UK Fintech Week

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Millions of Brits risking fraud by ignoring Confirmation of Payee warnings

Millions of Brits are putting themselves at risk by ignoring warnings that bank account details do not match when making a transfer, according to research from Lloyds Bank.

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Apple looks to bring payment processing in-house - Bloomberg

Apple is working to bring a host of financial services work, including payments processing, in-house to reduce its reliance on outside fintech partners, according to Bloomberg.

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Credit card for expats Yonder secures £20 million startup capital

Yonder, a London-based credit card startup catering to expats in the UK, has opened a waitlist for prospective customers after emerging from stealth with a £20 million equity raise.

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Dapio picks up $3.4m to turn phones into POS devices

Dapio, a UK outfit that helps businesses accept contactless payments on their Android devices, has raised $3.4 million in a round co-led by African paymentts behemoth Flutterwave and Techstars.

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Santander launches instant payments into Brazil from Europe

Santander’s SME and corporate clients in Spain, from today, will be able to make immediate international payments to recipients in Brazil, in Brazilian Real, through the One Trade solution.

/startups

Oxbury closes Series C, acquires software provider Naqoda

Agricultural challenger bank Oxbury has acquired Naqoda, the provider of the bank's cloud-based core banking platform, with the aim of becoming a software-as-a-service provider for the wider fintech and banking industry.

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OakNorth reports 73% increase in pre-tax profits

UK small business lender OakNorth is reporting a stellar performance in 2021, posting a 73% increase in pre-tax profits to £134.5 million and a 60% increase in new lending to £1.8 billion.

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Papaya Global to acquire Azimo

Global staff management and payroll platform platform Papaya is to acquire remittance outfit Azimo, in a deal that will male it possible to pay employees almost instantly regardless of geography and typical payroll limitations.

/security

FCA records 50% rise in serious cyber incidents at UK firms

Cyber incidents reported to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority in 2021 are up by over 50%, with a fifth involving ransom software.

/retail

UK tech ecosystem worth $1 trillion, with fintech dominating

The UK's technology ecosystem is now worth $1 trillion, with fintech dominating the list of most valuable firms.

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Anonymous dumps 28GB of data stolen from Russian central bank

Hacking collective Anonymous claims to have released 28 gigabits of documents pilfered from the Central Bank of Ruissia.

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Bank of England joins MIT CBDC roster

The Bank of England has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a twelve-month research project on central bank digital currencies.

/retail

Chase makes a splash in UK savings market

Chase's digital bank has made an aggressive statment of intent in its bid to crack the UK retail banking market with the launch of an easy access savings account offering a market-beating 1.5% interest rate.

/regulation

UK regulators publish slew of papers on cryptoasset regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Bank of England, and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have released a raft of documents warning financial institutions of their responsibilities around cryptoassets and the direction of regulation in the space.

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CMA unveils recommendations for future of Open Banking

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced a new committee – the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) – to oversee the continued rollout of Open Banking in the UK, among other recommendations.

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FCA orders closure of all UK crypto ATMs

The UK's Financial Authority says that any cryptocurrency ATMs operating in the UK are doing so illegally and that they must be shut down.

/cloud

NatWest taps AWS for data-driven services

NatWest Group is working with Amazon Web Services to bring together data from across its business in order to better anticipate the needs of customers.