Zopa Bank expands payments grip with retail finance acquisition September 2, 2025 Digital bank Zopa has expanded its payments reach with a fresh takeover. The fintech has snapped up Rvvup – a platform designed to streamline businesses’ acceptance, collection and management of payments. Zopa said the acquisition will treble the size of its embedded finance business in two years, which covers the integration of financial products into [...]
Finance bosses back AI despite job loss concerns September 2, 2025 The financial services industry is set to drive more investment into AI as the industry’s senior leaders turn bullish on the tech. More than half of UK institutions expect to up their AI investment in the next 12 months while one in five said they would maintain current levels, data shared with City AM revealed. [...]
Wise mulls UK banking licence after ditching London listing September 1, 2025 Money transfer firm Wise is looking into a UK banking license following the fintech ditching its primary listing on the London stock market earlier this year. The company has reached out to financial services heavyweights in the last two months regarding roles related to starting a banking business in the UK, according to The Times. [...]
Budget 2025: Lloyds, Natwest and Barclays brace for a tax raid? September 1, 2025 Ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned Labour’s first fiscal event was “going to be painful”. He added those with the broadest shoulders “should bear the heavier burden” as Chancellor Rachel Reeves battled against an alleged ‘£22bn black hole’ inherited from the Conservative government. After lobbying efforts, banks were spared [...]
JPMorgan Chase poaches record number of senior bankers as Wall Street talent war escalates August 31, 2025 JPMorgan Chase has hired a record number of senior bankers in the past year, poaching about 100 managing directors from rivals including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, as Wall Street’s largest lender looks to expand its investment banking franchise. The bank has brought in more managing directors to its commercial and investment banking division in the [...]
Natwest and Lloyds shares lead £8bn plunge amid bank tax fears August 29, 2025 Shares in a number of Britain’s biggest banking giants tumbled on Friday as speculation that Rachel Reeves would use the sector for an easy cash grab ramped up. Natwest topped the FTSE 100’s fallers, losing over five per cent. Meanwhile, Lloyds was down nearly four per cent, Barclays just over two per cent, whilst HSBC [...]
Saxo nets bumper profit after surge in customers August 28, 2025 Saxo posted an adjusted net profit of DKK515m (£59.5m) for the first half of 2025, up from DKK508m. The company notched a new record of 1.4 million end clients as of June 30. Client assets reached DKK877bn, after a surge in new and existing client funding. The adjusted total income for the first half of [...]
Natwest and Lloyds expect lending hit from broadband battle August 28, 2025 Natwest and Lloyds have had to brace for losses on loans as players across the broadband sector struggle against escalating competition. Lloyds Banking Group’s commercial unit set aside £25m in provisions for loans that were unlikely to be fully repaid. William Chalmers, the group’s finance boss, said the coverage was mainly due to loans in [...]
Banking net zero club to change structure after member exodus August 27, 2025 The global banking industry’s climate group will hold a vote on the future of its structure following a mass exodus of members. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) will determine whether it will transform from a membership-based alliance to a “new framework initiative”. It comes after the world’s banking giants fled the group as the financial [...]
One in ten UK banking jobs at risk from AI August 27, 2025 Bankers across the UK could be on the chopping block as the industry piles billions into AI. The push into the modern tech will put some 27,000 roles at risk – representing ten per cent of the UK banking sector’s workforce. By 2030, banks across the country will have piled over £1.8bn into generative AI [...]