By: Lars Mucklejohn

Banking and Fintech Reporter Lars Mucklejohn is a reporter at City A.M. covering banking and fintech. For tips and stories, he can be contacted at lars.mucklejohn@cityam.com and posts at x.com/LarsMucklejohn

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Ondo Insurtech partners with NFU Mutual to expand leak claims offering

September 3, 2024

Ondo Insurtech has struck a deal with the National Farmers Union Mutual to introduce its LeakBot technology to its members.
‘There’s little room for caution’: Banks and fintechs gear up for AI revolution

September 3, 2024

The financial services sector is leaning into the hype around artificial intelligence, as banking and fintech executives hail its potential to boost productivity and reduce costs.
Lloyds Bank and Nationwide hit by online issues as Microsoft reports outage

September 2, 2024

Lloyds Bank and Nationwide have apologised to customers for issues affecting their online services amid a report from Microsoft about a fresh outage that affected its public cloud computing platform.
UK manufacturing activity reaches highest level in 26 months

September 2, 2024

Activity in the UK’s manufacturing sector grew at its fastest pace for more than two years last month, a closely-watched survey has suggested, in another positive sign for the economy.
Pound set to continue surge against dollar as interest rate cuts slow

September 2, 2024

The pound is set to be one of the world's top-performing major currencies this year, according to Bank of America, amid expectations of “above trend growth” in the UK economy and slower interest rate cuts,
Oakley Capital: Private equity firm sells digital learning platform to Lloyd’s Register

September 2, 2024

Private equity firm Oakley Capital has sold digital learning platform Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) to maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register for an undisclosed sum.
Londonmetric makes £120m worth of acquisitions and sales in dealmaking spree

September 2, 2024

LondonMetric has made £70m worth of acquisitions and offloaded other assets worth £50m in the real estate investment trust's (REIT) latest dealmaking spree.
Hewlett Packard set to pursue Mike Lynch’s widow for up to £3bn

September 1, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is set to pursue the widow of Mike Lynch for up to $4bn (£3bn) in a continuation of its long-running claim against the UK tech mogul following his death in the Bayesian yacht sinking.
US jobs data takes centre stage as markets bet on Fed rate cut

September 1, 2024

US jobs data will take the spotlight for global financial markets this week as investors look for clues on how far the Federal Reserve might go in cutting interest rates.
Canary Wharf owners look to sell stake in shopping malls as office portfolio struggles

September 1, 2024

Canary Wharf's owners are reportedly in talks with third parties to sell a stake in its four underground shopping centres as the banking district's office portfolio struggles with working from home trends.

Thames Water to run out of money by end of the year

Football ‘muddling through’ in face of growing ‘tensions’, says Boston Consulting Group

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