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Here it is, folks: The Financial Times's 2024 US election live blog. ft.com/content/d4de45… via @ft

Banks and payment companies are racing to find new ways to monetise transaction data. I had a look at what this means for consumers for this weekend’s ⁦FT Money cover story 👀 on.ft.com/496m1pc

It turns out incoming Treasury secretary Scott Bessent made massive returns in past few years by shorting tech stocks backed by Ark Invest's Cathie Wood. Classic Financial Times scoop from all-star cast of James Fontanella-Khan, Amelia Pollard & Harriet Agnew

Wise rebuked by European watchdog over money laundering controls on.ft.com/4i6mT0V

Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, forcing it into remediation (Akila Quinio / Financial Times) ft.com/content/db1fa3… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241129/p8#a241…

Who should foot the bill for cyber scams? ft.com/content/577dff… via @ft

French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96 ft.com/content/da4f0d… via @ft

Lloyds is announcing hundreds of job cuts to staff today ⤵️ on.ft.com/3WmhSIp

Fintech Monzo looks to US as board debates where to float on.ft.com/40loubj

Wise fined $2.5mn in US for misleading fee advertising on.ft.com/3PXy67b

✨ scoop: Klarna is targeting April for its US IPO, and could unveil its plans as soon as next month ft.com/content/aea83b… with Akila Quinio

FT exclusive w/Akila Quinio & Ortenca Aliaj Santander has discussed a potential sale of the Spanish lender’s UK retail business with NatWest on.ft.com/42VPeln

Lloyds sets aside another £700mn after car finance probe on.ft.com/3EOhBYT

HMRC to ditch Barclays as government’s bank in favour of Lloyds on.ft.com/43eluk3

Revolut and Visa file challenges against UK's Payment Systems Regulator, say it overstepped its powers with a plan to cap international digital transaction fees (Akila Quinio / Financial Times) ft.com/content/ce1612… techmeme.com/250307/p17#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

A look at UK fintechs Revolut and Monzo's push to expand in the US, where they face steep challenges in a complex regulatory environment and strong competition (Akila Quinio / Financial Times) ft.com/content/92e332… techmeme.com/250312/p8#a250… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Back off now, pick it up later Klarna pauses plans for $15bn New York IPO in wake of Trump tariffs via ⁦Akila Quinio⁩ on.ft.com/4hZJ7AA

“The fintech, which offers interest-free consumer loans to allow customers to make retail purchases, on Monday reported a net loss of $99mn for the three months to March, up from $47mn a year earlier.” 👇🏼

The UK, which launched open banking in 2018, is seeing its fintech sector struggle to make open banking-powered payments a viable alternative to card payments (Akila Quinio / Financial Times) ft.com/content/2ba2aa… techmeme.com/250527/p3#a250… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

🇬🇧 Nat West Back To Full Private Ownership ▫Treasury sells remaining shares ▫17 years since £46bn crisis bailout ▫Akila Quinio #frontpagestoday #UK Financial Times