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Latest News in Financial Services UK

  • June 01, 2026

    UK Fintech OpenPayd To Go Public Via $1.15B SPAC Deal

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Winston & Strawn LLP are steering a deal under which financial infrastructure platform OpenPayd will be acquired and taken public at an estimated equity value of $1.15 billion by Titan Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company purportedly focused on high-growth fintechs, the parties announced Monday.

  • June 01, 2026

    Investment Co. Says Insurer Must Pay £40M For Failed Claims

    A private investment company has sued an insurance company for more than £40 million ($53.8 million), alleging that it is entitled to payouts under thousands of after-the-event insurance policies linked to unsuccessful cavity wall insulation claims.

  • June 01, 2026

    Wise Faces AML Probe Over €500M Suspicious Transactions

    International fintech company Wise is under investigation over potential money laundering offenses after the business appeared in hundreds of criminal files involving more than €500 million ($581 million) in suspicious transactions, Belgian prosecutors said Monday.

  • June 01, 2026

    2 Men Worked 'As A Team' In Illegal Arms Deals, Jurors Told

    Two men "worked as a team" to illegally sell arms and military equipment to countries, including South Sudan, Libya and Syria, a prosecutor said in closing speeches of their trial Monday.

  • June 01, 2026

    Fintechs Say AI Rollout Is Slowed Most By Regulation

    Regulation may be the biggest factor holding back greater use of agentic artificial intelligence at financial technology companies such as digital-only banks, according to a report on the global financial technology sector published Monday.

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