Treasury

The Fintech Files: Youngsters want to run Britcoin, law firms beef up on crypto

Fintech Files rounds up what's going on in fintech and crypto this week

    What the UK’s new crypto rules could mean for traditional finance

    Custodians, exchanges, and lenders are all in the firing line as the Treasury looks to safeguard investors

    4 min read

    City must recruit 50% of bosses from working-class backgrounds, Treasury taskforce says

    Individuals with a working-class backgrounds make up over half of all employees in financial services and yet only 36% have moved to senior levels

    2 min read

    Regulators eye curbs on big bank dominance in Treasury market

    Fed and Treasury Department have been on alert about the stability of the $24tn market

    5 min read

    Charlotte Crosswell appointed chair of government-backed fintech body CFIT

    CFIT was one of the main recommendations of Ron Kalifa’s landmark review into UK fintech in 2021

    2 min read

    UK still working on government-backed NFT, officials say

    Then-chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the plan in April as part of an effort to make the UK a 'crypto hub'

    2 min read

    ‘Capital markets reform is a no-brainer’ says listings review chief

    Austin tells Financial News that despite political uncertainty, there is a drive to push ahead with listings reforms

    4 min read

    The UK is ripping up the EU trading rulebook — five key takeaways from the Financial Services and Markets Bill

    The bill affects everything from dark trading to crypto to regulators' powers

    The UK’s first ever ‘anti-crypto’ conference is not just for haters — regulators want in too

    ‘We can’t have warp-speed bank runs. Regulators need to get their head around these things,’ says organiser Stephen Diehl

    FCA snubs post-Brexit ‘poster child’ Darlington in blow to government

    FCA backs regional strategy that saw Leeds get the nod over sharing space with the government