IT and marketing specialist roles are leading the way in growing demand for talent in the financial services sector, reaching 70% of the industry's recruitment needs for the whole of 2020 within the first four months of the year.
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Tackling exclusion in financial services
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Citi is to launch a fintech marketplace, making third-party fintech apps and services available to its customers.
The marketplace will make use of API technology that enables customers to share information with financial apps that are a part of the...
Just under half of UK adults, aged 18 or over display at least one characteristic of vulnerability. That's according to the findings of the FCA's Financial Lives Survey and it equates to 24.1m consumers.
The FCA believes that the COVID-19...
In 2018 Virgin Money (in the UK) was purchased by CYBG plc, the group that owns Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank. The group, now named Virgin Money UK plc will eventually operate under one unified banking brand; Virgin Money.
Disrupting...
Just six months after its launch, app-based digital banking brand, Bó is being shut down by RBS.
Launched as a competitor to fintech startups Revolut, Starling and Monzo, Bó was introduced in November 2019 with a bright yellow card and...
Google has said that its second core algorithm update of 2020, its first since January, is rolling out now. Google has said that the update will take between one and two weeks to fully roll out.
Different to the daily...
The number of searches taking place on desktop devices is increasing as the current pandemic unfolds, says Microsoft Advertising's Corporate Vice President, Rik van der Kooi.
Speaking at Microsoft's Elevate online event on Tuesday, van der Kooi said that he's...
Despite the delay to the UK's easing of lockdown, Fintech Week London, a hybrid event scheduled for 12-16th July will take place with its planned programme of physical and virtual sessions.
Speaking via the event website following the UK government's...
PayPal has seen an increase in the number of over 50s using its services between March and April this year, the first time this age group has been the firm's fastest growing segment.
The increase comes as the COVID-19 pandemic...
