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Like so many Britons, I love a bacon butty or a plate of ham and eggs. But most of these pork products are made with nitrates – and rated as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization. So I’ve been investigating the alternatives …
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Founder who owns 4.9% of digital bank will remain on board of directors
The three challenger banks have defied the odds and created business models that have made them net positive in a market where fewer than 5% of startups are making money.
At the start of September, buried in an otherwise nondescript update about changing terms and conditions, the digital bank Starling made an unusual announcement. From 4 November, the bank would 'introduce an interest rate of -0.5 per cent on deposits over €50,000' held in its euro account. Starling had become the first British bank to set negative interest rates and charge customers for the privilege of holding their money. The news became This is Money's most-read banking story in the whole of September. Starling became the first British bank to introduce negative interest rates earlie...