The five fintech segments to watch Fintech Global fintech funding slumped to its worst half-year in five years in the first six months of 2025. Investment reached $44bn (£32.47bn), falling from $54.2bn the year prior, whilst the number of deals fell from 2,376 to 2,216. Weak investment in the three months to June 31 2025, hurt the headline figures, with just $18.7bn [...]
Banks turn to AI to lead fraud prevention efforts Banking As Britain’s biggest banks scale up their technology, lenders are turning to AI to fight fraud, a new report has found. NTT Data’s ‘Banking Trends 2025’ report found over half of UK banks thought generative AI was key to fraud prevention. Lenders have been urged to up their consumer protection abilities after Chair of the [...]
PwC UK profit falls as partner pay drops to £862,000 against backdrop of AI push Big Four PwC UK has reported single-digit growth in revenue but on the backdrop of the groups profits and partner pay dropping, again