BankingBanks to be forced to explain why they close accounts thanks to BrexitJuly 20, 202360British banks will be subject to stricter rules over closing customers’ accounts after a minister warned them that freedom of...
PensionChancellor’s Mansion House pension reforms will ‘unlock £75bn a year’ – InvestmentJuly 10, 202359The Chancellor has outlined reforms that he claimed could unlock an additional £75bn for high growth businesses, while reforms to defined...
CurrenciesSunak’s Britcoin currency ‘could be used to check ages and nationalities’July 7, 202354Rishi Sunak’s new “Britcoin” digital currency could be used to check shoppers’ ages or nationalities, a developer working on the project has said,...
Stock MarketTreasury plots new ‘Tell Sid’ campaign to lure savers into stock marketJuly 5, 202366Andrew Griffith, the economic secretary to the Treasury, said “wider share ownership is good for savers, good for the economy...
CurrenciesSunak’s Britcoin ambitions hit by huge public backlashJuly 3, 2023121The Prime Minister, who has stated his ambition to make the UK a global hub for crypto asset technology, was...
CurrenciesSay hello to Britcoin – and say goodbye to financial privacyJune 9, 202354Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are the shiny new play thing for governments around the world. From the moment the...
FundsLondon is heading for a Brexit showdown – financial reforms won’t stop it crashing outJune 4, 202353Mr Rolet warned that Brussels’ plan to onshore clearing activity poses a “systemic risk” to the European Union.He said: “The...
FundsUK Pensions – Pension fund clearing exemption to be extendedMarch 30, 202364HM Treasury has announced that they will extend the exemption for pension schemes from the mandatory clearing obligation under UK...
PensionHow much will the triple lock increase my state pension, and is it under threat?March 27, 202367Experts have warned uncertainty still lies ahead for future retirees. Mr Hunt said the Government would publish its review into...
EconomyThe UK’s economic freedoms are at risk once againFebruary 24, 202357Margaret Thatcher once famously remarked that we had not rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain only to...