflation rate hits 2.1% in September, as expected, closing in on US Federal Reserve target ~finance economics Article 21 votes
Norway's $1.8 trillion wealth fund issues stock market warning – heightened uncertainty and concerns over the economic outlook mean that stock market risks are tilted to the downside ~finance economics Article 9 votes
From "anti-core" to "felt inflation": Or how I calmed my populist demons ~finance Article 1906 words 25 votes
Brazil's top court says X paid pending fines to wrong bank ~tech social media Article 371 words 21 votes
Russian banks say yuan coffers empty, urge central bank action, while Chinese banks in Russia are avoiding currency trading for fear of secondary Western sanctions ~finance banking Article 410 words 21 votes
Dow Jones drops 864 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 amid US economy worries ~finance economics Article 841 words 50 votes
Japanese stocks rebound after global sell-off; US futures edge up ~finance economics Article 508 words 19 votes
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes action against Fifth Third Bank for wrongfully triggering auto repossessions and opening fake bank accounts ~finance banking Article 889 words 20 votes
All Santander staff and 'thirty million' customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked ~tech security.cyber Article 447 words 22 votes
Vast coin collection of Danish butter magnate L.E. Bruun is set to finally go on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million ~humanities.history Article 1391 words 11 votes
Rents are the Federal Reserve’s ‘biggest stumbling block’ in taming US inflation ~finance Article 77 words 16 votes
To make sure grandmas like his don't get conned, he scams the scammers ~tech social media Article 1624 words 25 votes
Kansas bank collapse due to executive caught in pig butchering investment scam from Asia ~finance banking business Article 1794 words 32 votes
Bank of Canada says the country faces a productivity 'emergency' ~finance economics Article 905 words 17 votes
US Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation ~finance Article 77 words 7 votes
Surprising detail in New York bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Irish immigrants ~humanities.history Article 3099 words 15 votes
Millennium trader scored $40 million windfall in Egypt FX plunge ~finance economics Article 77 words 4 votes
Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market ~finance Article 6385 words 18 votes
Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35.3 billion all-stock deal ~finance banking business Article 978 words 32 votes
As Bitcoin rallies, banks are pushing US regulators to change crypto guidance ~finance banking cryptocurrency Article 77 words 8 votes
‘Fish Bandit’ arrested for taping fish to ATMs ~news usa.ut crime Article 213 words, published Jan 25 2024 37 votes