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Banks need more personality in chatbots to survive digital future: study
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - Banks need to invest more in developing digital personalities to avoid losing trust and relevance among consumers, a new report by consulting firm Accenture found. Adoption ...
Dec 07, 2020
UK house prices rise by most since 2016, Halifax says
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices showed their biggest annual rise since June 2016 last month, as people sought to move into bigger houses following the COVID lockdown earlier ...
Dec 07, 2020
Analysis: Christmas and Brexit double bill put strain on UK supermarkets
By James Davey LONDON(Reuters) - For Britain's supermarket groups Christmas 2020 will be like no other, with the challenge of unprecedented demand due to the COVID-19 crisis followed by the risk of di...
Dec 07, 2020
European shares slip on worries over U.S.-China relations; FTSE 100 shines
(Reuters) - European shares slipped on Monday as rising tension between the United States and China sapped some appetite for risky assets, while Britain-based exporters outperformed as uncertainty ove...
Dec 07, 2020
Capital One stops ‘risky’ buy-now-pay-later credit card transactions
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (CapOne) has barred customers using its credit cards to clear buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) debt as the transactions bear unacceptable risk, it t...
Dec 07, 2020
Brexit crunch time as EU and UK still divided over trade deal
By Guy Faulconbridge, Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to b...
Dec 07, 2020
Goldman Sachs’ MENA CEO Younan to retire: memo
DUBAI (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Wassim Younan, who built the U.S. bank's business in the region, is retiring after nearly three decades with the Wall Stre...
Dec 07, 2020
German industrial output surges on booming car sales
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Booming car sales drove a stronger-than-expected jump in German industrial output in October, in a further sign that the export-oriented manufacturing sector hel...
Dec 07, 2020
Enough talk, time for action: Five questions for the ECB
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Ritvik Carvalho and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - After months of raising expectations for more stimulus to shore up a coronavirus-hit economy, it's time for the European C...
Dec 07, 2020
DP World chairman sees at least $5 billion of UAE-Israel trade
DUBAI (Reuters) - Trade between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel could grow to at least $5 billion, the chairman of Dubai's biggest port operator said on Monday. "We estimate at least $5 bill...
Dec 07, 2020
