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Cabot Credit Management, the UK’s biggest debt collector, has announced it is to delay its planned £1bn IPO after one of its directors, Peter Cook, the former chief executive of Provident [...]

UBS and Campden Wealth study has found that just 10 out of 262 of the world’s richest families suffered a decline in wealth in 2016. Three-quarters of the families increased their wealth, while [...]

ACI Worldwide and Ovum survey has found that 55% of retailers and merchants in the EMEA region plan to increase their investment into new payment capabilities Monzo has added a feature to its app [...]

AIB and Frontline Ventures have launched the second AIB Discovery Programme, which will provide 15 high-potential technology start-ups with up to €200,000 in funding Lloyds Bank has agreed to let [...]

McKinsey research has found that European private banks have suffered a 10% decrease in profits in 2016, the first annual fall since 2009. The decline in profits was attributed to a slowdown in [...]

Equifax has admitted that UK consumers were affected by the data breach that ran between mid-May and 29 July 2017. The company did not say how many were British consumers were impacted, but it is [...]

Sunday Times has reported that the fees that three of the UK’s largest banks receive from credit and debit card transactions has decreased by 20% to £3bn since 2014. Lloyds Banking Group has seen [...]

  Alibaba has unveiled a facial recognition system which can be used to pay for purchases at a fast food restaurant JPMorgan Chase has been awarded a patent for the technology that allows [...]

Banks are growing concerned about the debts being amassed by universities as they try to attract students. One unnamed bank has indicated that it is so concerned about some universities’ [...]

HM Revenue & Customs research has found that around £1.5bn of tax relief was claimed by individuals making gifts to charity in 2016, an increase of more than 50% since 2012 Deutsche Bank has [...]