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Financial Services | Dec 16, 2022

Lloyds hires ING CTO, ramps up Google Cloud. OpenShift hiring

Lloyds has hired ING CTO Ron van Kemenade as COO. Starting June 2023 he will lead a new technology and data strategy at Britain’s biggest domestic bank, under new CEO Charlie Nunn – who joined from HSBC in 2021. The hire comes as Lloyds said that it is exploring the

Financial Services | Nov 03, 2022

Standard Chartered to support EUR settlement via blockchain

Multinational takes stake in Partior, joins DLT network, to offer EUR settlements...

Enterprise IT | Sep 12, 2022

UK fintech investment drops 65% in a year – are we doomed? (no)

2021's Refinitiv deal distorts the picture...

Featured | Sep 01, 2022

Troubled fintech Klarna's losses quadruple

Swedish fintech still reeling from 85% fall in valuation earlier this year.

Financial Services | Aug 18, 2022

Monzo, Starling top current account ratings as fintechs thrive -- RBS hits rock bottom

Monzo and Starling, the two British fintech rivals, have topped a new survey of 16,000 people for best current accounts (by overall customer satisfaction) with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) performing worst. The best current accounts survey reflects the extent to which digital-only fintechs with responsive and slick front-end

Featured | Jul 12, 2022

Online payments fraud to hit $343 billion