Last week, reports emerged suggesting Lloyds Banking Group was aiming to reinvent itself as “the UK’s biggest fintech”.
Lloyds wants to be the UK’s biggest fintech. Are legacy banks ready to fight back?
European incumbents are feeling the pressure a decade into the fintech boom
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