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No Brexit Could Prompt No Payments From UK
August 30, 2018

Britain could potentially withhold some payments to the European Union if a deal to help the country leave Brexit doesn’t happen before next year. As part of a Brexit transition deal, Britain is set to pay the EU between 35 and 39 billion euros ($41-$46...

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UK To Launch Program Aimed At Keeping FinTechs In The Country
June 13, 2018

Aiming to prevent startups from defecting after London leaves the European Union, the U.K. government is offering startups a bunch of perks to keep them in the city by providing them trips, dinners and startup help — and potentially hooking them up with U.S. partners....

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Brexit Effect Reduces 37 Percent Of Financial Jobs In London
January 12, 2018

Brexit is being blamed for a 37 percent drop in new financial sector jobs available in London last month. According to Reuters, Britain’s upcoming exit from the European Union is the main factor for new financial services jobs falling to 3,150 from 4,980 in December...

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BofA CEO Sees Little Upside From Brexit
October 27, 2017

Brexit won approval from U.K. voters more than a year ago, but so far Bank of America (BoA) hasn’t seen any benefits from the decision, according to news from Reuters. That’s according to BoA Chief Executive Brian Moynihan, who told CNBC Thursday (Oct. 26) that he...

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Manufacturers, Uncertain On Brexit, Pull Back On Investments
October 24, 2017

If there’s one thing investors don’t like, it’s uncertainty. And that holds true for all types of investments, well beyond the stock market. So it is with Brexit, where uncertainty is causing skittish tendencies on the part of firms across all manner of industries to...

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Foreign Investment In UK Slips As Brexit Nears Reality
October 10, 2017

Last week was a tough one for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, who had to contend with a sore throat and a prank in the middle of her speech at a conference. But, optics aside, she said in reference to Brexit that “we will find...

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Bank Of England Sees Brexit As Threat To Lending
October 04, 2017

As Brexit looms ever closer, Reuters reports, the departure of Britain from the European Union (EU) means that British companies may find it tough to get loans from European banks. The newswire said on Tuesday that banks based on the Continent are responsible for about 10...

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Clarity On EU Citizen IDs — And Bigger Brexit Bills Ahead?
September 26, 2017

In the Brexit world, news the past several days has centered, among other things, around how citizens of the European Union (EU) will be documented and what financial impact Britain’s exit from the EU might incur. The Home Office, reported The Guardian, has stated that EU...

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UK Says No Thanks To EU On Finance Regulation
September 22, 2017

The British government has announced that the U.K. will look to develop its own regulatory framework separate from EU standards as part of the Brexit regulation. The stated goal of the new regs will be to create a long-term advantage for doing business in the...