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Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit.
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Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.
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in a settlement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) due to a cyberattack at the lender in 2016. I apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused in 2016.”. Tesco Bank agreed on Monday (Oct. 1) to pay £16.4m What’s more, it said customers faced disruptions in normal service. ”
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