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Hollande shifts position on Tobin tax, money for environment

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 02:30

French President Francois Hollande shifted position on Monday on implementing a long-sought financial transactions tax in Europe and said the money should go towards projects aimed at mitigating climate change.

Users limiting online banking apps` use over security fears: Survey

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:24

A security company has said the risk posed by malware is putting more users off using online banking applications.

EU countries divided on possible new finance tax

Last Updated: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 21:29

European Union finance ministers are debating a tax on financial transactions that could raise money for the EU as well as make banks share the burden of bailouts, but strong resistance means the idea is scaling back from a global tax to just a European one.