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Barclays suffers major app outage on pay day

Barclays has been hit by an IT problem that has left some customers unable to access their accounts online or through the app.

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UK fintech jobs market booms

The UK fintech sector experienced a 44% surge in job vacancies in 2024, driven by venture capital investment and AI, according to a report for recruiter Morgan McKinley.

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Lloyds appoints head of responsible AI

Llloyds Banking Group has reacted to the growing pressure on banks to build safeguards around their deployment of artifical intelligence tools by appointing Magdalena Lis as head of 'responsible' AI.

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Kraken launches crypto payments service

Crypto exchange Kraken has launched a payments service that lets users send more than 300 different fiat and digital currencies to friends and family.

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Starling boss raids former firm Ovo for new COO

Starling Bank chief Raman Bhatia has returned to his former firm Ovo Energy to poach Joe Gordon as chief operating officer.

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CFPB orders Wise to pay over $2m

Money transfer platform Wise has been hit with a $2.025 million penalty from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for misleading customers about fees and charges.

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Wise launches in Mexico

Money transfer giant Wise has launched in Mexico as it seeks to tap into another multi-billion dollar market.

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Chrysalis share price jumps on upgraded valuations for Starling and Klarna

Chrysalis Investments has seen its share price rise by six percent after upping the valuation of fintech portfolio companies Starling and Klarna.

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Embedded banking startup Swan raises €44 million

French banking-as-a-service platform Swan has raised a further €44 million to support its EU expansion and product diversity strategy.

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PayPal Ventures co-leads $21 million investment in programmable ledger builder Formance

Formance, developer of an open source programmable ledger for financial flows, has closed on a $21 million Series A funding round co-led by PayPal Ventures and Portage Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Hoxton Ventures, and Axeleo Capital.

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AI chatbot developer Zaion raises €11 million

Zaion, a French provider of conversational AI for banking chatbots, has secured an €11 million fundraising round led by 115K, La Banque Postale's venture capital fund.

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Banco Sabadell offers customers real-time card payment geolocation

Banco Sabadell is using transaction enrichment technology from Snowdrop Solutions to enable its customers to accurately visualise the locations of their card transactions on a map, along with the merchant name and logo for clearer understanding.