Building society launches pre-payment hotline after bank-transfer scams rise sharply during pandemicTechnology, telecoms and social media companies should take more responsibility for stopping scams as the problem reaches “epidemic proportions”, the UK…
The trillions in our pension pots could be key to tackling the climate crisis | Richard Curtis
Ahead of Cop26, the UK could take the lead in diverting investments away from carbon emittersRichard Curtis is a filmmaker and activistSomeone said something so simple yet so shocking to me recently: that weather used to be the last thing on the news, …
Can I use my Australian property to increase the money available for a UK deposit?
I want to buy a flat or small house, have £55,000 in savings but the price of housing in Bristol is highQ I own properties in Australia. That in itself is complicated as they are owned jointly with my brother but once I can visit Australia after the pa…
More Than’s refusal of our flooding insurance claim doesn’t hold water
Our home was damaged after torrential rain in July but the company says we are not coveredOne Sunday at the end of July our home, along with most of our neighbours’, was flooded after torrential rain. There was a foot of water in our kitchen. We were a…
Family ‘in tears’ after Cornwall hotel booking swapped for Uxbridge
Booking through online travel agents can have pitfalls – such as arriving for a luxury holiday only to find it doesn’t existThe five-star Retallack Resort near Newquay is one of Cornwall’s top watersports centres, where guests are housed in self-cateri…
UK house prices forecast to rise by up to 3.5% a year between 2022 and 2024
Summer 2021 marked peak growth but race for space will continue, says estate agent HamptonsA second wave of demand for more space will keep driving house prices across Great Britain higher, with values set to rise by up to 3.5% a year between 2022 and …
中国で暗号資産が全面禁止に。マイニングも決済も相場情報提供も全てNG
中国人民銀行などの10機関は24日、暗号資産（仮想通貨）関連サービスを全面的に禁止することを発表した。暗号資産関連の活動はすべて違法な金融活動になるという。これにより取引だけでなくマイニング行為に関しても違法行為として扱われる。今後は、海外の事業者が中国本土向けのサービスを提供することも禁じられる。違反した場合、刑事責任も追及するとのこと。Bloombergによると国家発展改革委員会は、中国が仮想通貨マイニングを根絶することは緊急の課題であり、CO2の削減目標を達成するためにも重要だとしている（日経…
A Cryptocurrency-Trading Hamster Beats Warren Buffett’s Performance – and the S&P 500
“What if we told you there was a hamster who has been trading cryptocurrencies since June — and recently was doing better than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500?” asks NPR:
Meet Mr. Goxx, a hamster who works out of what is possibly the most hig…
JP Morgan launches digital-only Chase current account in UK
Analyst believes offering from US bank ‘will blow the competition out of the water’The US bank Chase has launched its first current account in the UK, prompting one analyst to say it “will blow the competition out of the water”.Offering 1% cashback on …
‘Eerie silence’ as Evergrande misses payment deadline
As debt-laden Chinese property giant enters 30-day grace period, officials look to limit unrest and job lossesThe embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande is inching closer to the potential default that investors fear, after missing an interest …