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Stephen Welton, who runs Business Growth Fund, the UK’s most active investment vehicle, has questioned the business model of Britain’s venture capital firm. The total amount of VC money invested in Britain rose by 37pc to £4.4bn over the first six months of this year, according to KPMG.However, venture capitalists are shying away from investing…
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The United Kingdom’s tax, payments and customs authority Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reportedly requested that digital currency exchanges provide it with information about customers’ names and transactions aiming to identify cases of tax evasion. Crypto exchanges come under fire UK’s Tax Authority Requests User Data From Crypto Exchanges: Report. According to fintech-focused…
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London-based bank and financial services firm Standard Chartered has completed its first joint blockchain-based supply chain financing transaction. Standard Chartered announced on Aug. 5 that the institution successfully ran their first joint deep-tier supply chain financing transaction in partnership with China-based supply chain financing service provider Linklogis. UK Bank Standard Chartered Uses Blockchain for Supply…