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  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    Eton discovers blockchain

    Attention future PMs and kings: the Blockingdon Club awaits you.

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    By Jove! Crypto has discovered netting

    Why Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is just another pathway back to version 1.0 of the financial system.

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Opening Quote
    Fintech Zopa has valuation slashed

    Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Special Report
    Technology and Society

    As technology is becoming ever more intertwined with society, questions are being raised over its growing influence. In this report, we look at the impact of Facebook creating an oversight board; how tech is blurring the lines for healthcare providers; the rise of e-government; and religion’s unexpected embrace of apps

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Is the fintech bubble bursting?

    One chart suggests it might be. 

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
    How blockchain could shake up trade finance

    Technology could streamline process and open up market for creditors and borrowers

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Board changes
    Monzo turns to Visa exec to lead US push

    Digital bank steps up expansion despite complex regulatory rules

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Analysis
    RBS searches for growth in digital start-ups

    Lender looks for improved efficiency and hopes launch of Bó will see off app-based rivals

  • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
    Peer-to-peer lending
    Zopa on track for last-minute £130m capital injection

    Peer-to-peer lender’s conditional banking licence expires on Tuesday

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  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    On Wall StreetRobin Wigglesworth
    Stability has destabilised the macro hedge fund

    Volatile markets may return but the industry has been forced to adapt

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
    RBS launches Bó as rival to digital bank start-ups

    Established lender spends £100m developing response to rapid growth of challengers

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Ant Financial Services Group
    Ant Financial builds $1bn start-up investment fund

    Alibaba fintech arm looks to expand reach across south-east Asia and India

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    #fintechFT
    A fintech false dawn for London’s stock exchange Premium

    Funding Circle’s dire debut has left hopes of a 2019 listings rush unfulfilled

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    ExplainerDigital currencies
    What is China’s digital currency plan?

    The central bank has been quietly working on the project for five years

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    Bitcoin crashes below $7,000

    (And shows a remarkable correlation to avocados.)

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    LexBlockchain
    Blockchain/chess: cheque mates sought Premium

    World Chess does not seem like the business to pull off a grand masterly IPO coup

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Banking fraud: 78,000 reasons to crack down

    If you fall for a scam, who is to blame — you or your bank?

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    AnalysisFT Alphaville
    Can fintech bridge the inequality gap?

    In some ways, yes. In others, no. 

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Banks raise the stakes in mobile payment technology

    System is opening up to telecom operators in effort to reach the unbanked

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Financial services
    Investors pour near $400m into African fintech

    Interswitch, OPay and PalmPay are expanding payments networks across the continent

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    LexFidelity
    Fidelity/cryptos: busting some moves Premium

    Fidelity could use its offshoot to get ahead with block chain technology

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Trading technology
    Fintech start-up Capitolis raises another $40m

    Latest cash infusion will be used to invest in technology and make new hires

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Special ReportCyber Security
    Ecommerce turns to biometrics to validate shoppers

    Fingerprints, facial scans, vein recognition and gait analysis among verification options

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    Is bitcoin really an “uncorrelated safe haven”? 

    It makes no sense.

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    #fintechFT
    The Indian payments conundrum Premium

    How to make money in the booming world of digital transactions

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