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When the UK first floated plans for a payments network built for the digital economy, the obvious question was whether it could take on Mastercard and Visa, whose dominance of the country’s card market has long seemed nearly unassailable. What has emerged is perhaps more surprising. The effort has attracted back from Britain’s biggest banks…

The U.S. Secret Service dealt with several drone-related incidents without adjusting its protection policies or documenting why it didn’t, according to a government report released Thursday. That information may have helped illustrate the emerging threat of civilian drone use before one was used in the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania….

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Does a fresh lick of paint in the kitchen increase the value of the house? Or a heated towel rail in the bathroom? Or an attractive water feature at the back of the garden? We learned this week that the government is planning to appoint teams of inspectors to visit people’s homes, and decide whether…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The prospect of fewer regulatory guardrails may, on the surface, sound appealing to many finance teams. In practice, it may end up creating more risk and work for boards and the executives working with them, legal experts…

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