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UK regulator follows up anti-crypto threat

A year after it threatened to ban the sale to retail clients of contracts based on bitcoin and other cryptoassets, the UK’s financial markets regulator has put its words into […]

Financial data-sharing leaps ahead in the UK

Open banking—which allows consumers to link savings, budgeting and faster payments apps with their bank accounts—is leaping ahead in the UK. But consumer protection standards may need to jump to […]

No-refund complaints soar with Covid

When the UK imposed its first coronavirus lockdown on 16 March, some consumers found they couldn’t get their money back for services they had paid for but were no longer […]

How safe is e-money?

Earlier this month, the governor of the Bank of England made it clear that customers of electronic money (e-money) firms are less protected against a corporate collapse than customers of […]

ECB is preparing for digital euro

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says Europe is falling behind in the global money race and may soon launch a new digital version of the […]