By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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RBS plans extra £150m a year spend on ailing IT systems after glitch affecting 600,000 payments at RBS, Natwest, Ulster Bank and Coutts

June 18, 2015

Royal Bank of Scotland will spend another £150m a year on its ailing computer systems which this week caused havoc for RBS, Natwest and Ulster Bank customers after a glitch resulted in more than half a million missing payments. The bank's admin chief Simon McNamara today promised £150m of extra spending to make the bank's systems more [...]
Why Russia’s new data law targeting Google, Facebook and Twitter will cost its economy billions

June 18, 2015

A new law being introduced in Russia which will force many of the world’s largest tech companies to hold the personal data of Russian citizens within the country's borders, will cost the Russian economy billions of dollars and damage its standing on the world stage. The data privacy law, which will come into force in [...]
Unicode 8: Unicorns, cheese, eye-roll face and the 37 new emojis you’ll soon be using after Apple, Google and Microsoft updates

June 18, 2015

Rejoice, emoji lovers! Soon you'll be have 37 new characters to use in your texts, tweets and chats. Even if you're not down with the emoji lingo (*sad face*), it's the perfect time to get in on the action – Goldman Sachs is doing it, and an emoji password could even be the new secure way [...]
Ed Balls is back: Former Labour shadow chancellor heads to Harvard to research global financial stability

June 18, 2015

The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who famously lost his job as an MP in one of the most spectacular defeats in the shock-filled General Election, has finally resurfaced. Balls hasn't had to stand in the dole queue for too long, bouncing back by lining up a stint at one of the world's top universities. [...]
Playtech share price tumbles as it seeks £250m placing to fund Plus500 deal

June 18, 2015

Shares in Playtech have tumbled after it revealed a share placing to help fund its £460m purchase of Plus500. The online gambling firm is seeking to raise £250m through the placing, which may also be used to fund further acquisitions. Shares tumbled as much as four per cent in early trading. "Playtech's enviable M&A track [...]
Waitrose PYOO (“pick your own offers”) ups game in supermarket price wars with Aldi, Lidl and big four

June 17, 2015

Middle England favourite Waitrose has upped the stakes in the supermarket price wars with what it's calling "game-changing" discounts. The latest salvo in the battle with Aldi, Lidl and the big four – and adding a new acronym to our lingo almost as good as BOGOF – is "Pick Your Own Offers", or PYOO, which is [...]
Five FinTech startups to watch: RBS, Lloyds and American Express back finance innovation

June 17, 2015

Five tech startups seeking to disrupt the financial industry have caught the eye of some of the world's leading firms in the sector. A savings app, a company using visual cryptography to create secure passwords and a real-time sales platform for local businesses are just three of the winners in the search for startups creating [...]
New build or old house? Just one in five prefer new properties dubbed “rabbit hutches” with “zero charm”

June 17, 2015

There may be new developments popping up all over London as housebuilders scramble to serve the property needs of an ever-growing capital, but just one in five Brits would prefer buying a newly built house. New builds have been lambasted as too small, poorly built and lacking in character and nearly half of Brits prefer [...]
London Technology Week: Britain’s brilliant at FinTech – now it must realise its global ambitions

June 17, 2015

Anyone who’s seen Love Actually will remember the speech by Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister when he stands up to the US President and explains some of the unique things about Great Britain that make our nation truly great. “We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of [...]
London’s kitchens are mobile dead zones and mobile operators are failing homes with 4G signal

June 16, 2015

Britain’s homes are plagued by a modern day menace – the mobile phone dead zone. Mobile blackspots – where not even yoga-worthy manoeuvres can't get that hilarious cat gif to work – afflict a whopping 40 per cent of the population. It may be the heart of the home, but a Londoner’s kitchen is the [...]

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