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