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UK payment firms under money laundering scrutiny

September 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Last year’s dramatic collapse of German payments firm Wirecard was the biggest accounting scandal since the Enron failure, two decades earlier. But according to Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation fighting […]

Meme investing risks your financial health

May 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

In the latest New Money Review podcast, Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Rachel Rowlinson of strategy consultancy ‘Britain Thinks’ talk about the behaviours, attitudes and financial resilience of self-directed investors in the UK. Britain Thinks […]

Financial data-sharing leaps ahead in the UK

September 29, 2020 Comments are Disabled

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 […]

UK taskforce adds to cryptocurrency confusion

October 31, 2018 0 comments

Global policymakers are struggling to achieve a consistent approach to defining and regulating cryptocurrencies. A new report from the UK government illustrates the problem in microcosm. On October 29 the […]