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UK fintech firms raised $5.7bn (£4.1bn) in the first six months of the year alone, smashing investment records for the booming sector.

https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-uk-fintech-firms-raise-5-7bn-in-record-breaking-year/

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/1bd5b8e4460547a58fcd35c186f52b8e

• Hiring intentions among UK businesses improve to a record high, with capital expenditure and R&D plans also strengthening
• UK business confidence continues its upward trajectory, with optimism the strongest of all globally monitored countries
• Major supply side concerns remain over workforce costs and prices of goods
UK business optimism continued to strengthen midway through the year, as expectations of a strong recovery enabled firms to plan a record increase in staffing levels over the next 12 months, according to the Accenture/IHS Markit UK Business Outlook.
Two thirds of UK private sector firms (67%) expect an increase in business activity during the year ahead, compared to just 9% that project a reduction. At +58% in June, the resulting net balance of business expectations rose to its highest level in six years.

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/6642d0f41ac143b9a418d112daad775d

Adewins
Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority is set to remove caps on dividends this week

As the UK comes back into fashion, the market value of its solid enterprises will gradually climb. That has started to happen. Lloyds Bank's share price is up more than 50 per cent over the past year; Diageo is up by a quarter. People will need financial services and will go on drinking. But there should be a real concern if private equity investors continue to see a host of opportunities, because that suggests investment is becoming a game where the greatest benefits go to the few, rather than the many. As M&G rightly warns, if listed companies are sold while their share prices are depressed, it robs small investors of potential returns.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/article-9775595/amp/HAMISH-MCRAE-Private-equity-firms-bargains-investors.html

Bank shares will be in the spotlight this week as the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority is set to remove caps on dividends.
Analysts have raised divi forecasts and price targets for big guns including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-9776357/amp/STOCKS-WATCH-Russians-coming-Tui-sights.html

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China will cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, releasing around 1 trillion yuan ($154.19 billion) in long-term liquidity to underpin its post-COVID economic recovery that is starting to lose momentum.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN2EF0U4

JHK was on radio 4 morning business news

Good start to the day up 2.50% britons are rushing to book their summer holidays after the government scrapped quarantine from amber destinations for UK residents who have been fully vaccinated. UK/US travel opens July 19

snige
""They couldn't even follow international standards and get them out!""

National Statistics for UK overseas trade in goods for MAY 2021 will be published on 11 July

Good set of figures out today should be a good day for Lloyds

Inferno
“”US travel corridor (aiming for September)””

Heathrow and government will open UK/US travel corridor on July 19

London’s FTSE 100 slid in afternoon trading on Thursday, with just two stocks in the entire index notching gains.

The capital’s premier index fell sharply this afternoon, down 2.24 per cent, the highest fall for three weeks.

https://www.cityam.com/ftse-100-slides-as-us-considers-winding-down-stimulus/

Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) has been fined 91 million pounds($125.25 million) for misleading insurance customers over an eight year period, in one of the largest fines levied against a lender for such breaches by regulators.

falklandinvestor

I don't think the doomestrs on here are shareholders nobody would invest money in a company and then talk it down

US banks earning season next week except 60% growth to be reported, Lloyds on the 29th higher dividend payouts to be announced more buybacks this won't be under 50p for much longer

“The FTSE 100 fell ... with miners and banks the principal sectors weighing on the index, suggesting that investors have started to worry again about the strength of the economic recovery. Miners’ fortunes are heavily tied to commodity prices and the cost of metals and minerals is typically determined by supply and demand for industrial projects around the world,” said AJ Bell’s mouthpiece, Russ Mould.

“Banks are also heavily influenced by economic activity. A strong period of growth means there could be greater opportunities to lend money to businesses and such a backdrop might also point to rising interest rates which increases the chance for the banking sector to make higher profit margins. If the economic outlook is not as strong, then investors start to go off banks for fear that it will be harder for them to push up earnings,”

Recruitment activity picks up again in June, as vacancy growth hits record high
Key findings
? Robust demand for staff drives unprecedented increase in permanent staff appointments
? Availability of workers deteriorates at record pace... ? ...leading to sharper rise in starting pay
Data collected June 11-24
Summary
The latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey showed that recruitment activity surged again in June amid reports of greater demand for staff and the return to more normal business conditions as lockdown measures eased. Permanent appointments growth hit a fresh series record, while the upturn in temp billings was among the fastest in the survey history. At the same time, vacancy growth hit a new series record.
The availability of workers declined at an unprecedented rate, however, driven by faster falls in the supply of both temporary and permanent staff. As a result, rates of starting pay rose rapidly at the end of the second quarter.

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/374edfa2d3644d988fbf5ac7adf8a866

US and UK corridor will open up on the 19th what heathrow did today will allow the government to open US travel