Across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, startups secured billions in funding this December. Explore the top deals driving growth in AI, fintech, healthcare, robotics, and sustainable energy as we’re moving towards 2026.
The Bank of England’s decision to cut its benchmark interest rate to 3.75% is remarkable for the UK economy, with wide-ranging implications for consumers, businesses and the payments sector.
UK digital bank Monzo has taken a decisive step in its international growth strategy by securing a full EU banking licence and opening a customer waitlist in Ireland.
New American Express research shows payment security is now a decisive factor for UK shoppers, accelerating adoption of Open Banking payments and reshaping how consumers and businesses approach digital transactions.
Many UK shoppers are abandoning payments due to anxiety over making mistakes, which brings financial losses to local SMEs, new research from Tink, a Visa Solution, reveals.
Here’s a plain explanation of what a “Portable Credit Passport” for UK SMEs is, why there’s demand for it, and what the Smarter Contracts-led consortium and partners are trying to build under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) “Smart Data Sprint.”
ClearBank and Plaid have joined forces to bring faster, seamless, and secure real-time open banking payments to UK businesses and consumers.
American Express expands its presence in the competitive British card market, as Amex Cardmembers can now use their Card at the UK’s leading self-storage brand.
Popular neobank Monzo has passed the 14-million-customer mark, adding the latest two million in just six months — a milestone that highlights how quickly the UK fintech continues to scale.
Many UK fintech founders say they are worried about the national economy but remain confident in their own businesses. How to explain this paradox?
Under the agreement, PayPal will continue to manage all the customer-facing activities (underwriting of loans, servicing, customer relations) while KKR takes on the bulk of the receivables purchase.
The new UK/Singapore study highlights a widening “adoption gap” between what tokenisation could enable and what the buy-side is realistically prepared to implement today.
Coinbase new hybrid operations model in the UK could pressure other exchanges and crypto wallet providers to offer similar regulated savings capabilities, while the collapse of the BVNK deal could raise questions about valuation, timing, and regulatory risk for stablecoin infrastructure acquisitions.
The joint Worldline and Deliverect self-ordering solution is now available to UK hospitality businesses, offering an easy-to-deploy platform to modernise in-store experiences and keep pace with the evolving expectations of connected diners.
Money laundering risks are quietly creeping into the heart of the UK’s dealmaking world, as a new FCA review warns that many corporate finance firms, crucial players in raising capital and advising on mergers and acquisitions, may be failing to meet basic anti-money laundering (AML) standards to prevent financial crime.
GDF sandbox becomes a turning point for the integration of digital assets into mainstream finance, as it proves the real-life utility of tokenized money market funds (TMMFs).
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