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Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced the election of three new members to the company's board of directors at the company's annual meeting of shareholders, held in Toronto.

The U.S. personal savings rate fell to 4.1% in November from 4.2% in August and 5.3% in May. Beyond the monthly data, personal savings have garnered substantial interest from global investors. Many are concerned that once savings run out, U.S. consumers will wilt, and so will the U.S. economy. However, investors' misconceptions about personal savings may cause them to overstate consumer health concerns.

Account-to-account (A2A) payments are an evolution of the ever-changing payments landscape. The solution enables to cut out third parties and transfer payments directly from customers’ bank accounts to the merchant.

More insurers should focus on the bulk annuity market if they expect to write fewer individual annuities under the new pensions regime announced in the recent budget, says American global professional services firm Towers Watson.

Advantages of offshore banks: What they have to offer millennials Contrary to popular belief, offshore banking isn’t just for the super-rich, nor is it illegal.  In reality, and with professional advice, the average person can open a perfectly legal offshore bank account within a matter of hours – ideal for busy, on-the-go millennials. For the […]

Fintech, or financial technology, refers to the use of innovative tech solutions to improve and automate financial services. Over the past decade, fintech has exploded into a massive global industry.

The era of the blockchain has dawned, and this tech is already causing a seismic shift in many industries, disrupting markets in a major way and causing people to rethink the fundamentals of finance.

Those living ‘unbanked’ and what that means for financial inequality Inequality is a major issue around the world. However, it is even worse amongst those who have no access to banking. The World Bank estimates that about three-quarters of the world’s poorest are unbanked. If the world is to solve the problem of financial inequality […]

Every few years the line between traditional and alternative investment opinions is re-drawn, as many alternative investment options become more and more mainstream. Everything outside the traditional investment options that are typically accessed through traditional financial institutions - falls into the category of alternative investments. They do not include, what is now considered traditional investment options: ETFs, gold, bonds, pension funds, and others.

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