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  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    UK banks
    Customers’ credit scores hit by Barclays IT fault

    Problems reported in 2017 ‘unlikely’ to be fixed before the end of 2024

    2 hours ago
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Post Office Ltd
    UK offers wrongfully convicted Post Office workers £600,000 each

    Move comes as officials seek to draw partial line under long-running Horizon IT scandal

    Former post office workers celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in April
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    News in-depthRobinhood
    Regulatory sheriffs await Robinhood’s latest UK foray

    Meme stock platform faces hurdles to trading method behind US growth

    Vlad Tenev, co-founder and chief executive of Robinhood
  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    Pensions
    Gender pension gap to remain for decades without action

    Women caring for children and elderly relatives continues to hit retirement income

    A woman walks past the Bank of England
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK banks
    FCA threatens banks with action as it reviews savings rates

    NS&I ramps up pressure with market-leading deal

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Banking & Savings
    NS&I puts pressure on banks with market-leading 6.2% bond

    Move comes amid government pressure on deposit-takers to boost offering to savers

  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Personal pensions
    Annuity sales jump on high interest rates

    Savers opt for income security as markets fluctuate

    A retirement age couple seated on a seafront
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Venture capital investment
    Venture capital funds prop up young companies as inflation bites

    Cash deployed by UK VCTs was up 8 per cent last year

    An Orbex Prime rocket ready for launch
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Banking & Savings
    NS&I increases green bonds interest rate to 5.7%

    Boost for environmental investments — but other providers offer higher rates

    A wind turbine
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Personal Finance
    Creditors in ‘Ponzi-like’ scheme face losing millions

    Long-term leases on care home rooms were sold using ‘misleading statements’ says FCA

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  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Social media finfluencers embrace the rules to reach a new audience

    Young online experts fight against misinformation and offer proper financial guidance

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  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Financial & markets regulation
    The public can’t cope with our dank memes, says FCA

    You want the memes? You can’t handle the memes!

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    St James's Place Capital PLC
    St James’s Place fares badly in Spot the Dog funds league

    Wealth manager has six entries on list of three-year underperformers

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  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Financial fraud
    Loan fee fraud hits families as cost of living bites

    Scam lenders demand upfront payments

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  • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
    Investment trusts
    Investment trusts pin hopes on recovering dividends

    Payout income rises despite a fall in valuations

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  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Investing in funds
    Savers sell investments to meet rising mortgage costs

    Almost £1bn withdrawn from equity and fixed income funds in June

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  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    Personal Finance
    HMRC under fire from small businesses over cuts to phone services

    Firms fear a lack of support will lead to more filing errors

    A businessman using a laptop and headset
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Investments
    Battle over investment platform fees intensifies

    Interactive Investor moves customers to cheaper fees

    Richard Wilson, chief executive of Interactive Investo
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Cost of living crisis
    Failures by UK tax agency leave £1.7bn dormant in Child Trust Funds, say MPs

    Public accounts committee asks HMRC to speed up its efforts to pair account holders with savings from 2002-11 scheme

    People walk past HM Revenue & Customs offices
  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    UK economy
    MPs urge changes to tax relief to boost UK’s regional start-ups

    Call for reform with London and the South East accounting for 80% of VC investment

    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    UK consumer credit
    Consumers face rising borrowing costs as interest-free deals shrink

    Fall in demand for car loans and new credit cards

    A person taps with a card to pay for shopping
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    UK tax
    Government plans to scrap income tax benefits for inherited pensions

    Proposals follow April’s axing of lifetime allowance

    HM Treasury building in Westminster
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    Post Office Ltd
    Victims of Post Office IT scandal face compensation delays

    Public inquiry chair says postmasters could lose out on money due to ‘lack of clarity’ around government plans

    Protesters outside the Post Office Horizon inquiry in December
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Post Office Ltd
    Head of public inquiry threatens Post Office officials with criminal penalties

    Postmasters hearing faces further setbacks as chair sets legal penalties for disclosure failures

  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    UK financial regulation
    Investment platforms probed over cash profit margins

    FCA demands data from providers ahead of consumer duty reforms

    Signage at the Financial Conduct Authority’s headquarters in London
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