Kvika banki hf.: Publication of Q1 financial results on Thursday 2 May

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DWP to check claimants' bank accounts for 'two things' under new powers
The DWP will be monitoring bank accounts of those on benefits
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The Northern Echo
Universal Credit warning as 180,000 claimants have benefits stopped
New figures released by the DWP revealed more than 180,000 benefit claimants had their payments stopped
Sky News
Banks brace for Post Office showdown over cash access fee
Britain's biggest banks are bracing themselves for talks with the Post Office over a new deal to allow millions of their customers to withdraw cash at its branches. Sky News has learnt that a group of lenders including Barclays and HSBC are in the process of forming a shared interest group to represent the industry in talks with the government-owned company during the coming months. Roughly 30 banks and building societies participate in the existing deal, paying in aggregate approximately £200m annually to facilitate customer access to the Post Office's 11,500 branches.
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This battered UK stock could rise 181%, according to a Wall Street broker
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Benzinga
Warren Buffett "Guaranteed" He'd Get 50% Annual Returns With Only $1 Million As Berkshire's Cash Hoard Soars To Over $189 Billion
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The Telegraph
My 40-year mortgage starts today – and the interest I’ll pay is eye-watering
On Thursday I become a homeowner. It is a dream that I have achieved precociously, thanks to the generous support of my parents.
The Telegraph
Universal Credit crackdown backfires as fraud bill surges to £5.6bn
Taxpayers have been hit with a £5.6bn Universal Credit fraud bill despite a Government crackdown on criminals abusing the system.
The Telegraph
Three banking giants slash mortgage rates
Mortgages are falling amid hopes central interest rates could be cut as early as the start of summer. Barclays has announced it is lowering fixed-rate mortgage deals by up to 0.45 percentage points from Friday, while HSBC and TSB have also announced smaller rate reductions.
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Sky video
Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout
Representatives of Thames Water’s multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.
Manchester Evening News
DWP will look for 'two things' when it starts checking benefit claimants' bank accounts
The DWP is set to be granted new powers in a bid to reduce the levels of fraud, debt and error in the benefits system
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Evening Standard
New hope for home owners as two major mortgage lenders cut their rates
HSBC and Barclays fire the starting gun on what some advisers predict will be a new mortgage price war
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Royal Mail group ‘minded’ to back £3.5bn bid proposal from Czech billionaire
International Distribution Services said Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group had upped its proposal to 370p a share, from an initial 320p-a-share approach.

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Kvika banki hf.: Publication of Q1 financial results on Thursday 2 May

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DWP to check claimants' bank accounts for 'two things' under new powers

If I was retiring tomorrow, I’d buy these 2 ultra-high yield FTSE dividend shares today

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