Tagged: uk

November 14, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Capital Economics, commissioned by SME lender iwoca, reveals that SMEs receiving a loan are able to boost their monthly revenues by an average of nearly 20%. The recent analysis, which is said to be based on data from current accounts of iwoca customers,… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 12:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, announces it is enabling the launch of savings accounts with crypto-native exchange, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). via its Embedded Banking solution. This launch marks a significant milestone in the UK’s financial ecosystem as it is the first time savings… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have recently announced a new partnership on artificial intelligence in Finance between Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) – termed the UK-Singapore AI-in-Finance Partnership. Announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival, the partnership… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, a global enabler of Decision Intelligence, unveiled Quantexa AI, the so-called next evolution of its Decision Intelligence Platform, now agentic ready. As organizations increase their use of large language models and smaller, purpose-built and domain-trained models, many are discovering a common limitation: when AI… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perennial crowdfunding poster Clive Reffell recently posed a pertinent question. In the UK, the number of securities crowdfunding deals tanked in 2024. Reffell asked why this happened. “Is it too hard for retail investors to work out a required ROI?” Valid question. Reffell referenced data from… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yael Selfin, Vice Chair and Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK, has shared key insights and comments on the recent labour market data. Selfin noted that the United Kingdom‘s labour market continues to weaken as employers await seemingly vital Budget updates. Yael Selfin of… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), which offers one of the widely-used digital wallets in the United Kingdom, is reportedly relaunching as a “unified” payment experience for clients to shop online and now in-stores. PayPal’s offering is intended to make shopping more rewarding for British consumers. Beginning now,… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 12:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has recently unveiled the roll-out of shared ownership mortgages, which aim to offer improved accessibility and flexibility to customers looking to become homeowners. Shared ownership enables clients to buy a percentage of their home. NatWest will enable customers to borrow to fund purchases from… Read More

November 12, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group will launch the UK’s first large-scale, multi-feature AI-powered financial assistant, set to transform the way over 21 million customers manage their money through the mobile app. This launch is a key milestone in Lloyds Banking Group’s journey to embed AI as a… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 5:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian UK&I is introducing what it claims is an improved credit score that better reflects how credit applications are assessed, giving consumers a clearer picture of their overall borrowing potential and “more ways to improve their score.” The updated score includes new data, such “as… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG UK has recently shared commentary on the latest Bank of England rate decision. As widely reported and anticipated, The Bank of England has decided it will keep rates on hold as it awaits the Budget, noted Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at KPMG UK. Yael Selfin of… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI adoption within UK accountancy and bookkeeping practices is now said to be signficantly enhancing sector profitability, driving a considerable boost to the wider economy and fundamentally transforming hiring across the industry. This is according to a recent research study released by Xero, the small… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK Treasury has asked the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC) to prepare a report on AI focused skills requirements, training as well as ongoing tech advancements in financial services. With AI talent in growing demand and increase in the technology’s overall adoption, the United… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden has commented on recent concerns that the UK is behind the US when it comes to establishing proper stablecoin related oversight / guidelines. Breeden stated that the updated stablecoin regulations should become effective just as quickly as the… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to the UK government releasing the Financial Inclusion Strategy, Viktor Prokopenya, the Founder of Capital.com, has shared key insights with CI. Viktor Prokopenya of Capital.com has said there is now a pressing need to improve financial literacy, which equates to “a need to… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokenovate, a UK-based Fintech offering post-trade solutions, has announced a new service called Novat, which is described as providing programmable settlements for tokenized assets. As all asset classes, including securities, become digital or tokenized, there are opportunities for innovators to provide modern services to capital… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank OakNorth has reportedly provided an £87.6m property investment facility to Elysian Residences, the specialist retirement living developer and operator, to refinance its completed schemes – The Denton in Berkhamsted and The Beckett in Tunbridge Wells. These schemes are now said to be part… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Digital Finance (GDF) has reported the results of an initiative to test the viability of Tokenized Money Market Funds (TMMF). As part of the working group 30 firms participated in the GDF Industry Sandbox, powered by Ownera, the firm which operates the FinP2P routers… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 12:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank is leveraging AI in order to help customers spot the warning signs of so-called purchase scams. The digital tool, Scam Intelligence, allows clients to upload images of various items as well as ads from various marketplaces, and analyses them for potential signs of… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Anil will be stepping down after nearly six years of being in charge at UK’s digital bank Monzo. Anil is now making way for Diana Layfield, who is the former GM of search international and growth at Google. In statements shared with Bloomberg, Anil… Read More