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FCA publishes final crypto regulatory framework for UK market. Rules take effect October 2027, requiring FCA authorization for all crypto firms operating in the UK.

curated · 2026-07-02 · context →

UK Financial Conduct Authority suspends key operational components of a £9bn motor finance redress scheme following legal challenges from captive lenders (Volkswagen Financial Services, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Crédit Agricole Auto Finance) and consumer groups. Firms must pause work on complaint rejections, compensation calculations, and payout processing until Upper Tribunal ruling expected February 2027.

curated · 2026-07-02 · context →

UK government removed Parliamentary oversight requirement for FCA and PRA via Financial Services and Markets Bill, eliminating mandatory reporting to Lords' Financial Services Regulation Committee

curated · 2026-06-18 · context →

FCA experiencing 30% increase in whistleblowing reports and struggling with caseload capacity

curated · 2026-05-08 · context →

Bank of England appoints Rhys Phillips as Chief Cashier and Director of Notes, effective 19 October 2026

curated · 2026-07-06 · context →

Bank of England published draft rules for systemic stablecoins, easing reserve requirements and introducing a temporary 40 billion pound issuance cap for stablecoin operators.

curated · 2026-06-22 · context →

Bank of England easing stablecoin regulations following industry pressure, signaling major policy shift that requires regulatory redesign and implementation strategy

curated · 2026-05-15 · context →

ITV sold its media division to Sky for £1.6 billion

curated · 2026-07-06 · context →

ITV secured Gary Lineker for a guest appearance during its World Cup broadcast coverage, marking his first return to TV following his BBC departure in May 2025.

curated · 2026-06-20 · context →

ITV in active discussions with Sky regarding a potential sale of its network to the pay-TV giant. Company used Q1 trading update to reaffirm deal discussions are ongoing, with market update promised in due course.

curated · 2026-05-14 · context →

Sky announced UK job cuts following its £1.6 billion acquisition of ITV, targeting £200m in cost savings

curated · 2026-07-06 · context →

Sky acquired ITV's broadcasting arm (ITV Media and Entertainment) for £1.6bn, including free-to-air TV channels and ITVX streaming platform. Deal structure: £1.2bn cash upfront, £200m in 2028, plus £200m sale of Love Productions to ITV Studios. Post-deal, Sky and ITV Media & Entertainment will be part of NBCUniversal following Comcast's spinoff in H2 2027.

curated · 2026-07-06 · context →

Sky UK is restructuring its unscripted entertainment division. Shirley Jones promoted to newly created Head of Entertainment Commissioning role at SNL UK network. Barbara Lee exiting after 14 years, following Dwayne Easton's March departure.

curated · 2026-05-14 · context →

easyJet agreed in principle to Castlelake LP's takeover bid at £6.90 per share

curated · 2026-07-05 · context →

Castlelake (US investment firm) made public a £4.7bn all-cash takeover bid for easyJet at 625p per share, after three prior proposals (560p, 600p) were rejected by the easyJet board. Bid made public ahead of Friday takeover deadline.

curated · 2026-06-22 · context →

US investment fund Castlelake has made a takeover bid for easyJet; bid described as 'highly opportunistic' by easyJet board

curated · 2026-06-01 · context →

Starling Bank is cutting approximately 130 jobs (out of 4,000+ employees) to simplify operations, reduce duplication, and accelerate product delivery. The restructuring affects banking and technology units. The cuts follow a 3% decline in pre-tax profits and a drop in revenues from £940m to £887m in the year ending 2025.

curated · 2026-07-03 · context →

Starling Bank deployed an AI-powered fraud detection feature targeting romance scams, investment heists, and deepfake phishing attempts.

curated · 2026-06-24 · context →

Starling Bank partnered with Adyen to offer tap-to-pay services to SME customers, with plans to expand to payment links integration later in 2026

curated · 2026-05-19 · context →

Ripple secured a preliminary MiCA CASP license in Luxembourg, establishing EU market access for digital asset services.

curated · 2026-07-03 · context →

Ripple secured preliminary approval for Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg's CSSF under EU's MiCA regulation, plus an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license enabling regulated payment infrastructure operations in Europe.

curated · 2026-06-27 · context →

Ripple is actively expanding in Europe with dedicated leadership structure. Managing Director for UK and Europe role indicates formalized regional strategy.

curated · 2026-06-10 · context →

Kyndryl expanded its sovereignty solutioning capabilities through strategic alliance with Microsoft, launching integrated services combining Kyndryl's Sovereignty Solutioning framework with Microsoft's Sovereign Cloud products (Azure, Microsoft 365, Azure Local) to address data residency and regulatory compliance requirements for governments and regulated industries.

curated · 2026-07-02 · context →

Kyndryl and AWS expanded their strategic partnership to scale agentic AI across enterprise IT environments. The agreement includes AWS investment in Kyndryl's talent development, joint solution engineering, AI specialisation, and sector-specific modernisation. Kyndryl will also support AWS's European Sovereign Cloud initiative as a launch partner.

curated · 2026-06-19 · context →

Kyndryl is conducting multi-country workforce rebalancing with a $200 million severance charge. In the UK alone, at least 100 employees expected to leave through voluntary redundancy with 4-month pay packages, with compulsory redundancies to follow if targets not met. Affects small percentage of 73,000-person workforce.

curated · 2026-06-09 · context →

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Promon announced a strategic alliance combining LexisNexis ThreatMetrix digital identity intelligence with Promon Shield in-app protection to strengthen mobile fraud prevention globally.

curated · 2026-06-30 · context →

LexisNexis Risk Solutions launched a suite of motor claims data intelligence solutions in the UK, including Claims Datafill, Windscreen Check, and Vehicle Insights for Claims. The offering integrates across the full claims journey via a single API to address data fragmentation and manual inefficiencies.

curated · 2026-06-24 · context →

LexisNexis launched Location Intelligence for Home, an AI-driven property risk model for home insurers using neural networks and claims data to predict property-level insurance risk across six key perils

curated · 2026-05-15 · context →

Revolut appointed Philip Kelvin, co-founder of Tranch, as UK CIO. Carlos Selonke, the outgoing CIO, is transitioning to lead US banking charter expansion as regional CIO.

curated · 2026-06-29 · context →

Revolut plans to launch in South Africa by 2028 with nearly 100,000 pre-registrations on its waitlist ahead of market entry.

curated · 2026-06-23 · context →

UK fintech firm Revolut is pursuing a secondary sale valuation at $115 billion, indicating major capital raising activity and potential shareholder liquidity event

curated · 2026-06-06 · context →

Entrust launched Entrust Biometric Authentication, a new product combining biometric identity verification with adaptive risk-based authentication to combat AI-powered account takeover fraud. The solution includes three authentication methods: Biometric Passkey, Face Authentication, and Motion Authentication with liveness detection.

curated · 2026-06-26 · context →

Entrust acquired Onfido, folding a pioneering identity verification platform into a broader enterprise security portfolio.

curated · 2026-06-23 · context →

Tony Ball officially appointed as CEO of Entrust, transitioning from incoming CEO role

curated · 2026-04-02 · context →

Lloyds is part of a six-bank consortium with Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide, NatWest, and Santander collaborating on digital ID for banking apps via UK Finance.

curated · 2026-06-25 · context →

Lloyds Banking Group launching an AI recruitment drive for 300 tech experts to work on agentic AI development and deployment by September, ahead of CEO Charlie Nunn's strategic plan unveiling.

curated · 2026-06-20 · context →

Lloyds Banking Group is closing 79 branches across Lloyds and Halifax brands in the UK as part of ongoing branch closure strategy

curated · 2026-06-12 · context →