Weekly Headline Roundup: 16-05-2025

Headline Update 16-05-2025 :

-> Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics

-> Fixing Chatbots Requires Psychology, Not Technology

-> Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud

-> FCA consults on stripping back insurance rulebook – Mortgage Strategy

-> What Are AI Chatbot Companions Doing to Our Mental Health?

-> The UK fintechs slapped with the most complaints

-> Santander rejects NatWest’s nearly $15 billion bid for UK retail unit, FT reports

-> It’s official – the majority of visitors to online shops and retailers are now bots, not humans: here’s why it matters to you and me

-> UK’s fastest-growing fintech unicorn balloons customer base

-> Pay day banking outages hit 1.2m people, banks reveal

-> CMA warns of ‘underlying weakness’ at Starling Bank

-> Employment hits 12-year low amid rising labour costs

-> Ten energy firms to pay £7m in compensation after overcharging error

-> UK food shops report ‘massive’ rise in pensioner shoplifting | Retail industry

-> UK jobs market continues to weaken