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IFGS 2025: How can the UK become a world leader in fintech?

In two expert panels at IFGS 2025, speakers considered how geopolitical tensions are impacting the global fintech industry, and strategised how the UK can lead the space.

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Dub raises $30m for app that lets users copy influencers' stock trades

Dub, a copy trading app that enables users to mimic the portfolio strategies of notable investors, has raised $30 million in funding.

/payments

Kinexys by JP Morgan prospers in the Middles East

JP Morgan has signed up two major banks in the Middles East and North Africa to its Kinexys blockchain platform.

/sustainable

IFGS 2025: Profit is key to net zero action

At IFGS 2025, the panel, titled ‘The road to net zero: clear and decisive, or bumpy and long?’ gathered perspectives from climate finance experts on how navigating sustainable decisions require nuance amid rising complexity.

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Tide rolls out B2B BNPL product on £100 million debt raise

Tide is to roll out a BNPL pay-in-four credit product to all elgible clients after securing a £100 million debt facility from Fansanara Capital.

/regulation

FCA issues call to action to MPs over Big Tech and finfluencer roles in financial promotions

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is calling on politicians to draft legislation to crackdown on Big Tech and finfluencers who promote unauthorised financial schemes.

/ai

Visa unveils agentic commerce and stablecoin plays

Visa has unveiled its plans for two of the next big things in payments: agentic commerce and stablecoins.

/crypto

Stablecoins could reach $3.7 trillion by 2030 - Citi

The changing regulatory landscape being driven by the Trump administration could see 2025 being blockchain's 'ChatGPT' moment and also drive huge growth in stablecoins, according to research from Citi.

/identity

Google Wallet brings ID passes to the UK

Brits will soon be able to use their passports to create digital ID passes and store them in their Google Wallets.

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Persona raises $200m to build verified identity layer for an agentic AI world

Persona, the verified identify platform used by a host of fintechs, has raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation.

/retail

Revolut takes on mobile network operators

Not content with disrupting banking, Revolut is now taking on telecomms operators with the launch of Mobile Plans in a direct challenge to traditional network providers.

/payments

Smarter, faster, still relevant: Experts weigh future of US payment systems

Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments conference in New Orleans highlighted the growing momentum behind real-time payments, emphasising their transformative potential across commercial and technological verticals. Yet, amid this digital shift, sessions also acknowledged the enduring relevance of traditional rails like wire transfers, ACH, and even cheques - each facing its own modernisation challenges.