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Bank of England poised to shove rates up for third time in a row

Is the Bank of England putting up interest rates tomorrow (Thursday) at 12pm?

Evening Standard

Paytm refutes reports of data leak to Chinese firms, calls it 'false and sensationalist'

NEW DELHI: Paytm Payments Bank on Monday refuted reports of leaking data to Chinese firms and termed them to be "false and sensationalist".

The Times of India

Sensex jumps 936 points as banking, financial stocks surge; Nifty settles above 16,850

NEW DELHI: Equity indices jumped for fifth straight session on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 900 points led by gains in banking, financial stocks.

The Times of India

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Central banks ready to raise interest rates even as economies wobble

TWO of the most powerful central banks in the world are poised to put up interest rates this week as they battle runaway inflation – but there are warnings that could just cause further turmoil to economies battered by the Ukraine war.

Evening Standard

Talwar cars booked for cheating Central Bank of India

Talwar Cars Private Limited was booked by Hyderabad city police for allegedly cheating the Central Bank of India.

The Hindu

Everything you need to know to use the wildly complicated Pokémon Home

A central Pokémon database that allows you to transfer Pokémon into 'Sword and Shield' from previous games sounds simple enough, but Pokémon Home feels anything but simple.

Inverse

Bank mulls rate hike amid inflation dilemma caused by Ukraine conflict

Experts predict the Bank will raise rates to 0.75% on Thursday, but trade more cautiously due to fears over slowing growth.

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Will the Bank of England push rates up with war set to drag spending power down?

Conflict in Ukraine means January’s GDP boost is unlikely to last, but Threadneedle Street still seems obsessed with curbing inflation

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England expected to raise interest rates to 0.75pc as inflation soars

Russian invasion of Ukraine has intensified pressure on the Bank of England to raise rates as consumer price inflation increases

Wales Online

Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine set to hammer families and plunge UK into recession

Experts say the Bank of England is 'highly likely' to raise interest rates. There are also fears fallout from the conflict in Ukraine could lead to rising costs for businesses

Daily Mirror

Banks raise mortgage costs by £800 a year as cost of living crisis continues

The cost of homeloans is soaring as lenders increase mortgage rates quickly, adding yet another increased bill to those already faced by hard-up British households

Daily Mirror

Mortgage affordability tests: what do the new Bank of England proposals mean for house prices and first-time buyers?

Recent Bank of England analysis found that the affordability test may have caused some borrowers to take out smaller mortgages than they could have done in its absence.

Evening Standard

Bank of England puts Covid behind it, but now must face costs of war

Threadneedle Street is offloading debt, but the Ukraine situation poses a new dilemma for all central banks

The Guardian - UK

China-led development bank halts business in Russia, Belarus

Move is latest sign of the limits of Beijing’s support for Moscow as it faces sanctions and censure over war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

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UK Court Orders Lebanese Banks to Pay $4M to Saver

A London court has ordered two Lebanese banks to pay a depositor $4 million of his money locked in Lebanon’s crippled banking system by informal capital controls in place since a financial meltdown in 2019, the first such ruling in Britain. The High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, ordered…

Benzinga

Bank Of Canada Raises Interest Rates For First Time Since 2018, With More To Come

The Bank of Canada raised interest rates to 0.5%, a 25-basis-point uptick that marked the first time that rates were increased by the nation’s central bank since 2018.

The Independent UK

Bank seen reining in rate hikes amid Ukraine conflict despite inflation fears

ING experts said there had been a ‘massive’ re-pricing of UK interest rates by financial markets due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Hungarians protest Ukraine invasion, Russian bank in Budapest

Several hundred Hungarians rallied in central Budapest on Tuesday to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has sent tens of thousands of refugees across the border, with most of them fleeing towards Western Europe.

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Daily Mirror

Mortgage shake-up will make it easier for low-income workers to get a loan for a house

Around 12% of people either can't get a mortgage or can't get the one they want due to strict lending requirements dating back to 2014, which the Bank of England is talking about relaxing

The Independent UK

Consumer credit borrowing grows at fastest annual rate since lockdowns started

The annual growth rate for borrowing using consumer credit accelerated to 3.2% in January, according to Bank of England figures.

Wales Online

Proposed mortgage changes could mean buyers are able to access bigger loans

If adopted, the changes would see an affordability rule scrapped

The Guardian - UK

Rollercoaster day for shares after Russia hit with sanctions over Ukraine

Banks lose out as investors switch to defence stocks, and gas prices on global markets jump almost 20%

Insider UK

Scottish National Investment Bank chief executive resigns

Eilidh Mactaggart will be replaced for the time being by current chief financial officer Sarah Roughead

Birmingham Post

The Co-operative Bank makes first full-year profit in a decade

The bank's total income also rose from £307.3m to £361.5m over the same period

Insider UK

Thousands of bank branches have closed in the past 12 years - but how many are in your area?

Official data shows the number of bank branches dropped by 11% in the year to March 2021

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