Access to loans can be difficult for those with no credit rating. Traditional financial services score people on five factors, which only take their repayment history into account. Enter Kreditech, a German start-up that's using a data-driven approach to provide loans to the ‘underbanked’.

BMX is an established part of the global extreme sports industry, but its rising popularity in Russia is owed as much to social media as it is to street style, as teens film and share their own tricks in the hope of achieving stardom. What’s getting young Russians back on their bikes?

Young Russians have grown up in a political climate dominated by Vladimir Putin. But as the 2018 presidential election looms, anti-corruption candidate Alexei Navalny is challenging the status quo. How is his campaign using digital media to get the nation’s youth engaged both online and off?

We’re exposed to over 1,700 banner ads each month, but people’s views on them are fairly negative – 79% of Brits either rarely or never click on them. Now, Google is making a stand against ‘deceptive’ payday loan ads, banning them from search results. Are ads doing us more harm than good?