ING analyst Chris Turner says the Bank of England's upcoming financial stability report could indirectly support gilts and lift sterling if the BoE excludes gilts from its leverage exposure metric, which currently requires banks to hold 3.25% CET1. ING says that could boost domestic demand for gilts, reduce government borrowing and ease financial conditions. Turner adds EUR/GBP could fall toward 0.8500 if implemented.

總部位於德國的Proxima Fusion週二宣佈，該公司在最新一輪融資中籌集了4.11億歐元（約合4.68億美元），谷歌(GOOG.O)參與了此次投資。Proxima公司正致力於建設歐洲首座商用核聚變電站。核聚變是指將兩個氫原子結合形成一個氦原子的過程，在此過程中會釋放出巨大的能量。儘管核聚變技術有望提供充足的能源，但目前尚未實現商業化應用，業界正競相攻克相關的技術難題。現有的所有核電站均採用核裂變技術，即通過分裂原子來產生能量。Proxima目前估值已達27億美元。該公司表示，谷歌的投資彰顯了其對核聚變的持續關注，視其爲一種有望在長期內提供充足、零碳且穩定可靠能源的潛力技術。本輪融資由XTX Ventures和East X Ventures領投，RWE和谷歌作爲戰略投資者參與其中。此外，Plural、UVC Partners、Balderton和Cherry Ventures等風險投資機構也參與了投資。

The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, says several large US banks are exploring a payment network transaction that would allow acquirers to bypass debit card interchange fee caps. JP Morgan, BofA and other major banks have held preliminary talks with Fiserv about the deal.