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Sweden’s Tele2 swoops for Com Hem in $3.3bn deal

Proposed acquisition follows years of planning by biggest shareholder in both groups Kinnevik

Transact reports 43% surge in profits as float draws closer

At the end of the year the business had funds under direction of £27.9bn, up 13.5 per cent on the year before

UK robo adviser expands into Switzerland

Scalable Capital has launched a website specifically aimed at Swiss customers with a dedicated Swiss customer hotline.

UK’s big companies rush to take action on cyber threats

Bellwether survey finds FTSE 350 fears on rise over exposure to digital attacks

UK shrugs off Brexit worries by winning race for technology investment

BRITAIN attracted record technology investment last year as it shrugged off Brexit concerns to put its European rivals in the shade.

British tech start-ups lead Europe as funding rises to £3bn in record year

Financial technology and artificial intelligence businesses secured the majority of funds.

Schroders Wins two awards

UST Global is a Strategic Testing Partner for Schroders

Cloud provider converge secures private equity boost

Private equity investor Tenzing has backed Converge's senior management team to support the firm's growth ambitions

Schroders launches SchrodersGO chatbot

Our clients needs on how to access information have evolved over the past years.

Old Mutual Wealth assures advisers on platform's progress

"Old Mutual Wealth's journey through this challenge has been well documented. In 2017 we made strides in putting our re-platforming on track"

Bank branch closures: How one town has coped

A scheme allows small firms in Holywell to accept payments via a smartphone.

Poland: New Central Bank Website Says Bitocin is 'Not Money'

The Poland central bank has appeared to sponsor a national campaign discouraging citizens from using cryptocurrencies, telling them they are “not money.”

Bank of England could issue its own Bitcoin-style currency within a year cutting out the need for high street banks

Bank of England research unit has been studying crypto-currencies since 2015

Lithuania’s New Blockchain Centre Wants to Draw Startups Away From UK

Paulius Kuncinas, chairman of the Blockchain Centre, said: “As part of this effort, Blockchain Centre Vilnius is already in touch with U.K. start-up community, regulators, and potential adopters of blockchain technology.”

Brussels moves to boost Europe’s fintech sector

Pan-EU licences part of efforts to fight US and Asian dominance of growing industry

Banks To Open Up To FinTechs For X-Border B2B Payments Improvements

Newcomers in the cross-border B2B payments space made their mark too.

Russia plans national biometric database starting next year

The regulator said that data would only be stored with individuals’ consent. Legal changes needed for the system passed this month.

Europe’s Last Dictator Wants to Run a Global Crypto Hub

The decree legalizes business based on blockchain

UBS SmartWealth wins award

Investments are managed by the same global team of experts who manage the wealth of UBS’s high-net-worth client base.

The most mind-blowing cryptocurrency ICO of all time is going on right now

No matter how awesome and world-changing the blockchain platform or whatever the company might be developing might turn out to be, it won’t be connected to the tokens.