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Blockchain & Crypto / Fri 14 Jan 2022

Cryptocurrency faces remittance ‘roadblocks’ amid growing use for salaries

From Bitcoin to Etheruem, interest in cryptocurrencies has soared in recent years and pushed prices to eyewatering highs...

Fintech / Fri 14 Jan 2022

Payments firm Checkout.com has raised $1bn (£730m), giving it a $40bn (£29bn) valuation and crowning it the UK’s mos...

London / Thu 13 Jan 2022

Last year London tech startups raised a record $25.5bn (£18.55bn), making it the fourth-highest city for VC investment ...

Government & Policy / Wed 12 Jan 2022

A Conservative peer and entrepreneur has called for the government to introduce a raft of measures to encourage UK impac...

Fintech / Fri 7 Jan 2022

Investment in UK fintech companies continued its upward trajectory in 2021, attracting $11.6bn (£8.56bn) in capital and...

Fintech / Fri 7 Jan 2022

British challenger bank Starling has stopped all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram because it says people are l...

Government & Policy / Thu 6 Jan 2022

The UK’s competition regulator has opened an investigation into NEC Software Solutions UK’s £62m acquisition of Cap...

Blockchain & Crypto / Wed 5 Jan 2022

The UK’s advertising regulator has banned two ads by cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, declaring them “misleading�...

Government & Policy / Tue 4 Jan 2022

John Edwards has officially begun his five-year term as information commissioner, a role that will see him take charge o...