Barclaycard brings Alipay payments to UK retailers
To cater to the many Chinese Alipay users.
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UK pressures tech titans to face competition
The nation’s rules must be updated for the digital age.
Open Banking one year on
Information Builders looks at how the initiative opened up new opportunities with data.
UK’s Nationwide analyses customer interactions with SAS
AI will look at how emails are managed at the building society.
Tide seeks £60m funding following RBS grant
UK challenger bank also plans more funding rounds in next couple of years.
Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays team up for business banking hubs
The three banks will pilot the UK’s “first” shared hubs for SMEs.
UK’s OneSavings Bank and Charter Court mull merger
The new institution would be valued at more than £1.6 billion.
Lack of buyers puts an end to UK’s Raphaels Bank
One of the nation’s oldest banks is being wound down.
NatWest prepares biometric card pilot
The bank will trial fingerprint technology-enabled cards with Gemalto.
Starling Bank enters Moneyhub’s payment gateway
“The first challenger bank to support PSD2 PISP legislation.”
UK crypto consumers completely clueless
FCA reveals findings from first cryptoassets research.
Bank of England orders Visa to fix outage issues
The bank’s action follows the pan-European incident in June 2018.
Europe’s dance of fintech hubs
As a strong and united ecosystem, the European fintech scene can finally discover its true potential.
UK fintech regulator puts bigger fines on the menu
FCA confirms increase in Financial Ombudsman Service award limit.
Bank Leumi touches Eurobase with Siena platform for FX treasury
The deal is only for the London-based subsidiary of the Israeli bank.
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UK and Turkey push Islamic finance through fintech
TheCityUK and Borsa Istanbul set out their ambitions.
Nationwide revives 10x Future Technologies with £15m funding
Former Barclays CEO’s fintech firm gets boost after losing Virgin Money deal.
Cashplus brings in gambling block for credit cards
Bookmakers and casinos set to lose out (for once).
How new AML tech is freezing the fraudsters
Over 90% of UK current accounts are now covered by the new Mule Insights Tactical Solution (MITS).
Moorwand picks ClearBank’s Banking-as-a-Service
Trying to address the confusion around BIN access and other payments.
Teenage kicks hard to beat for Innovate Finance
FinTech for Schools is out… and about in the UK.
Esme Loans getting data warehouse courtesy of Microsoft
To help with AI processes in the lending process.
Personal finance app HyperJar preps for spring launch
UK-based firm readies for HyperJar-space with select pilots.
Hampden & Co gets new mobile app from Crealogix
Private bank will offer service to its high net worth individuals.
Quint ain’t skint with NatWest’s £16.5m funding
UK firm plans to drive growth through acquisitions.
United Bank for Africa launches in UK
Follows on from its recent arrival in Mali.
Proactis gets £20m funding from HSBC for SME action
To help SMEs with liquidity management.
Upgrade Pack crowdfunds towards £2.25m
UK start-up aims to expand in the US and Asia.
The reality of Brexit for small businesses
Small businesses are applying a practical no-nonsense approach to protect themselves and their business.
Pay.UK officially brings payment brands under one roof
Bacs, Faster Payments, and Cheque and Credit Clearing are now part of Pay.UK.
UCL and Barclays unleash deep tech venture builder
Conception X turns dissertations into a deep tech start-up.
UK Finance wants to bring ethics to banking sector
Good luck getting that to work.
UK banking data reveals eruption of disruption
Last year was arguably not a good one for banking across the nation.
RFI Global Business Banking Summit 2019: The age of branch banking is over
The time of digital has come.
Experian calls off £275m ClearScore acquisition
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority expressed concerns.
Insurtech Lime makes for refreshing UK launch time
Start-up offers a “flexible twist” and wants to fill nation’s protection gap.
Charity Bank in core banking tech overhaul with Apak Group
Finastra’s legacy Bankmaster core banking system out, Apak’s Aurius in, at Charity Bank.
Santander and LSE instrumental in Nivaura’s $20m funding
UK firm offers platform for the issuance of financial instruments on blockchain.
M&S Bank sparks open banking life into mortgages
Marks & Spencer’s stylish entity teams up with Equifax and AccountScore.
