Interview with Payment Industry Veteran Robert Courtneidge 0 (0)

Courtneidge
has been in the Payment Industry since 1990, when he started working at
Citibank. He qualified as a solicitor and moved inhouse to look after the UK
Consumer bank, Citibank Life and Diners Club. This is where he received his
first taste of payments which was to follow him the rest of h

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Germany to outline new restrictions in order to tackle omicron variant 0 (0)

Among the steps being considered is a requirement for people with only two vaccination shots to show proof of a negative test in order to enter a restaurant or a bar i.e. only those with a booster shot do not have to do so.
That said, rules on quarantine measures are likely to be relaxed so as to av

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Eurozone December final consumer confidence -8.3 vs -8.3 prelim 0 (0)

Economic confidence 115.3Prior 117.5; revised to 117.6Industrial confidence 14.9Prior 14.1; revised to 14.3Services confidence 11.2Prior 18.4; revised to 18.3Euro area economic sentiment fell towards the end of last year, as omicron risks weighed on the outlook. A positive takeaway though is that th

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Eurozone November retail sales +1.0% vs -0.5% m/m expected 0 (0)

Prior +0.2%; revised to +0.3%
Retail sales +7.8% y/y
Prior +1.4%; revised to +1.7%

A surprise growth in euro area retail sales, indicating that consumer demand is still somewhat holding up going into year-end. That despite omicron risks, though we’ll see how the fresh restrictions may

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