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  • Wise co-founders clash over New York listing plans

    Business

    A plan to move Wise’s primary listing from London to New York has been thrown into doubt after one of the firm’s co-founders urged shareholders to vote against the move. Taavet Hinrikus, who served as chief executive of the London fintech from its founding in 2011 until 2017, warned he was “deeply troubled” over the [...]

  • Rachel Reeves launches major fintech push to galvanize listings

    Fintech

    Rachel Reeves has laid out the government’s plans to make the UK the world leader in fintech in the Chancellor’s latest effort to attract a fleet of listings from the industry.  Reeves today unveiled the Treasury’s Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, in which she laid out her vision to make the UK the “world’s [...]

  • Starling mulls US listing in blow to Rachel Reeves’ fintech push

    Fintech

    The finance boss of Starling Bank has confirmed the firm is open to a US listing in a blow to Rachel Reeves’ hopes for a fintech-powered London market revival. Declan Ferguson, the chief financial officer of Starling, said the fintech had not formed a “concrete view” on which market the neobank would be most suited [...]

  • Fintechs lobby Rachel Reeves for tax incentives to boost listings

    July 9, 2025

    Top British fintech firms have urged Rachel Reeves to provide incentives to list in London or risk losing them to rival markets overseas. Executives from Clearbank, Atom, Revolut and Zilch met the Chancellor on Wednesday morning ahead of the Treasury’s Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, in which fintech is expected to play a starring [...]

  • Abu Dhabi sovereign investor eyes $100m slice of Revolut

    July 8, 2025

    An investor in the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund is eying a $100m (£73m) stake in digital banking giant Revolut. State-owned global investment firm Mubadala is reportedly in advanced discussions to purchase shares in Revolut from existing investors. The deal, if completed, would add to a smaller stake the fund purchased last year as part of [...]

  • Monzo slapped with £21m fine by City regulator

    July 8, 2025

    Monzo has been slapped with a £21m fine by the Financial Conduct Authority after “repeatedly” opening accounts for “high-risk” customers. The UK fintech was blasted by the City watchdog for failing to keep the pace of its crime control with its customer and product growth. Between August 2020 and June 2022, Monzo signed up over [...]

  • Revolut banking licence bid goes down to the wire as key deadline looms

    July 8, 2025

    Revolut is facing a fresh regulatory headache in the UK amid mounting expectations it may miss a key deadline in the ongoing process to become a fully operational bank. The digital banking juggernaut received the green light for its UK banking licence from Britain’s banking watchdog last year after a three-year wait, which triggered a 12-month [...]

  • Government pledges to back UK fintech with regulation overhaul 

    July 1, 2025

    The government has pledged a regulation shakeup to support UK fintech as it seeks to slash the red tape blocking innovation. Speaking at City Week, technology secretary Peter Kyle said the government’s new Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) would develop new smart tools to make navigating regulatory procedures “faster, clearer and more accessible”. This will include [...]

  • Lord Mayor: The unicorns are galloping away

    June 30, 2025

    As capital dries up and unicorns flee, the UK must act now or accept its fate as an incubator economy, writes Alastair King.

  • Starling Bank sets sights on US expansion

    June 26, 2025

    Starling Bank has set its sights across the Atlantic for future growth prospects as the UK fintech eyes a US banking licence or entering the market through an acquisition. The neobank took a £223m hit to profit in 2024, down from £301m in the previous year and has since scouted endeavours overseas to boost its [...]

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