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UK consumers start Christmas shopping early in sales

Savvy British shoppers are looking to prepare for Christmas 2018 with the help of the January sales, according to a new report from the Halifax, with consumers expected to spend an average of 91.83 pounds taking advantage of the discounts. The survey reveals that men will spend the most in post-Christmas sales at 106.73 pounds, while women will...

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Apple Pay's UK launch unsuccessful for millions of users

Tuesday marked the much awaited UK launch of Apple Pay, which saw millions of users with some of the UK's largest banks left on the sidelines when they were unable to use the new contactless mobile payment service. Customers at HSBC, Lloyds and Halifax took to social media platforms, including Twitter to vent their thoughts on not being able to...