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Funding Circle is planning to raise capital from a planned stock market listing in 2018 to fund a marketing campaign in the US. The peer-to-peer lender’s brand awareness in the UK is 8% [...]

Atlas Merchant Capital, the investment vehicle founded by the former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond‎, is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in Tandem Money FCA has published feedback on its [...]

FCA has announced that it received 61 submissions for the third edition of its regulatory sandbox, with 18 making the final cut, including propositions from Barclays, First Direct and Nationwide. [...]

Fiinu, a UK start-up building a ‘blockchain-friendly’ bank, has appointed Andy Briscoe, chair of The Money Advice Service, as chairman. It has also appointed Bank of England and Santander veteran [...]

HSBC has been given the go-ahead from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for its securities joint venture in China. HSBC owns 51% of HSBC Qianhai Securities. Qianhai Financial Holdings [...]

Facebook Messenger AI assistant offers payments suggestions. Facebook’s AI assistant for messenger, ‘M’, can recognize intent in conversations and offer relevant content and capabilities in open [...]

What you need to know The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said businesses borrowing money and lending it out must have permission to “accept deposits” — which is a feature of the banking [...]