Researchers in Australia analyzed data from 57 studies with an overall sample size of 587,280 individuals. Approximately 350,000 people in the pool had been infected with COVID-19 from Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
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Nationwide launches startup challenge to tackle poverty premium 24 February 2021
1 Nationwide Building Society has launched a start-up challenge, calling for ideas to help tackle the so-called poverty premium, which sees poor people pay more for essential services.
According to Fair By Design, the lowest paid Brits are subject to a poverty premium of up to an extra £478 a year for essentials due to increased costs of services and access to finance.
The number of households affected is on the up thanks to Covid-19, with the Legatum Institute estimating that almost 700,000 additional people faced poverty during the Winter of 2020 as a result of the pandemic.
Australian buy now, pay later giant AfterPay has entered a transformational partnership that will give merchants using Stripe code the opportunity to offer customers the option of installment-based purchases.