• A commuter uses the Uber Technologies Inc. app on a smartphone in view of a line of black cabs waiting to pick up passengers in London on Monday. Uber lost its license in London for the second time in less than three years, putting one of its biggest markets outside of the U.S. at risk after the transport regulator said it failed to address safety concerns. | BLOOMBERG
    A commuter uses the Uber Technologies Inc. app on a smartphone in view of a line of black cabs waiting to pick up passengers in London on Monday. Uber lost its license in London for the second time in less than three years, putting one of its biggest markets outside of the U.S. at risk after the transport regulator said it failed to address safety concerns. | BLOOMBERG

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LONDON – Uber was stripped of its license to carry paying passengers in London on Monday for the second time in just over two years, pending an appeal, over a “pattern of failures” on safety and security.

Unauthorized drivers were able to upload their photos to others’ accounts so that, on at least 14,000 trips, a driver other than the advertised one picked up passengers, the regulator Transport for London (TfL) said.

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