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• Ripple price news LIVE: XRP back above $2 as bitcoin and Ethereum soar - latest updates

  13-01-2018 11:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  RIPPLE has clawed itself back above the $2 mark after a difficult week, while cryptocurrency rivals bitcoin and Ethereum continue to soar. Here is the latest Ripple price news and live updates.
  
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• Open banking? I think I’ll be keeping my door shut | Patrick Collinson

  13-01-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  I might sound like a luddite, but I’m worried that letting an app access my data might leave me vulnerable to fraudOpen banking starts on Saturday. But I think for the time being I’ll be keeping my door firmly shut. Why? Because it’s not absolutely clear who is going to cough up when something goes wrong, which, inevitably it will at some point.If a fraudster were to hack into, say, Lloyds Bank, or an internal employee accessed systems on behalf of the crooks, it’s pretty
  
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• Forget Bitcoin and Ripple: Trader reveals latest cryptocurrency to INVEST in today

  13-01-2018 09:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN’S new rival Stellar is the “faster and cheaper” cryptocurrency that traders are encouraging investors to buy now.
  
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• GREECE IN CRISIS: One in five unemployed as PM vows to 'vindicate' Greek sacrifice

  13-01-2018 08:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  GREEK unemployment remains above 20 per cent as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras vows to vindicate the sacrifices of the Greek people amid a for the “lost generation”.
  
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• What should I do if I'm sick during holiday leave?

  13-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  My Christmas and New Year were ruined by flu – should I ask for work to mark the days as sick leave rather than holiday?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• Travel insurance: make sure you have proper cover, or face a hefty bill

  13-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Foreign Office highlights cases such as an £80,000 bill for a broken hip to encourage holidaymakers to take out policiesAhead of the peak holiday booking season, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is mounting a campaign to encourage holidaymakers to make sure they are properly insured. It comes amid claims that those who declare previous medical conditions are struggling to find affordable cover, and that cancer sufferers can be asked for as much as £2,300 to insure a week-long trip
  
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• Ground rent: ‘We feel like prisoners in our own home’

  13-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  High charges have left young homebuyers trapped – and the John Lewis pension fund has been accused of playing a roleThousands of young homebuyers remain trapped in virtually brand-new homes made unsaleable by spiralling ground rents and abandoned by developers such as Taylor Wimpey, despite a ban on the charges promised by the government.Guardian Money can also reveal that the £5bn John Lewis pension fund is behind the soaring rents that have made the lives of some homeowners a miser
  
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• Gangs of rogue landlords making millions out of housing benefits

  13-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  ‘Lockdown’ is a model that can make £56,000 a year from public funds. But the scandal goes onHighly organised gangs of rogue landlords are making millions every year out of the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people in micro-flats in shoddily converted and dangerous former family homes.Three-bed houses, where the maximum weekly housing benefit for flat-sharers is under £100 a person, are being converted into as many
  
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• Credit cards: is this the end of the great rip-off?

  13-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Customers can no longer be charged extra for paying by credit or debit card, but firms are finding ways to get around the banAt midnight on Friday, a rip-off that has cost Britons hundreds of millions of pounds a year was finally outlawed. All extra charges for using a credit or debit card to pay for goods and services have now been banned, which means no more nasty surprises at the checkout, says the government.But some companies are already finding sneaky ways to get around the ban – suc
  
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• Record Cryptocurrency exchange growth as demand ROCKETS despite 'doom monger' predictions

  13-01-2018 06:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  ONE of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, experienced a sharp increase in demand, which comes despite Billionaire Warren Buffett heavily criticising the crypto market saying it would “come to a bad ending.”
  
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