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Monday newspaper round-up: Prepayment meters, Revolut, Marks & Spencer

Published 16/01/2023, 07:17
Monday newspaper round-up: Prepayment meters, Revolut, Marks & Spencer
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Sharecast - Britain’s most valuable fintech company, Revolut, is assembling a team to track whether staff are being “approachable” and “respectful”, as it tries to address criticism about an aggressive corporate culture and secure a UK banking licence. While the crypto trading to payments company is valued at $33bn (£27bn) and boasts 25 million customers and 6,000 staff in offices stretching from London to Tokyo to São Paulo, it has so far lacked a UK licence that would bring the firm within regulated customer protection schemes. – Guardian

Buy now, pay later payments are to impact the credit scores of millions of people for the first time, The Telegraph can reveal. Zilch, a British buy now pay later business with three million users, is to start sharing data on customers' balances and repayments with credit rating agencies in a move that could see people’s ability to borrow restricted if they fall behind on payments. – Telegraph

Marks & Spencer is stepping up its store opening programme with the launch of 20 “bigger and better” new shops throughout Britain and the creation of 3,400 jobs. While other retailers are switching online or are disappearing from the high street, Stuart Machin, the chain’s co-chief executive, said he was committed to offering “great shops”, in spite of previously announcing plans to close 67 underperforming branches. – The Times

Profits at Crispin Odey’s hedge fund business halved in its last financial year after a sharp drop in performance fees. Partners at Odey Asset Management shared in £18.8 million profits in the year to April 5, 2022, down from a bumper £39.7 million a year earlier, according to accounts filed at Companies House at the weekend. – The Times

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