Why credit card upstart Brex is selling out to Big Plastic
Despite its depressed valuation, the fintech’s longtime backers were probably keen to cash out
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Agents are ‘gloomy’ about ‘downbeat’ figures from 2025. Projections for 2026 are ‘boring’. But there is some cause for optimism
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026‘Creditor-on-creditor violence’ restructurings fail to stave off default
New research shows 80% of companies that complete liability management exercises default again within 3 years
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026Revolut scraps US merger plans in favour of push for standalone licence
UK-headquartered fintech had hoped to secure a banking charter through buying an American lender
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026EU green rules fail to boost funds’ ESG credentials, research finds
SFDR also did not boost flows to more sustainable funds, say academics
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026Gold heads for best week since 2020 as Greenland crisis rattles dollar
Price closes in on $5,000 per ounce and silver tops $100 as Trump’s shortlived tariffs threat sparks rush into precious metals
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026UK to make fresh push to join EU defence fund
Talks that are due to take place next month take on fresh urgency after the transatlantic rupture in Davos
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026Trump ‘wrong to diminish’ role of Nato troops in Afghanistan, says Downing St
US president’s comments condemned by prime minister’s spokesperson in latest sign of strain between allies
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026Shares in Czech ammunition group surge 29% on stock market debut
Performance of Czechoslovak Group underlines strong investor demand for defence companies
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026Mark Rutte, Europe’s Trump whisperer-in-chief
The Nato secretary-general is happy to use flattery in order to get things done
Posted on Friday January 23, 2026