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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Blockchain guru Blythe Masters named Santander adviser

July 12, 2016

Santander has put blockchain guru Blythe Masters in charge of advising the bank on the fledgling technology. The former JP Morgan executive has sprung to fame in the world of blockchain with her startup Digital Asset Holdings, which has raised $60m (£46m) from the likes of Santander, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, among others. Read more: The government has quietly [...]
The new deal for sharing data between the EU and US is officially done

July 12, 2016

Businesses can now breathe a sigh of relief about the tricky issues of sharing data across the Atlantic. A new agreement on the rules governing data transfer between Europe and the US has been agreed by Brussels, replacing the Safe Harbour agreement which was torn up by the courts last year. Officials have managed to hash out [...]
Amazon has soared above Buffett ahead of Prime Day

July 12, 2016

Amazon is soaring ahead of one of its biggest shopping days of the year Its share price has struck an all-time high and the web giant has overtaken Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to become the fifth largest company in the world. Jeff Bezos's retail and technology giant has had a stellar year so far that just seems to [...]
A quarter of business services jobs are at risk from robots

July 12, 2016

First, the bad news…. a quarter of all jobs in the business services sector are at risk from being taken over by robots. Automation of jobs is likely to make at least 800,000 jobs in the sector obsolete, but as many as one million could be at risk over the next 20 years, according to Deloitte. [...]
Swift’s beefing up its security after fraud troubles

July 11, 2016

The global bank messaging system which was targeted in a multi-million dollar hack of the Bangladesh central bank has beefed up its cyber security in the wake of the fraudulent attack. Swift, which oversees the international transfers of major financial institutions, has called in support from specialists BAE Systems and Fox-IT to increase its ability to respond to [...]
Pokemon Go is bigger than Tinder (and catching Twitter)

July 11, 2016

The popularity of new mobile game Pokemon Go is sweeping across the US just days after its release. Yep, if you've managed to bypass the madness, the 90s kids cartoon and Nintendo game favourite led by Pikachu is back and in a very 21st century way – in the form of a mobile game apparently more addictive than Candy [...]
This fintech startup has shaken off Brexit to raise millions more

July 11, 2016

UK fintech startup Revolut has raised millions of pounds of new funding from top Silicon Valley investors and plans to raise further cash via crowdfunding, shaking off worries over a Brexit slowdown in tech investment. The year-old currency transfer app has raised up to £6.75m from Ribbit Capital along with existing seed investors Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital, [...]
Business must embrace voice assistants – or be left screaming

July 11, 2016

During its recent Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced that its voice-activated assistant, Siri, has been seriously turbo-charged and is to be migrated to the Mac itself. Since then, a lot has been written about how this will improve the consumer experience. But what has been covered far less, if at all, is the impact the [...]
The government has quietly been testing blockchain technology for benefits payments

July 10, 2016

The government has quietly been testing out blockchain technology to make benefit payments, it has been revealed. The department of work and pensions (DWP) has worked with Barclays, Npower, University College London and a UK-based distributed ledger platform startup called GovCoin to create an app which tracks spending. "Claimants are using an app on their phones [...]
Here’s how UK fintech’s rallying action in a post-Brexit no-man’s land

July 10, 2016

London's fintech industry is rallying to action after the vote for Brexit in a bid to alleviate the fears of startups, along with their investors and supporters, over issues such as capital, market access and talent. The industry is already formulating a plan in the face of overwhelming uncertainty and a lack of clarification from political leaders on [...]

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