By: Samuel Norman

Senior City Reporter Samuel is a Senior City Reporter covering banking and fintech as well as stories on capital markets and economics. He also leads on City AM's morning liveblog from 7am everyday. He has previously written for the Daily Mail and The i Paper and worked for Sky News as an election stringer. He enjoys writing in-depth analysis of major blue-chip firms and start-ups and also industry trends. He can be contacted at samuel.norman@cityam.com and posts on LinkedIn and X at x.com/samnormanwrites.

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AIM-listed companies stall on gender diversity

February 11, 2025

AIM-listed companies have been accused of having their “head in the sand” when it comes to ensuring gender diversity on company boards after new research revealed representation to have stalled. The number of women holding directorships in AIM companies remained at one in six over the last year, according to an annual gender diversity report [...]
Lloyds partners with ‘Duolingo of money’ to target Gen Z

February 10, 2025

Lloyds Bank has partnered with fintech platform Doshi to improve young people’s financial literacy through “gamified learning”. The Big Four bank is launching a six month pilot, targeting 18 to 24 year-olds to make financial education “fun and accessible”. Doshi’s founder Daniel Rose told City AM high street banks do not have “much time left” [...]
Danske Bank shares surge after record profit haul

February 7, 2025

Shares in multinational lender Danske Bank surged on Friday after the lender beat forecasts with record annual profits. In its full-year results, Denmark’s biggest bank said it had raked in profits of £2.6bn on the back of a boost in “customer activity” along with low loan losses . The bank, which has had offices in [...]
Lloyds places thousands of jobs under review in tech overhaul

February 7, 2025

Lloyds Banking Group has placed thousands of jobs in its IT division under review as the lender races to beef up its engineering teams and modernise its digital banking offer, City AM can reveal. The FTSE 100 bank told some 6,000 tech and engineering staff on Wednesday that their jobs may be at risk of [...]
What the Bank of England interest rate cut means for your money

February 6, 2025

Consumers need “careful financial planning in the months ahead” after the Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday, wealth manager Quilter has warned. Financial planner at Quilter Holly Tomlinson said the 25 basis point cut will be “good news” for borrowers, whilst savers will be stung by lower returns on deposits. Tomlinson said: “Banks [...]

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