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UK Revolut Customers Get Access To Early Payday Option
UK Revolut Customers Get Access To Early Payday Option
December 02, 2020  |  API

London-based FinTech Revolut is introducing a new feature in the U.K. that will give its more than 3 million customers access to direct deposits a...

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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
October 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant...

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Mitek, Digidentity To Help Speed Up GOV.UK Onboarding
Mitek, Digidentity To Help Speed Up GOV.UK Onboarding
October 01, 2020  |  Digital Identity

Mitek and Digidentity, which both work in digital identity verification, have teamed up to help more people register on GOV.UK Verify more quickly, a press...

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UK FinTech MarketFinance Nets $65.8M To Extend SMB Loans
UK FinTech MarketFinance Nets $65.8M To Extend SMB Loans
September 08, 2020  |  International

MarketFinance, a FinTech business lender, has secured a £50 million ($65.8 million) loan investment from Viola Credit, the Israeli asset manager, to go toward lending...

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Today In Payments: COVID Hit UK Hard; Amex Negotiating To Buy SMB Lender Kabbage
Today In Payments: COVID Hit UK Hard; Amex Negotiating To Buy SMB Lender Kabbage
August 12, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, the impact of the pandemic has hit the U.K. harder than other developed countries, and Amex is eying an acquisition of...

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UK Consumers Start Slow Return To Stores
UK Consumers Start Slow Return To Stores
August 07, 2020  |  Retail

The U.K. retail recovery continues, but at a snail’s pace. According to the British Retail Consortium, U.K. foot traffic decreased by 42.1 percent in July...

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Revolut Launches In App Price Comparison Service In UK
Revolut Launches In App Price Comparison Service In UK
July 28, 2020  |  Digital Banking

FinTech Revolut is working with Decision Tech, a price-comparison technology company, to launch a new service to help users compare — and switch — providers of...

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Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery In The UK
Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery In The UK
July 28, 2020  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon Inc. is planning to expand Amazon Fresh, its grocery delivery service, to millions of members in the United Kingdom (U.K.) by year’s end, the...

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UK Retail Spending Back To Near Pre-Lockdown Levels
UK Retail Spending Back To Near Pre-Lockdown Levels
July 24, 2020  |  Retail

Britain’s stores have become the envy of the retail world. Reuters reports retail sales returned to near pre-COVID-19 lockdown levels last month when so-called non-essential...

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