/ai
Lloyds Banking Group has built an AI knowledge hub that slashes the time it takes customer-facing employees to answer queries.
15 July 2025
/crypto
Standard Chartered has become the first global systemically important bank to offer digital asset spot trading to institutional clients.
/regulation
The UK government is promising bespoke support for financial technology firms as they start, scale and list as it vows to make the country the "fintech capital of the world".
/payments
The UK is overhauling its approach to retail payments infrastructure, with a greater role for the Bank of England and the creation of a new industry-led delivery company to work alongside Pay.UK.
Axiology, a Lithuania-based tech firm operating in the digital assets space, has been granted a licence from the Bank of Lithuania to carry out digital bond issuance via the blockchain.
English county Yorkshire is bidding for a prime position in the UK's AI sector with the launch of an investment fund targetting AI startups.
/markets
UK-based challenger bank Starling is considering listing on the New York Stock Exchange as part of its US expansion plans.
Expense management provider Rydoo has acquired AI-powered accounts payable automation technology provider Semine. Financial terms were not disclosed.
In a UK-first, Lloyds Banking Group and Aberdeen Investments have used tokenised real-world assets as collateral for foreign exchange trades.
Fintechs wanting access to banks' customers' data may have to pay for the privilege, according to a report from Bloomberg on US bank JP Morgan.
14 July 2025
/cloud
The vast majority of financial services firms are accelerating their investment in cloud technology, suggests a recently released survey.
The UK's largest high street bank is reportedly in talks to buy digital wallet provider Curve.
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