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By: Paula Smith

Paula Smith is head of banking at KPMG UK.

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  • How can online-only banks win over cautious consumers?

    Cautious UK consumers are stopping digital-only banks winning market share

    The direction of travel for banking is clear – we’re moving away from highstreets and onto smartphones. But tech should not outpace consumer confidence, and lessons on how to do that can be drawn from the payments industry. This week Which? reported that a third of UK bank branches have closed in the last five [...]

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