Skip to content
CityAM
Main navigation
  • News
    • News
      • Latest Business News
      • Economics
      • Politics
      • Tech
      • Banking
      • FTSE 100 Live
      • Retail
      • Insurance
      • Legal
      • Property
      • Transport
      • Markets
    • From our partners
      • AON
      • Bayes Business School
      • Canada BIDs
      • Central London Alliance CIC
      • Destination City
      • Halkin
      • Olympia
      • Inside Saudi
      • Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
      • Santander X
      • YEAR SIX Dividend
    • Featured

      Exclusive: O2 Arena bosses pitch to host another Formula 1 launch event

      Breaking news event coverage with journalists and cameras capturing a live press conference in a bustling city environment

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Opinion
  • Sport
    • Latest Sports News
      • Sport
      • Sport Business
    • From our partners
      • The Morning Briefing: SBS x CityAM
      • Aramco Team Series
      • LIV Golf
    • Featured

      Exclusive: O2 Arena bosses pitch to host another Formula 1 launch event

      Breaking news event coverage with journalists and cameras capturing a live press conference in a bustling city environment

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Life&Style
    • Life&Style
      • Life&Style
      • Toast the City Awards
      • The Magazine
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Motoring
      • Wellness
      • The RED BULLETiN
      • Do it with Shared Ownership
      • Media Speak Hub
    • Featured

      Bowls Club is the City’s most eccentric (and brilliant) pop-up

      Local bowls club members enjoying a sunny day on the green, engaging in a competitive match with vibrant surroundings.

      Submit a story

      Tell us your story.

      Submit
  • Investec
  • Events
  • Latest Paper

By: Samuel Norman

Senior City Reporter Samuel is a Senior City Reporter covering banking and fintech as well as stories on capital markets and economics. He also leads on CityAM's morning liveblog from 7am everyday. He has previously written for the Daily Mail and The i Paper and worked for Sky News as an election stringer. He enjoys writing in-depth analysis of major blue-chip firms and start-ups and also industry trends. He can be contacted at [email protected] and posts on LinkedIn and X at x.com/samnormanwrites.

All 1472 Articles
  • Finance bosses bet on London amid US market jitters 

    April 21, 2025

    Financial services leaders have banked on London’s growth potential, according to a fresh survey from KPMG, as sentiment sours over the prospects for US financial markets. Over half of the UK’s finance bosses believed the negativity of London’s health as a financial hub was overplayed. KPMG’s latest UK Financial Services Sentiment Survey, which quizzes over [...]

  • ‘Appeasement cannot bring peace’: China warns nations not to bow to Trump trade demands

    April 21, 2025

    China has warned nations not to bow to President Donald Trump in trade negotiations and promised to fire back if deals come at its expense as the country hits back at tariffs imposed by the US. The fresh comments follow reports from the Wall Street Journal that the US would use discussions with key trading [...]

  • Clearbank, Allica, Atom: The fast-growing future of UK fintech

    April 19, 2025

    Fintech has planted its flag firmly in the Square Mile. Industry giants Monzo and Starling have become household names, helping London to established itself as a leading global fintech hub.  KPMG’s bi-annual fintech report showed UK fintech investment was at £7.9bn last year. And now young firms are growing faster than ever, promising to send a [...]

  • HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds: Lenders bank on interest rate cut as mortgage ‘price war’ heats up

    April 17, 2025

    Top UK lenders are offering more mortgages to prospective house buyers, the Bank of England has revealed, as falling interest rates stir up a “price war” on the high street.  The Bank’s credit conditions survey revealed that the burgeoning supply of mortgages would come against a levelling off in demand in the three months to [...]

  • Weak dollar restricting market rebound, say Barclays analysts

    April 16, 2025

    A weakened dollar may prohibit the full recovery of global markets, analysts have warned, as investors continue to suffer the fallout from the Trump tariff mayhem.  The DXY index, which tracks the dollar’s value against a basket of currencies, sank to its lowest in three years during Monday trading. This came after markets plunged following [...]

  • Analysts ‘bullish’ on UK fintech Wise despite tariff threat

    April 16, 2025

    Wise’s trading update left analysts with a “bullish outlook” on the money transfer firm, but they warned of a tariffs threat.  The UK fintech pocketed £350m in underlying income for the fourth quarter – a 13 per cent jump year-on-year. International payments bolstered the firm’s intake, soaring 28 per cent to £39.1bn.  This offset a [...]

  • Dollar movements spark ‘Trussonomics’ fears with worst case scenario ‘no longer unthinkable’

    April 16, 2025

    The dollar’s worst case scenario is “no longer unthinkable,” economists have warned, as some draw parallels with the crisis in UK financial markets during the Liz Truss premiership. Alongside plummeting stocks and falling bond prices, the US currency has weakened in the wake of Trump’s erratic tariff agenda, with growing concerns that its status as [...]

  • The UK’s fastest growing fintech Allica Bank delivers another record year 

    April 16, 2025

    Allica Bank, the UK’s fastest growing fintch, nearly doubled its profit in the last year after another period of rapid growth. The digital bank, which caters towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), increased pre-tax profits 86 per cent to £29.9m. Lending activity grew over £1bn in 2024 and revenue shot up 68 per cent to [...]

  • Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs: Wall Street cashes in on market volatility 

    April 15, 2025

    Wall Street’s banking giants pocketed record revenues in the first quarter of 2025 as market volatility ramped up. Top lenders were able to smash profit expectations after reaping the rewards of a trading boom caused by President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff agenda. Trump’s bait-and-switch on tariffs triggered countless sell-offs as traders across the globe ditched [...]

  • S&U shares slump after motor finance drags profits down

    April 15, 2025

    Shares in specialist lender S&U dropped nearly two per cent on Tuesday after annual profits tumbled due to challenges from the motor finance scandal. Pre-tax profit for the financial year ending January 31 2025 fell to £24m, compared to £33.6m in the previous period. Impairment charges rose to £35.6m for the group, reflecting a near [...]

Posts pagination

  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 127
  • Page 128
  • Page 129
  • Page 130
  • Page 131
  • …
  • Page 148
  • Next

Trending Articles

  • More Big Four blues as Deloitte plans to slash UK audit roles

  • Rathbones to suspend thousands of client account inflows after FCA probe deals £530m blow

  • Rolls-Royce shares surge as SMR unit bags multi-billion pound Swedish nuclear contract

  • Keeping up with the cash: SKIMS’ law firm hits record revenue 

  • As it happened: FTSE 100 see-saws after inflation undershoots; Oil at $80 as Trump threatens ‘dropping bombs’ on Iran

CityAM Canada — business, markets and opinion for Canadian readers.

Sections

  • Business
  • Markets
  • Tech
  • AI
  • Economics
  • Opinion
  • Cities

Company

  • About
  • Contact

Legal

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
© 2026 CityAM Canada. All rights reserved.
Terms · Privacy · Cookies