By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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Oil prices: WTI falls below $35 on global glut fears as Goldman warns of $20 oil to come

December 17, 2015

US crude oil has just fallen below $35 fresh on the back of warnings of $20 oil to come. Refuelled worries over a global glut have sent oil prices down again, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trading at $34.69 a barrel in late-afternoon trading today. International benchmark Brent crude wasn’t doing much better, [...]
Blockchain predictions for 2016: McKinsey report tells banks to work together to unlock the full potential of the bitcoin technology

December 17, 2015

The financial industry needs to move in unison to really unlock the potential of the blockchain, according to a fresh report, which sees the hyped tech revolutionising the sector. Management consultants McKinsey have high hopes for the blockchain, arguing in the report “Beyond the hype: Blockchains in capital markets” that the new technology can “dramatically [...]
Apple Pay, one year later: Why mobile payments have failed to catch on as we’re still looking for something better

December 17, 2015

Mobile payments became a hot topic just about the time when first iPhone was introduced by Steve Jobs in 2007. Back then experts in payment, retail, telecommunication, and banking industries started thinking about a smartphone as a viable alternative to physical wallets suggesting many different technologies, but no one knew how exactly the winner was [...]
R3 blockchain consortium : 12 new banks including Santander and Danske Bank join JPMorgan, Barclays and HSBC in blockchain experimentation

December 17, 2015

Another 12 banks have joined the rapidly expanding blockchain consortium R3, including Santander and Danske Bank. The blockchain consortium was launched with nine members in September, but has grown explosively in the months that followed. With the new members, the total number of banks affiliated with the consortium has soared to 42. The idea is [...]
What will happen to the gold market in 2016? Effects of the Fed rate hike and pro-gold policies in emerging markets

December 17, 2015

For the first time in almost nine years the United States Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. This signalled the end of a fascinating year for the gold market, which saw strong demand from central banks, Asian consumers and a buoyant global bar and coin market, which is more than double its [...]
Competition watchdog clears Paddy Power and Betfair’s merger

December 17, 2015

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Work longer, live better: Our attitude to employment must change if we’re to have a healthy later life

December 17, 2015

As a society, we must better recognise that “work” does not just provide people with financial rewards but also important social benefits, and helps contribute to a healthier and happier later life. Figures shared recently by pensions minister Baroness Altmann show that only half of the population aged 50-64 are still in work in some [...]
Fed rate hike reactions: How analysts responded to Janet Yellen’s interest rate rise

December 16, 2015

The Federal Reserve’s move to raise its short-term interest rate from its historically low near-zero levels was widely expected by economists, but not everyone welcomed the first hike in close to a decade. Attacking the Fed’s move as “premature”, CEBR economists were critical of the central bank’s move to “fight non-existent inflation”: “The Fed is [...]
Federal Reserve interest rate decision: What did the world look like in 2006, the last time the Fed hiked rates?

December 16, 2015

We finally have lift-off. The Federal Reserve have raised short-term interest rates for the first time in close to a decade, signalling the US economy has returned to health after the financial crisis. But what did the world look like in June 2006, the last time a Fed rate hike happened? If you don’t remember, [...]
You can now hail an Uber from Facebook Messenger

December 16, 2015

Uber has teamed up with Facebook Messenger, meaning you can now hail a cab directly from the chat app. The question is what you can’t do through the chat app at this point, as Facebook has already added features allowing you to shop and send money to your friends from within the app. In a [...]

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