Regulation

Standard Bank fined £7.6m by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Bank PLC (Standard Bank) £7,640,400 for...

FCA to review RBS’s treatment of business customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Promontory Financial Group and Mazars to conduct...

OFT investigates ex-payday lender

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that it is investigating payday lender Web...

Capital Bridging Finance seeks regulated status

Short term funder Capital Bridging Finance has submitted its application to become a regulated...

Advisers bullish post-RDR

90% of advisers are confident about the future of their business, one year on...

APFA wants compensation for FCA over-charging

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for compensation for those firms...

FCA to investigate Co-op Bank

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it will be undertaking enforcement investigations into...

Widespread support for payday loan cap

84% of adults in the UK are in support of government plans to introduce...

Bring on the thematic review

I never thought I would live to see the day when I would welcome...

FCA fines Porta Verde for AR sales failings

Porta Verde Financial Services Limited has been fined £25,000 by the Financial Conduct Authority...

Ex-Bradford & Bingley director fined by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Christopher Willford, the former finance director of...

RBS pays £62m fine for sanction regulation breaches

Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement with the Board of Governors of...

Call for tighter regulation of claims firms

Citizens Advice has welcomed new legislation to help consumers challenge unfair treatment by claims...

Lloyds Banking Group fined £28m

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Bank of...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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