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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the shortcomings of a number of traditional financial institutions, especially as related to digital transformation. Here are 4 digital transformation lessons they need to embrace …

Capitalise.com, a FinTech based in the United Kingdom, has launched a centralized application platform to help small businesses amid the COVID-19 crisis. The platform aims to provide small businesses with …

Banco Santander in the UK is offering a first-of-its-kind data science apprenticeship to non-graduates. The program, being operated in conjunction with WhiteHat, will allow the bank to build a pipeline …

According to research conducted by Crown Records Management, as many as 59% of data across U.K. organizations is unstructured. Moreover, 40% of it is dark (unused). This is not surprising …

A seemingly infinite number of startups and simple banking applications offer users the ability to easily track and view their spending habits. But English startup Cleo is taking this a …

British FinTech firm Revolut is jumping into the online brokerage space with its own commission-free stock trading platform, which is being run in partnership with U.S. broker DriveWealth. The company …

In January 2018, the United Kingdom (UK) launched open banking to improve the way finances in the UK are managed, borrowed, saved and invested. Now, more than one year on, …

A survey of 1,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) carried out on behalf of iwoca (a leading British FinTech) found that nearly three quarters (73%) were unable to identify what …

Open banking reforms are now over one year old in the United Kingdom (UK). In this relatively short period of time, 67 firms have begun using open banking technology. Moreover, …

A 2016 study by KPMG and H2 Ventures found that London hosts 17 of the top 50 international FinTech companies; however, much of the talent at these companies (42%) comes …

Many wonder how Brexit will impact the United Kingdom’s FinTech sector, especially given recent data that suggests nearly 42% of FinTech employees in the United Kingdom come from abroad. In …

In 2018, tech firms in London raised over GBP 1.8 billion in venture funding and public listings, higher than anywhere else in Europe and reinforcing London as a major destination …

The pilot of Scotland’s new FinTech Skills Academy, which was announced in September 2018, has been hailed as a great success as the first class (Introduction to the Retail Card …

Despite concerns over the impact of Brexit, many startups are not willing to give up on London and its rich business networks and strong financial flows. At the same time, …

The full-scale implications of Brexit are unclear for a number of industries, including the FinTech industry. Dr. Joanna Perkins of the Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) outlined six key areas …

The 2019 FIRST Symposium on Cyber Threat Intelligence will be held March 18-20, 2019 in London. The Symposium, hosted by BT and Digital Shadows, will feature one day of training …

The pace of change is a constant challenge for the financial industry, with consumers constantly on the lookout for new, exciting and attractive offers. DT Fraud Conference 2019 will examine …

The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) has opened in East London. The center, which will be run by the technology innovation center Plexal, was opened with the intentions …

The United Kingdom (UK)’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled some new proposed measures following a post-implementation review of its crowdfunding rules. The FCA says it has observed “some poor …

The Bank of England is conducting a full review of its interbank payment system, including studying the possibility of transitioning to an updated version of the real-time gross settlement service …