By Marcus Webb
Atom Bank's pioneering four-day working week has delivered measurable productivity gains and reduced staff turnover, prompting other fintechs to consider following suit.
The London Stock Exchange Group has launched a blockchain-based platform for trading tokenised UK government bonds, attracting £3.2 billion in initial commitments from institutional investors.
London-based algorithmic trading firms posted record earnings in 2025 as next-generation AI models enabled faster and more sophisticated market strategies. The boom has intensified competition for AI talent in the Square Mile.
By Oliver Trent
Revolut shares changed hands at a £33 billion valuation in a secondary transaction led by Coatue Management, fuelling speculation that the UK's most valuable fintech is preparing for a London Stock Exchange listing in 2026.
French-British payroll platform PayFit has raised £85 million in a Series E round to deepen its embedded finance offering, including salary advances and pension auto-enrolment for UK small businesses.
A new report from UK Finance warns that account-to-account payments could capture up to 25 per cent of point-of-sale card volume by 2030, forcing card networks to rethink their pricing strategies.
By Oliver Trent
Revolut has facilitated a £750 million secondary share sale valuing the neobank at £38 billion, as early employees and investors cash out ahead of a highly anticipated public listing decision.
The UK's Faster Payments system has surpassed one billion transactions in a single month for the first time, prompting Pay.UK to accelerate its New Payments Architecture programme amid capacity concerns.
UK banks and fintechs are projected to spend a record £2.1 billion on KYC and AML technology in 2025, driven by regulatory pressure and the rising complexity of financial crime.
UK fintech firms are waiting an average of 14 months for FCA authorisation, up from nine months in 2023, prompting calls for urgent reform of the regulator's licensing processes.