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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ING’s rolling out its fintech app Yolt more widely in the UK after beta testing, taking on homegrown startups

June 1, 2017

Dutch bank ING is making more waves in the UK market with the wider roll out of its smartphone app Yolt. Launching today on Andorid and Apple after several months in beta which signalled the return of ING to the UK market, the lender is taking on fintech startups with the money management app. Yolt [...]
Aviva just backed insurance focused fintech startup Neos and will probably acquire one soon, says CEO Mark Wilson

May 25, 2017

Aviva is splashing cash on a startup focusing on insurance for connected homes in the latest signal of the insurers intent when it comes to technology – and it may even stretch to buying a small tech firm in future, it has revealed. The venture arm of Aviva has led a £5m series A funding [...]
Insurer Ageas has started processing claims using artificial intelligence from London startup Tractable

May 18, 2017

One of the biggest car insurers in the UK has started automating the way it's processing claims with the help of artificial intelligence. Ageas will start using technology which can asses images of vehicle damage, and even flag potential fraudulent claims, to make the process more efficient by performing assessments within seconds. Read more: How [...]
Q&A: Why are brands like Marks and Spencer pulling their advertising from Google?

March 20, 2017

A newspaper investigation uncovered examples of several high profile brands being advertised against extremist content such as videos of a preacher banned from Britain and from white extremist David Duke insulting Jewish people. The BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian as well as the Financial Conduct Authority, Transport for London and the Royal Navy, advertising for [...]
Google’s top European boss Matt Brittin has apologised to its advertising clients over extremist content

March 20, 2017

The European boss of under fire tech company Google has apologised to clients over its failure to stop adverts appearing next to extremist content. "I think we can do better," said Matt Brittin on the morning that Marks and Spencer pulled its ads from YouTube. It follows a weekend when several other advertisers put a [...]
House of Fraser owner Sanpower pulls investment in digital challenger bank Tandem

March 20, 2017

Sanpower, the Chinese conglomerate which owns House of Fraser, has been forced to pull back on a multimillion pound investment in digital challenger bank Tandem, City A.M. can reveal. A £29m tranche of cash due to bolster the startup's capital requirements for launching as a full bank has been halted over concerns that Chinese authorities are [...]
Now banks have pulled their Google ad spend as Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds pile on pressure

March 20, 2017

Google is facing growing pressure over claims it's profiting from hate speech as some of Britain's biggest banks are the latest to pull their ads from YouTube. Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds have suspended their advertising with the tech giant following an investigation which revealed household brand names were appearing next to offensive and extremist [...]
It looks like DeepMind’s founders Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman are paying it forward in European tech

March 19, 2017

The founders of DeepMind appear to be paying it forward after finding huge success with their own startup which sold to Google for £400m. Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman are reportedly forming a network of "super angel" investors across Europe to invest in other startups at the early stage. Read more: Google's DeepMind talks with National Grid to [...]
Are you living in the best place in Britain? Bristol named top by Sunday Times, while Peckham best in London

March 19, 2017

Peckham has been named the best place to live in London, going from a "no-go" area to "hipster heaven". The south London area's improvement was credited partly to its abundance of grime DJs, in this year's Sunday Times Best Places to Live list. Other up and coming areas highlighted in the index include Canonbury, Walthamstow – [...]
George Osborne’s new job as Evening Standard editor will be scrutinised by parliament watchdog the Committee on Standards in Public Life

March 19, 2017

George Osborne's surprise new job as editor of London newspaper the Evening Standard will be scrutinised by MPs. The Committee on Standards in Public Life, the watchdog which holds those in public life to account, will officially review the appointment in light of the former chancellor remaining an MP for Tatton, the Sunday Times reports. Read more: [...]

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