Citi throws in the towel on hyperscalers after a key stock-market bet misfires

Tom DixonVice President of Investor Relations Look, good morning, everyone, and welcome to Dyno Nobel’s 2026 Investor Day. I’m Tom Dixon, and I look after Investor Relations for Dyno Nobel. We do have a full day ahead of us, so let’s kick things off. If you’ve not seen it already, the presentation materials for today…

Santander UK reported a sharp increase in its mortgage book after completing its acquisition of TSB. Mortgage balances rose to £204.7 billion at the lender’s half-year results to the end of June, up from £169 billion at the end of 2025, a rise of £35.7 billion. The deal makes Santander the UK’s fourth-largest mortgage lender….

Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, health officials say

Many travel and cash back credit cards now offer streaming or digital entertainment services as a benefit to customers. According to a 2025 Pew Research Center survey, 83% of U.S. adults said they stream entertainment, making credit card streaming perks a useful benefit to save on — or completely cover — streaming subscription costs. But…

A “million-dollar home” used to conjure up images of a grand mansion with marble staircases. But these days, that seven-figure listing might well be a modest bungalow. A new report from the National Association of Realtors® found that 8% of all owner-occupied homes—around 6.9 million homes in total—are now valued at $1 million or more….

Finova has launched a whole-of-market application service powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which it says will “transform” how brokers submit cases. The AI agent is built around the strapline ‘stop keying in mortgage applications – just submit them in one click’ and aims to remove the need to manually key in data on UK…