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Lightning payments app Strike has introduced a new feature that enables its users to utilize their bitcoin for everyday necessities. This comes after the platform partnered with Bitrefill to bring more practical functions to its service…

Why we like this card: The American Express® Business Gold Card generously rewards you every month for taking care of business. Plus, you’ll enjoy access to travel perks, business management tools, and other benefits that can help your…

September spelled further pain for restaurants and takeaway businesses, as spending on eating out slowed due to Brits cutting back on eating out before the Christmas period. According to Barclay’s latest spending report, some 44 per…

Receive free Conservative Party UK updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Conservative Party UKnews every morning.UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned Tory activists that tax cuts must be funded by a squeeze…

(Bloomberg) -- The US consumer is starting to buckle as rising gas prices crimp spending and the delinquency rate on credit cards reaches the highest level in more than a decade. And that’s before student loan payments restart in…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business French President Emmanuel Macron’s government will present a 2024 budget on Wednesday that tests voter appetite for pouring public money into the climate transition at the same time as…

Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images The budgetary standoff in the U.S. doesn't look like it will abate soon, raising the likelihood of the first government shutdown since 2019, as hardline Republicans continue to hold off on…

Economy How Kenya’s security spending, spying changed after Westgate Thursday September 21 2023 Heavy smoke is seen from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi where terrorists have been holding people hostage. FILE PHOTO | NMG When…

Economy President Ruto Budget set to rise by Sh162bn on spending carryover Tuesday September 19 2023 Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning Prof Njuguna Ndung'u before the Committee on County Public…

Conflicting headlines out of the UK:British retail consortium August total sales +4.1% y/y vs July +1.5% British retail consortium August like-for-like sales +4.3% y/y vs July +1.8% Barclay UK August consumer spending +2.8% y/y vs July…