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British public ‘don’t trust banking sector’ – In the News

Posted by UFBC on Sunday, 24 January, 2010

The British public still do not trust the banking sector in the wake of the global financial crisis, research has found. A study from money.co.uk has said just seven per cent of the population “completely trust” their bank to treat them fairly, and …

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British public ‘don’t trust banking sector’ – In the News


British public ‘don’t trust banking sector’ – In the News

Posted by UFBC on Sunday, 24 January, 2010

The British public still do not trust the banking sector in the wake of the global financial crisis, research has found. A study from money.co.uk has said just seven per cent of the population “completely trust” their bank to treat them fairly, and …

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British public ‘don’t trust banking sector’ – In the News


Q&A: Bank charges – The Guardian

Posted by UFBC on Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

The OFT today announced it was abandoning its legal fight against Britain’s banking sector over unauthorised overdraft charges, after the supreme court ruled in favour of the banks last month. Millions of bank customers and consumer groups had been …

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Bank charges case dropped by consumer watchdog – The Guardian

Posted by UFBC on Tuesday, 22 December, 2009

The Office for Fair Trading has abandoned its legal fight against Britain’s banking sector over unauthorised overdraft charges, after losing its landmark test case at the supreme court last month . The watchdog admitted this morning there was only a …

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Brown promise to ‘transform’ the policing of financial sector – Belfast Telegraph

Posted by UFBC on Sunday, 15 November, 2009

Gordon Brown promised a “transformation” of the way the financial sector is policed as the centrepiece of Wednesday’s Queen’s Speech. A Financial Services Bill will offer tough new powers to City regulators to tear up bankers’ contracts if they …

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Curb on bonuses for reckless bankers – Channel 4 News

Posted by UFBC on Sunday, 15 November, 2009

He said that the UK had fared well in terms of jobs and repossessions compared with the last … the financial sector is policed, with banks themselves and not the taxpayer made to pay for bank failings.” The new rules will come into effect next year …

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Bankers face having contracts torn-up if bonuses threaten ’stability … – Daily Mail

Posted by UFBC on Sunday, 15 November, 2009

Gordon Brown promised a ‘transformation’ of the way the financial sector is policed as the centrepiece of Wednesday’s Queen’s Speech. A Financial Services Bill will offer tough new powers to City regulators to tear up bankers’ contracts if they …

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Bankers face having contracts torn-up if bonuses threaten ’stability … – Daily Mail