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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That’s one in the bag! UK foodtech scale-up lists in… London

February 1, 2024

Low-sodium salt manufacturer Microsalt will make its debut on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market this morning using the ticker SALT.
George Osborne joins Coinbase as crypto giant plots global expansion

January 31, 2024

Former Chancellor George Osborne has joined Coinbase’s global advisory council, the firm announced today, as the multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange eyes up international expansion.
Even Russia’s central bank is ‘surprised’ as country’s lenders post record profits

January 31, 2024

Russian banks posted record profits in 2023 in news that surprised even the country’s own central bank, showing how the state is weathering Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Santander UK rides out interest rate peak but expects further mortgage weakness

January 31, 2024

High street lender Santander UK has reported a jump in annual profits as it rode out the end of an interest rate spike, while weakness continued in the mortgage market.
Pay floodgates set to open after trade body gives OK to hikes – report

January 30, 2024

Fund management trade body the Investment Association has reportedly written to the chairs of FTSE 350 remuneration committees signalling a change in its position on bosses’ pay packages.
Payments watchdog mulling greater powers as Visa and Mastercard ‘run rings’ with fee hikes

January 30, 2024

The UK payments watchdog has mulled whether it should have more powers to take firms to court if they refuse to provide information as it faces criticism for not doing enough to clamp down on post-Brexit credit and debit card fees.
HSBC fined £57.4m by Bank of England over historic depositor protection failings

January 30, 2024

The regulator said that among its failings, HSBC incorrectly marked 99 per cent of eligible beneficiary deposits as being “ineligible” for protection under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
Bunq mulls London IPO as European neobank plots Monzo and Revolut UK challenge

January 30, 2024

European fintech and neobank Bunq has applied for a UK electronic money institution (EMI) licence as it looks to capture market share from the likes of Revolut and Monzo ahead of a potential IPO.
FTSE: Analysts most bullish on UK stocks since before Brexit as London ‘potentially undervalued’

January 29, 2024

Analysts are the most bullish on UK stocks in at least eight years, according to new analysis, as the market’s recent underperformance has made shares cheaper.
Santander, Deutsche and UBS: European banks’ earnings set to be challenged by interest rate peak

January 29, 2024

Investors will be looking at how some of Europe's biggest banks grapple with a likely peak in interest rates and an uncertain economic picture when they report full-year results this week.

How sport and athletes can show the realities of neurodiversity

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Central London Alliance Launches Podcast to Debate London’s Opportunities and Obstacles for Growth

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