Sage buys US credit card processor for £184m
The accounting software group Sage yesterday spent £184m buying the US-based payment-processing company Verus Financial Management from privately-owned Financial Te...
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Pins put paid to pens
Although most of us have had chip and pin cards for over a year now, we have still been able to sign for goods and services when using our credit or debit cards in shops ...
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Brown urged to give Nigeria back its cash
Campaigners are urging Gordon Brown to return a £900m repayment Britain received from Nigeria on Friday.
Africa's most populous state struck a historic deal with P...
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Maiden faces £2m bill after court case
Maiden, the outdoor advertising group put up for sale after breaking banking covenants last year, faces a £2m bill after losing a high court case.
The ruling deals...
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Leeds face £5m charge if they get back into the Premiership
Leeds will face a heavy bill should they achieve promotion. The Elland Road club will have to pay £5m to the consortium of creditors known as the bondholders on the...
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Soviet threat to pension funds
Perhaps it was just another productive day down the Kazakhstan copper mines. Kazakhmys gained 2.5% yesterday, making it 7% since joining the FTSE 100 index on Monday this...
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Is this a protection racket?
High-street banks offering customers personal loans are consistently quoting repayment figures that include the controversial payment protection insurance (PPI), which ad...
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Leading broker calls bluff on PartyGaming
PartyGaming was the main talking point in a becalmed London market yesterday after a leading broker called time on its recent strong run.
When the online gaming group re...
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False escrow services
Users should be aware of fraudulent escrow services that are currently operating on classified sites across the internet.
A legitimate escrow service is a company that h...
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Will my credit rating be affected by cancelling an HP agreement?
Q We have paid over half the amount for our car through a hire purchase agreement.
If we decided to terminate our agreement does it affect our credit rating and is there...
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