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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Hammond hints Britain could lower corporate tax rate

January 15, 2017

Britain will be forced to change its economic model if it does not have access to the European market after Brexit, chancellor Philip Hammond has said, responding to questioning on the UK becoming a tax haven in an interview with a German newspaper. A change to the UK's economic model would have to take place for [...]
Bye-bye Single Market? What to expect from Theresa May’s Brexit plan

January 15, 2017

We know Brexit means Brexit, but Theresa May will finally tell the UK exactly what that means this week in the most significant speech of her premiership and setting the course for Britain's exit from the European Union. The Prime Minister will say that the UK is prepared to leave the Single Market, customs union [...]
Ireland targets UK fintech startups mulling Brexit contingency plans

January 12, 2017

The Irish government is eyeing up the UK's thriving fintech sector and will make a bid to attract startups to Dublin directly in the wake of the Brexit vote, City A.M. has learned. The country's junior finance minister Eoghan Murphy will head to the Square Mile along with experts in fintech and payments in the [...]
Amazon’s creating 100,000 new jobs in the US

January 12, 2017

Amazon is planning to create a whopping 100,000 new jobs in the US over the next 18 months. Yep, you read that number correctly: It's roughly the equivalent of the entire population of West Dorset. The additions will mean Amazon's total staff in the US will shoot past the quarter of a million people mark to 280,000. It [...]
Amazon promises to help plug the UK’s digital skills gap with training for young people and ex-military personnel

January 12, 2017

Amazon is launching a new scheme to help plug Britain's digital skills gap, offering free training to young people and ex-military personnel. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of the web giant which powers businesses such as Transport for London and Zoopla, is launching AWS re:Start to help get 1,000 more people skilled in digital [...]
Forget Brexit: London and Belgium are collaborating on fintech

January 11, 2017

London's world-leading fintech sector is forging ahead despite Brexit with closer ties to counterparts in Belgium, the heart of European government. Belgium's finance minister Johan Van Overtveldt and a delegation of fintech experts are in London to build closer ties with the city and launch a new platform for fostering collaboration between startups and finance firms. "Brexit [...]
Here’s what iZettle had to say about an IPO

January 11, 2017

Digital payments startup iZettle has landed further funding from top investors which values the Swedish firm at more than half-a-billion dollars and hired a finance chief, fuelling speculation of an IPO. But, the six-year-old startup which provides payment services for small merchants, said a public offering is just one option in the companies future and a decision [...]
Ditched auditor brought back to investigate Tesco Bank hack

January 11, 2017

Tesco has turned to its former auditor, which it axed after more than 30 years in the wake of a profit blackhole, to investigate a cyber attack on its bank. PwC was brought in by Tesco Bank to investigate an attack in November which forced it to repay £2.5m to customers who had been targeted by [...]
Artificial intelligence and robots are one of the biggest technological risks to the world

January 11, 2017

Artificial intelligence and robotics are one of the biggest potential risks to humankind of emerging technologies, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. But, the development of such technology, which is expected to disrupt everything from the world of work to geopolitics, could also conversely bring the biggest benefits to the world. [...]
The spy who accelerated me: Meet the 7 startups fighting cybercrime with GCHQ

January 11, 2017

Britain’s spymasters have selected seven startups to work “behind the wire” with the intelligence service in a bid to fight the growing threat of cyber attacks against UK business. A digital identification system which is secured via cryptographic technology and a system which uses neural networks to protect banks from being hacked are just two of [...]

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