London stories

Ecommpay’s fraud and compliance head Marija Solovjova wins Women in Risk & Compliance honour at 2026 FinTech Week Awards in Dubai.

Spitfire launches dual-IMSI multi-network IoT SIM for UK firms, promising seamless failover, tighter security and tariffs from GBP £1 a month.

TerraPay and Sabre have struck a multi-year deal to power instant cross-border bank payouts for travel agencies, airlines and hotels.

FCA unveils final BNPL rules from July 2026, bringing sector under regulation as fintechs hail a proportionate, consumer-focused regime.

ConnectWise hires Johannes Kamleitner as EMEA go-to-market SVP, bolstering sales and partner-led growth across the UK and wider Europe.

London Tech Week 2026 unveils an AI-heavy agenda, with founders and global enterprises set to debate sovereign models and large-scale deployment.

Most Britons have never heard of new AI and marketing roles, with many dismissing titles like Belonging Manager and Empathy Engineer as fake.

Data and AI firm Quantexa will move its global headquarters to The Delft on London’s South Bank when the new development completes in 2027.

Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.

Gartner warns a misconfigured AI in cyber-physical systems could knock out critical infrastructure and power in a G20 nation by 2028.

UK romance scam losses top GBP £106m as organised fraudsters exploit Valentine’s surge, with average victims losing more than GBP £11,000.

Aspire partners with early-stage investor Antler to capture global founders at inception, targeting a 2.3x jump in startup customers by 2026.

Cegal has completed a complex IT and OT transition for Tenaz’s newly acquired Dutch North Sea assets, avoiding downtime across platforms.

Intuit launches AI-native Accountant Suite in the UK, unifying practice management and client work for accounting and bookkeeping firms.

Yaspa appoints payments veteran Justin Fraser as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth of its open banking and AI payments platform.

DXC opens a central London Customer Experience Centre to co-create AI and automation solutions with clients and expand its UK presence.

Ecommpay has been named in the CNBC/Statista Top 150 UK FinTechs, highlighting London’s enduring strength as a global payments hub.

Tech roles keep topping UK pay charts as AI skills drive a 9% rise in median salaries to GBP £48,595, outpacing wider wage growth.

Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer at the 2026 Card and Payments Awards in London for its fast-growing orchestration platform.

Square rolls out free AI assistant in the UK, helping SME owners query their own sales data in plain English to speed up decisions.