UK Finance

153 results about this entity

Period: 02 Jan 2002 - 11 Jul 2025

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Crypto firm Gemini supports UK's Take Five to Stop fraud campaign

Today, we are proud to announce that Gemini has joined the Take Five Charter in the UK alongside other leading financial institutions, banks, and fintechs.

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UK Finance reports on the financial crime risks from crypt assets

UK Finance, in conjunction with financial crime compliance firm Plenitude, has today released a report looking at the financial crime risk posed by cryptoassets and how to manage it appropriately.

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Top tech companies pledge £1 million to UK anti-fraud campaign

Major technology companies, including Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft and TikTok have pledged £1 million to an anti-fraud campaign in the UK

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Too polite to say no: Losses from impersonation scams more than double in H1

The public is being warned about a sharp increase in fraudulent calls, texts and emails as new figures from UK Finance show the number of impersonation scam cases more than doubled in the first half of 2021 to 33,115.

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Charities suffer as UK public hoards loose change

Figures from UK Finance show that the British public are sitting on piles of loose change worth an estimated £50 million.

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Open Banking variable recurring payments hackathon open for applications

Leading brands in the world of open banking today announced an important new open banking challenge: The VRP Hackathon.

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UK contactless limit to rise to £100 in October

Brits will be able to make contactless payments of up to £100 from 15 October, UK Finance has confirmed.

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UK Payments Standards Strategy Group urges more co-ordination to reap benefits of tech challenges

In 2021, members of UK Finance outlined an ambitious ten-year strategy for the payments industry with the publication of the Future Ready Payments 2030 report.

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Pandemic drives annual surge in A2A payments and contactless transactions in UK

During 2020 the number of contactless payments made in the UK increased by 12% to 9.6 billion payments, with the pandemic driving a mass-market switch away from physical cash.

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Police make multiple arrests in UK-wide crackdown on scam texts

Police have made eight arrests following a series of early morning operations targeting individuals suspected of sending out “smishing” texts.

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UK Finance: Over two thirds of all APP scams start online

UK Finance analysis of nearly seven thousand authorised push payment1 (APP) scam cases shows that 70 per cent of scams originated on an online platform2 — highlighting the internet’s significant role in enabling fraud.

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UK retailers sign up to cash acceptance pledge

Thousands of supermarket and shops around the UK have signed up to a cash-friendly pledge from consumer champion Which?, guaranteeing that they will continue to accept notes and coins as an alternative to digital payments.