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PingPong Taps ClearBank’s API-First Platform to Power UK Virtual Accounts and Accelerate European Expansion

By tapping directly into UK payment rails (Faster Payments, BACS, CHAPS) via ClearBank’s API integration, PingPong can settle transactions in near real time and offer lower fees and richer remittance data to its enterprise clients.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Secures EMI License in UK Opening Cashback and Wallet Opportunities

UK subsidiary of the innovative BNPL and fintech service provider, Klarna, has achieved a regulatory milestone, which paves the way for the introduction of cashbank and balance features later this year.

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EMEA Banks Ready to Spend Millions to Modernize Payments

The EMEA banking sector displays a near-unanimous urge to change existing payments systems and solutions, setting aside $1,5 million average budgets for infrastructure modernisation.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Monzo Introduces Payment Reversal Option

Monzo customers may now have up to a minute to decide whether they want a transaction to proceed, thanks to the new payment reversal feature.

Fintech & Ecommerce

From Cards to Direct Transfers: The A2A Payment Transformation in Europe and Beyond

The global payment landscape is rapidly changing driven by a seismic shift in popular transaction methods. A closer look at payment statistics reveals that account-to-account (A2A) transfers are ascending in importance. Its growing dominance among other payment types is especially evident in the European market.

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GoCardless and Cloud Market Tools Integrate for Fully Automated Payment Collection

With the full integration of GoCardless within the Cloud Market Tools suite, MSP businesses can manage collections and reconciliations without leaving their routine billing system.

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Cardstream and Mastercard to Advance Open Banking Payments in UK

The British fintech company Cardstream has announced the start of cooperation with Mastercard.

Fintech & Ecommerce

OakNorth Taps OpenAI Tech to Deliver AI-Led Digital Banking

OakNorth wants to embed custom-built GPT tools powered by OpenAI into the core of its digital banking platform that serves over 215,000 customers.

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Revolut to Launch Mobile Plans Creating Competition for Traditional Network Providers

Revolut mobile plans stand out with their unlimited calls, texts and data offering complemented with an attractive roaming proposition.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Google Wallet to Facilitate Age and ID Verification

Google Wallet expands its functionality with ID passes for the UK market, and mobile IDs spreading to more U.S. states.

Blockchain & Crypto

UK Introduces Draft Legislation for Crypto Industry

British regulators have come up with a draft legislation to bring some clarity and customer protection to the UK crypto sector.

Finance & Economics

Business Confidence in UK Holds Record High

UK businesses illustrate robust confidence levels with growth driven by optimistic retail firms.

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Monzo Introduces Contents Insurance

A study by Monzo revealed that half of UK renters either lacked contents insurance or were unaware of its existence altogether.

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FreeAgent Enables Tax Filing From Space

A unique use case for accounting software was delivered by FreeAgent that enabled a UK small business to submit the world’s first tax filing from space.

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UK Capital Markets Are Evolving But Businesses Need to Boost Competitiveness: Report

In line with global trends, the structure of the UK capital markets is changing, while around 17,000 local companies strive to access the capital they lack to scale up operations.

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UK Economy Starts to Emerge From Stagnation

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, came to power accompanied by pledges to take measures aimed at accelerating the growth of the country’s economic system, but as a result, the UK gross domestic product (GDP) demonstrated the opposite vector of its dynamic, however, the difficult state of affairs, which became reality instead […]