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Identity Decisioning Fintech Alloy Launches in UK

US fintech Alloy has announced the launch of activities in the British financial services market as part of a project to expand its presence in the EMEA region.

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Wales Issues Tender for National Mobility App

Transport for Wales (TfW) announced a tender for the development of a national Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) mobile application.

Finance & Economics

TSB Pilots Banking Pods

The British commercial bank TSB established cooperation with the Note Machine company in order to create banking pods instead of traditional local branches.

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BNPL Firm Zilch Forms Partnership With StepChange

BNPL company Zilch, which is based in London, has reached an agreement on cooperation with a charitable organization StepChange, which specializes in providing consulting services on issues related to debt management.

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FCA Takes Action Against Fraudulent Promotions

Over the past year, the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to block more than 8 thousand advertisements and marketing campaigns that somehow mislead consumers.

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Unbanked and Mastercard to Partner on Crypto Card Issuance in Europe

Unbanked and Mastercard have agreed to cooperate to accelerate the process of issuing decentralized finance (DeFi) cards in Europe.

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Zopa Bank Raises £75 Million

Zopa Bank has announced the receipt of financing in the amount of 75 million pounds for the implementation of the next stage of expansion of the scale of activities in the UK market.

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GBPT Stablecoin Integrates into 18,000 ATMs in UK

Thousands of crypto ATMs in the United Kingdom now allow customers to withdraw cash for GBPT, a stablecoin backed by British pound

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Barclays Replaces Branches With Banking Pods

Bank Barclays, based in the UK, opts for semi-permanent bank cells, abandoning traditional branches.

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UK to Roll Out More Shared Banking Hubs

Nine new shared banking centers will open in the UK.

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FCA Accuses Three Money Transfer Companies of Price Fixing

The UK Financial Supervision Authority (FCA) said that Dollar East, Hafiz Bros Travel & Money Transfer Limited, and LCC Trans-Sending Limited have established a policy of fixed prices charged to customers in Glasgow for transferring money from Great Britain to Pakistan.

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Metro Bank Launches Digital Car Loan

UK-based Metro Bank is joining the auto financing market with a new digital car loan offer

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Nova Credit Allowed to Provide Credit References in the UK

Nova Credit is a cross-border consumer credit bureau that uses first-party data to enable immigrant consumers to apply for financial services using their international credit history

Finance & Economics

HSBC Gets Warning for Open Banking Malfunctions

HSBC Bank again faced claims from the British Competition and Markets Authority for publishing false information through its Open data API.

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UK Inflation Falls for Second Consecutive Month

In the UK, a decrease in the inflation rate has been recorded for the second month in a row.

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New Technologies to Secure Authorized Payments, Zelle Scams

Authorized payments are one of the favorite targets for fraudsters, according to Aite-Novarica Group, they account for two out of five cases of fraud and losses for financial institutions.