All articles by Robert Prendergast

Robert Prendergast

Lotus and Santander team up for new auto financing programme

This will provide Lotus customers with loan options from Santander, as Lotus unveils its new lineup luxury performance electric vehicles

Only one in four banking CEO’s talking publicly about AI plans

Despite banks that are vocal about plans involving AI returning favourable results, only 24% of banking CEO’s are publicly discussing their plans

Challenger bank Alba partners with Mambu

Alba was established to provide commercial finance to SME’s and will look to continue to by using Mambu’s cloud banking platform

Lyvia partners with Danske Bank and DNB

The partnership will provide Lyvia with SEK 1.6bn ($150m) in financing as well as providing access to industry expertise

Signal: Metro Bank secures deal

With Metro Bank suffering a sudden drop in share prices, customers take to social media to voice their concerns

Citi to sell onshore consumer wealth portfolio in China to HSBC

Citi will sell its portfolio to HSBC as part of its winding down of consumer banking in China, with deal set to be completed in 2024

Crown Agents Bank gains B Corp certification

The bank is one of the first in the UK to achieve B Corp status and represents its commitment to sustainable business practices

CSB launches the Cambridge Savings Scholarship Fund

The Cambridge Savings Scholarship Fund will provide funding for students in their second year at Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology.

NatWest launches Enriched Transactions

Enriched transactions is NatWest’s new transaction categorisation service, which will help businesses integrate apps and digital platforms

Uzum to invest in digital banking in Uzbekistan

Uzum plan to invest $300m to accelerate the expansion of e-commerce, digital banking and fintech services in Uzbekistan