Plus500’s super-app ambitions risk re-telling a familiar London story Fintech Plus500 laid out plans for a super-app across the Atlantic, in this week’s column Samuel Norman looks at how it could frame their future. Also on the agenda, Healey continues pre-Budget summits and does anyone still care about the digital pound? Is a London-listed fintech turning to the US for its monumental ‘super-app’ a point [...]
London Stock Exchange faces ‘material depopulation’ Markets The London Stock Exchange is facing “material depopulation” following a boom in the M&A landscape dominated by overseas buyers, a top investment bank has warned. Some 42 bids for London-listed firms are currently ongoing with a total market capitalisation of £74bn, according to a new note from Peel Hunt. The figure is more than double [...]
Britain ‘becoming incubator nation’ of firms that flee London Stock Market The UK is at risk of becoming an “incubator nation” which creates promising start-ups before losing them to rival markets, John Healey has been warned. The Chancellor has been told to take immediate action to revive the London stock market, as City leaders warned that the exodus of British start-ups is “not business as usual”. [...]
City minister insists capital markets reform ‘not a job done’ October 11, 2026 A top Treasury minister has opened the door to further capital markets reforms after saying the government’s job was not done in improving listing incentives. Lucy Rigby, who serves as the economic secretary to the Treasury, otherwise known as City minister, told City AM the government was “continually looking for ways that we can ensure [...]
Musk turns to rival Anthropic to power Grok October 7, 2026 Elon Musk has opted to buy competing technology as he is set to use rival Anthropic’s AI models to power parts of Grok, despite spending heavily to build his own AI challenger. Musk said on Wednesday that the Grok bot would use the “best back-end model for any given task”, including Anthropic’s latest Claude Opus [...]
Airtel Money set for £5.3bn valuation in London’s biggest IPO in years October 1, 2026 Airtel Money is set to float at a valuation of £5.3bn in what would be one of the biggest listings on the London Stock Exchange in recent years. The fintech arm of the telecommunications giant Airtel Africa said its investors would sell 270m shares at a price of £1.96 per share in the offer, which [...]
Zilch leaning towards London IPO as UK fintech calls in bankers September 30, 2026 UK fintech Zilch is leaning towards a public debut on the London Stock Exchange as it kickstarts plans for a potential $2bn listing as soon as next year. The payments firm, founded in London in 2018, views London as the favoured venue for a listing, likely to take place in the second half of 2027 [...]
Monzo in talks over £10bn sale to Nubank in blow to IPO hopes September 26, 2026 Digital bank Monzo is in early discussions over a sale to Brazilian fintech giant Nubank, in a move that could crush hopes of the British firm listing on the London Stock Exchange. The UK fintech has been approached by US-listed Nu Holdings and is understood to have tapped bankers at Morgan Stanley and Qatalyst to [...]
Airtel Money boss: This is why we picked London for our float September 24, 2026 The boss of Airtel Money has laid out his rationale for selecting London as his chosen venue after the firm unveiled plans for a multi-billion pound IPO that could be Britain’s biggest in years. The African mobile payments business, which is controlled by Indian-owned telecoms group Airtel Africa, is reportedly seeking a valuation at as [...]
Nscale vows stay in UK despite £35bn US stock market listing September 22, 2026 Nscale has vowed to keep Britain at the heart of its global expansion despite choosing New York over London for its blockbuster float, as the AI infrastructure firm looks to turn its UK base into an export hub for computing power. The Nvidia-backed firm believes jobs and expertise built in Britain can serve customers around [...]