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Fraud & Cybersecurity

Nearly half of UK adults say it's harder to spot fakes online

National Trading Standards says 47% of UK adults find it harder to tell what's genuine online, as its new AI Scam Watchlist raises questions for banks' fraud warnings and monitoring.

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Fintech News
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Stripe agrees to acquire embedded-finance lender Parafin

Stripe has agreed to acquire US embedded-finance firm Parafin to expand credit tools across its platform network, but the price, closing date and any UK rollout remain undisclosed.

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AI & Finance
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Barclays plans to extend Claude Code to half its developers

Barclays aims to put Claude Code in the hands of half its developers by the end of 2026, alongside a knowledge tool already used by 16,000-plus staff — but the detail on controls and measured gains is thin.

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  1. 01 / AI & Finance

    HSBC's HSBCnio lets clients' AI tools access permitted account data

    HSBC's new HSBCnio service lets corporate clients' authorised AI tools read permitted account and transaction data via the Model Context Protocol, using their existing HSBCnet login and permissions.

  2. 02 / AI & Finance

    AI's biggest gains in UK finance may sit behind the chatbot

    UK survey data show AI deployment is heaviest in operations, internal-process optimisation, cyber security and fraud detection, not chatbots, though customer support has the largest planned adoption. New FCA, automated-decision and reporting rules now apply.

  3. 03 / UK Fintech

    Ryft's £20m raise was £18.25m of new subscriptions, filing shows

    Companies House filings show Ryft's £20m Series B was £18.25m of new subscriptions plus a £1.75m loan conversion, with a separate £4.97m secondary share sale approved alongside it, not within it.

  4. 04 / Fintech News

    Yonder adds rent and mortgage rewards as Premium fee rises

    Yonder now offers points for rent and mortgage payments made from customers' own funds, but the reward's value against a higher £17.99 Premium fee, and a temporary enhanced rate, need careful reading.

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Crypto, Stablecoins & Tokenisation

Equiniti and Bullish form coalition on tokenised shares

Equiniti and Bullish have formed a non-binding working group to develop standards linking tokenised securities to authoritative shareholder registers. No product, UK issuer or standard has been announced.

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Fintech for Business

Teya launches business savings pots with ClearBank

Teya has launched instant-access Savings Pots at 3% variable AER, powered by ClearBank, but the deposit protection differs from Teya's safeguarded e-money account.

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Open Banking

What the Future Entity means for UK open banking

A new industry-led body is being designed to take over UK open banking's standards and governance from Open Banking Limited. Here's what's confirmed, what's still proposed, and what it means for banks, fintechs and 18m+ users.