Friday, April 26, 2024
The FCA has today announced that it is banning contingent charging in relation to defined benefit (DB) pension advice in order to reduce conflicts of interest in the market. Following the announcement, technology firm, Wealth Wizards has announced the launch...
Saffron Building Society has entered the 'green' finance market with the launch of two new products, the Retro-Fit Mortgage and the Enviro Saver savings account. The Retro-Fit Mortgage, a two-year fixed-rate product aims to incentivise homeowners to invest in home...
Prepaid Visa card provider, gohenry has launched the Eco Card, a biodegradable debit card. Aimed at its core market of 6-18 year-olds and their parents, the card comes as research carried out by Beano for Brands suggests 40% of 6-to-14-year...
Mortgage Advice Bureau was the big winner at the eleventh Financial Reporter Awards, picking up three awards in addition to founder and CEO, Peter Brodnicki receiving the outstanding achievement award. Mortgage Advice Bureau, a mortgage intermediary brand picked up the...
PayPal has seen an increase in the number of over 50s using its services between March and April this year, the first time this age group has been the firm's fastest growing segment. The increase comes as the COVID-19 pandemic...
In March this year, Bruce Hepburn, CEO at Mactavish, a leading insurance consultancy issued a scathing analysis of the commercial insurance industry. His analysis centred on the industry's insistence on delivering commercial insurance as a commodity, a habit that...
Measures taken by the governments of the world have taken a collective swipe against the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. In the process of trying to stop the virus, governments have also stopped the economy. On the front line of...
Our ongoing analysis of Google's recently announced core algorithm update has shown a number of financial services brands and websites that have either gained or lost search traffic in the past days. The core update was announced by Google earlier...
Google has said that its second core algorithm update of 2020, its first since January, is rolling out now. Google has said that the update will take between one and two weeks to fully roll out. Different to the daily...
Just six months after its launch, app-based digital banking brand, Bó is being shut down by RBS. Launched as a competitor to fintech startups Revolut, Starling and Monzo, Bó was introduced in November 2019 with a bright yellow card and...