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No. 1 Canada Square, center, stands surrounded by the offices of global financial institutions, including HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the business and shopping district of Canary Wharf at dusk, in London, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Growing peer-to-peer lending and online money transfer services helped raise a record $3.6 billion in venture capital funding for the U.K.'s technology sector last year, according to data compiled by London & Partners. — No. 1 Canada Square, center, stands surrounded by the offices of global financial institutions, including HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the business and shopping district of Canary Wharf at dusk, in London, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Growing peer-to-peer lending and online money transfer services helped raise a record $3.6 billion in venture capital funding for the U.K.'s technology sector last year, according to data compiled by London & Partners.
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By Sofia Horta e Costa

March 8, 2016 at 12:00 AM UTC

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March 8, 2016 at 10:02 AM UTC

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Britain’s potential withdrawal from the European Union is causing a rift in the region’s biggest stock market to widen.

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