UK Credit Cards in 2025: Balances Reached New Highs While Payments Fell March 16, 2026 Persistent affordability pressures push up average balances despite lower spending as consumers actively curtail discretionary expenditure
Expedia Group Unlocks Sports Tourism Demand Forecasting Through PredictHQ Partnership March 2, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Big Soccer Tournament: Expedia Group becomes PredictHQ’s first deeply integrated online travel agency (OTA) partner, bringing its real-world context directly into Partner Central – the platform lodging partners use to manage rates, inventory and performance New joint forecasts project total traveler spend across North America’s host cities to exceed $8.1 billion USD between June and August 2026 - nearly $750 million higher than last year Accommodation spend is projected to climb 86%, with international arrivals fueling four-digit demand surges in key host cities
FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: December 2025 February 17, 2026 Continued financial pressures evident as balances reach highest level since FICO records began
Rising Global Bullion Market Risks Are Forcing European Investors to Rethink Physical Gold Access February 3, 2026 As volatility reshapes global financial markets, European institutional investors are turning to safe-haven assets. While physical gold remains one of the world’s most resilient and attractive store-of-value assets, secure and verifiable access to bullion has become increasingly difficult. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260203826775/en/ Recent industry developments have placed structural [...]
GDP set to soften in 2026 as tax hikes bite February 2, 2026 The UK is set for another year of soggy growth, according to new forecasts from EY, with the government’s tax hikes and ongoing worries about a global trade war hamstringing momentum. The Big Four firm predicted that GDP would rise 0.9 per cent in 2026, slower than the 1.4 per cent recorded last year, as [...]
FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: November 2025 January 30, 2026 Pre-Christmas spending remained below 2024 figures, but balances rose as payments fell to the lowest level since 2021
Enterprises Advance Agentic Automation Across Europe January 27, 2026 European organizations adopt autonomous AI to improve processes, compliance through human-machine collaboration, ISG Provider Lens® report says
WEF26: Saudi Arabia Leads New Global Push to Protect Coral Reefs, Unlock AI Potential January 22, 2026 The Saudi delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 today observed a series of announcements aimed at addressing urgent global challenges. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260121465066/en/ Her Royal Highness Ambassador Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America, [...]
Electric vehicle sales set to experience slowest growth since the pandemic January 3, 2026 Electric vehicle sales are set for their slowest annual growth since the pandemic damaged sales in 2020, as demand for the vehicles weaken. First reported by the Financial Times, electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach just 13 per cent to 24m in 2026, down from an estimated 22 per cent increase last year, [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Inflation eases more than expected ahead of rate decision December 17, 2025 Good morning and welcome back to the Morning Wire liveblog. We’ve had the latest inflation data this morning, which has shown the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.2 per cent in the 12 months to November 2025. This eased from 3.6 per cent in October 2025. It also beats figures pencilled in by economists, [...]