UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail

Revelation comes amid mounting concern over online prediction market’s effects on integrity of financial system UK authorities are being urged to intervene after it emerged that the online prediction market Polymarket has been taking thousands of…
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ImpactNotable 33/100
Why it mattersRule-based estimate: no strong signals; trust 8/10.
RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published4 h ago (Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:53 GMT)
RetrievedSat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:15 GMT via rss
ClassifiedSat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:28 GMT by heuristic
AuthorKalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent