It took just seconds for a masked man on an e-bike to snatch my smartphone out of my hands as I waited for a bus in central London in morning rush hour.
Claer Barrett is a Consumer Editor at the Financial Times. She specializes in finance, personal finance, and retail, with a keen focus on topics such as corruption, fraud, and the dynamics of brick-and-mortar businesses. Claer’s insights and analyses have also been featured in Tortoise Media, Yahoo Finance, World Wealth Journal, The Manila Times, and The Irish Times.