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Leeds chosen to launch national fintech quango that aims to scale up firms

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) is backed by £5.5m of Treasury and City of London Corporation funding

Birmingham Post

Layoffs cloud UK fintech prospects

While London-based Revolut is set to hire at least 1700 staff over the next year, many of its peers have been less fortuitous, with the likes of Railsbank, Zilch, Zego and TrueLayer all shedding at least 10% of staff

Evening Standard

Who will be PayPal’s next CEO? Here are the 7 leading contenders according to fintech experts

PayPal's retiring CEO is sticking around till December, but there's already chatter about who might be qualified to step into the role.

Fortune

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Pliant raises $28 million in Series A funding round

Pliant announces another significant milestone with the successful completion of its Series A financing round, securing $28 million in capital from existing and new investors

Dublin Live

IKEA investment arm takes €9 million stake in DirectID

Edinburgh-based fintech firm will now expand into new markets and develop its credit data product

Insider UK

Revolut: can the chancellor’s fintech favourite fix its image problem?

The UK’s would-be ‘Amazon of banking’ run by Nikolay Storonsky has raised alarm over delayed accounts, EU regulatory fines, its co-founder’s Russian ties and issues with staff

The Guardian - UK

NatWest to acquire 85% stake in pensions fintech Cushon

Bank will pay £144 million for majority shareholding in the pensions and savings business

Evening Standard

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Payday Friday is becoming payday Wednesday, thanks to banks and credit unions

Payday Friday is increasingly coming one or two days early — on Wednesday or sometimes Thursday.

Tribune News Service

PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees in global job cuts

The fintech company employs over 2,000 people in Ireland and slashed around 300 job from its Irish operations last year

Dublin Live

Fintech Moov just raised $45 million in a ‘very difficult’ environment. Here’s how

Moov Financial spent three months raising its latest round that saw Visa investing for the first time.

Fortune

Revolut to hire 1,700 more staff as London fintechs defy global jobs cull

While the layoff headlines might be gloomy, recruitment is continuing in London’s world leading fintech sector, which appears to be remarkably resilient

Evening Standard

Startup founders turn to these networking groups to rub shoulders with their peers

These are the most sought-after networking groups for founders looking to build out their Rolodex.

Fortune

Top Stories of the Month: The Questions Hanging Over Ant Group

Following the startling suspension of its would-be record-setting $34.5 billion IPO in November 2020, the fintech company was plunged into an extensive restructuring that has been ongoing for the past two years as regulators clamp down on misconduct in the industry

Caixin Global

Clusters of pandemic relief loans went to the same Chicago addresses, including homeless shelters, Sun-Times finds

One Paycheck Protection Program loan recipient who used a Salvation Army address said he was a farmer. A dozen others said they operated barber shops or beauty salons. Most got loans of about $20,000, the maximum based on a yearly income of at least $100,000.

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UK fintech firm Wise accused of stifling competition by rival startup

Atlantic Money writes to CMA to raise concerns about being blocked from Wise price comparison sites

Evening Standard

Wise under fire as London fintech accused of hiding prices of cheaper rivals

Competitor Atlantic Money is understood to have written to regulators to express its concerns

Fortune

America’s biggest banks are teaming up to take on Apple Pay and PayPal with a new digital wallet. Analysts think it could flop

The company behind the popular payment service, Zelle, is launching a new wallet to compete with payment behemoths PayPal and Apple Pay.

Evening Standard

Buy now, pay later could change your credit score under plans by London fintech Zilch

The London fintech is set to begin sharing customer data with credit ratings agencies

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This fintech company lost $1B in value as investors fled the sector. Here's what it did next

For months, the recriminations for investors have been everywhere. We had a tech bubble burst 20 years ago. How did we let it happen again?

Investors Business Daily

MercadoLibre: Latin America's Amazon And Cathie Wood Stock Surges With 45% Sales Growth

Boosted by strong sales and earnings, MercadoLibre is Latin America's top fintech and e-commerce play

Fortune

Addepar latest fintech to cut people

In addition to the job cuts, Addepar has seen some senior executives leave recently.

The Guardian - UK

Fintech firm Revolut assembles behavioural team after criticism of its corporate culture

Exclusive: Company denies creation of team to track overhaul is part of effort to secure UK banking licence

Roll Call

After the asteroid: What’s next for fintech in 2023? - Roll Call

Steve McLaughlin, the founder and CEO of FT Partners, talks about what to look out for in fintech in 2023 and beyond.

Fortune

Millennial founder who sold her fintech to JPMorgan sued for inventing customers

Charlie Javice launched Frank six years ago to help students grappling with the soaring cost of college tuition to afford higher education, but Chase alleges 93% of her customers were fictitious.

Fortune

The top trends in fintech for 2023, according to VCs

8 top venture investors predict the top trends in fintech—from A.I. to CFO tools.

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