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Starling Bank is to integrate its app with PensionBee’s pension transfer service and is planning further partnerships with Wealthsimple, Habito and Kasko in the near future, according to City AM. [...]

DueDil research has found that there were 5.5% fewer start-ups created in 2017 than in 2016. It found that 647,923 new businesses were started in 2017 compared to 685,928 in 2016 EY survey has [...]

Treasury has disclosed plans to regulate Bitcoin which will require traders of crypto-currencies to disclose their identities and report suspicious activity. The new rules, which will be applied [...]

ING has developed a new ‘zero-knowledge range proof’ (ZKRP) code for blockchain designed to protect data privacy. The code adds a layer of cryptography to blockchain technology, to demonstrate [...]

ACI Worldwide and Ovum survey has found that 55% of retailers and merchants in the EMEA region plan to increase their investment into new payment capabilities Monzo has added a feature to its app [...]

AIB and Frontline Ventures have launched the second AIB Discovery Programme, which will provide 15 high-potential technology start-ups with up to €200,000 in funding Lloyds Bank has agreed to let [...]

R3, the blockchain consortium, is close to coming to market with its first commercial pilot product. A group of 11 banks, including HSBC and RBS, are poised to start testing an application that [...]

TSB Bank is to introduce iris recognition to its mobile banking app from September 2017. Customers will need the latest Samsung Galaxy S8 to use the new authentication method Monzo has announced [...]

Visa Europe has reportedly offered Charlotte Hogg the post of chief executive. Ms Hogg was effectively forced to resign as deputy governor of the Bank of England in March 2017, after failing to [...]

Monzo has prioritised launching current accounts for its 190,000 customers over the development of a full featured public API. However, the bank still intends to launch a public API and developer [...]