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Greensill's downfall is a warning for all fintech pretenders The lender claimed to be revolutionising small business financing with technology, but all it did was offer IOUs 10 March 2021 • 6:06pm This article is from The Telegraph’s City Intelligence newsletter. Sign up here for incisive analysis of the day's biggest corporate story from our chief City commentator Ben Marlow. How easy is it to call yourself a tech company these days? Take Greensill, the soon-to-be defunct lending shop whose collapse has sent shockwaves through the financial world. For the last few years, the London-headq...

The food delivery firm is set for a blockbuster £8bn float, but suspicions remain that the valuation has been distorted by Covid

Greensill flop shows advice has a price After the implosion of the Australian lender, star-studded boards may come to be seen as a giant red flag for investors This article is from The Telegraph’s City Intelligence newsletter. Sign up here for incisive analysis of the day’s biggest corporate story from our chief City commentator Ben Marlow. Poor old David Cameron. As if being the face of luxury garden sheds wasn’t embarrassing enough, the former Prime Minister is now the pin-up star of the biggest meltdown in global finance.  Still, at least he’s not embarked on a shameless “po...

Boohoo continues to struggle with allegations of slave labour in its factories and now faces a potential US import ban to boot

Barclays’ court win over financier is the definition of a hollow victory The bank has avoided a damages claim for hundreds of millions - but this is no public relations triumph This article is from The Telegraph’s  City Intelligence newsletter. Sign up here for incisive analysis of the day's biggest corporate story from our chief City commentator Ben Marlow. You can imagine the high fives and backslaps at Barclays HQ as a High Court judge delivered his verdict in its high profile legal tussle with financier Amanda Staveley. “We welcome the Court’s decision to dismiss PCP’s claim...