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Thousands of Revolut customers have data hacked as banking app releases statement

The Revolut app is popular in Ireland with almost 2 million customers here alone and 20 million worldwide

Irish Mirror · Sep 22, 2022

Bank of England says UK in recession as it raises interest rates to 14-year high of 2.25% – business live

UK central bank predicts economy shrank for second quarter in a row, after shops closed and many stayed at home for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Mortgage, loan and credit card bills to go up by hundreds of pounds today

Experts are expecting the single biggest leap in rates for 30 years

Wales Online · Sep 22, 2022

China Is Quietly Trying to Dethrone the Dollar

Regional groups and small banks are helping insulate Beijing against sanctions.

Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2022

Lebanon’s ‘Wonder Woman’ in hiding after bank heist

Sali Hafiz has been lauded as a hero in Lebanon after she entered a bank with a replica gun and demanded her money.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022

Iran targeted by apparent cyberattack amid protests

The website of Iran’s Central Bank was briefly taken down as the Anonymous hacking group claimed to have targeted websites of several state agencies

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

On the run, Lebanese woman who stole own savings says she's not the criminal

On the run from authorities after forcing a bank to release her family savings at gunpoint to treat her cancer-stricken sister, 28-year-old Lebanese interior designer Sali Hafiz insists she is not the criminal.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

With fresh firepower, brutal bank thieves blitz small-town Brazil

Shortly before dawn in late June 2019, a heavily armed crew of bank robbers rammed a truck into the Brazilian city of Uberaba's main Banco do Brasil branch. They left the building several hours later with around $5 million dollars in cash.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Martin Lewis issues urgent credit card and loan warning to everyone with an outstanding balance

If you are struggling to pay off your debt this may be a solution.

Daily Record · Sep 21, 2022

‘Risks loom large’: Asian Development Bank cuts growth forecast

Manila-based development bank lowers the growth forecast for 2022 from 5.2 percent to 4.3 percent.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022