Just under half of UK adults, aged 18 or over display at least one characteristic of vulnerability. That's according to the findings of the FCA's Financial Lives Survey and it equates to 24.1m consumers.
The FCA believes that the COVID-19...
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...
Data last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Banking sector
Lloyds' market share continues to fall with a drop of 2.8% in Q3Barclays growth of 6.6% moves the brand closer to fighting Lloyds for top spotStarling's search...
Former Pensions Minister, Baroness Ros Altmann has said that the 'old mantra' in the pensions industry doesn't fit anymore.
Speaking as part of an online event, Baroness Altmann said, "the old mantra is that pensions are sold, not bought...we had...
"Unprecedented" is the word of the year so far. Don't believe me? Just take a look at this Google Trends data:
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What that shows us is that searches for the word "unprecedented" are higher than...
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...
It has been a roller-coaster few weeks for Zoom, the video conferencing platform. At the end of last year, the company had 10m users, in the post-COVID-19 world, it has racked up 200m daily users.
Following its incredible rise, it...
Following the news earlier this month that featured snippet appearances in Google Search had dropped by 60% in the finance sector, a Google representative has offered an explanation.
Speaking as part of his firm's regular 'Office Hours' YouTube show, Senior...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's financial sector regulator has published its final guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers.
The guidance, which aims to ensure that all customers are treated fairly, provides regulated firms with a definition...
The States of Guernsey has announced the launch of Your Island Pension (YIP), the island's default provider for the incoming auto-enrolment regulations, known as Secondary Pensions.
Following in the footsteps of the UK's auto-enrolment pension system, YIP will work in...
