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Buy now pay less or…not at all

How criminals can profit from shared liability BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) is a type of short-term financing allowing consumers to make purchases and pay at a later date (often […]

Hydrocarbons, geopolitics and money

Whoever dominates the world’s energy markets rules global politics. Coal fuelled the expansion of the British empire. Control over oil flows helped the US dictate the settlement after World War […]

Stablecoins come unstuck again

The cryptocurrency market turmoil unleashed by the collapse of lending platform Celsius Network is putting dollar stablecoins under renewed pressure. Earlier today Celsius announced that it was pausing all withdrawals, […]