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How resilient are UK corporate bond issuers to refinancing risks?

BankUnderground

However, in subsequent years, lessons learned from the financial crisis have paved the way for advances in risk management and more cautious lending practices. The average tenor of a UK corporate bond is 10 years, so for comparison purposes we look at the cost of issuing a bond 10 years ago in December 2013.

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Contactless Payments Fraud – A Sleeping Lion in a Trillion-Pound Market

FICO

trillion by 2028. If we look at the current numbers against the wider backdrop of card fraud, they are fairly low in comparison. So, for example, if a criminal manages to get hold of a wallet holding three different cards, the value of that wallet to them would be up to £2,700. Europe and the UK are currently leading the market.

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