UK Finance

153 results about this entity

Period: 02 Jan 2002 - 11 Jul 2025

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Police and banks to extend fraud prevention scheme to online and telephone banking

The Banking Protocol, a UK-wide scheme that enables bank branch staff to alert their local police force when they suspect a customer is being scammed, it to be extended to cover attempted bank transfers made by customers through telephone and online banking.

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UK lenders provide over one million payment deferrals on credit cards

Lenders have provided over one million payment deferrals on credit cards to help customers whose finances have been affected by Covid-19 over the past three months, according to figures published today by UK Finance.

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UK Finance: Credit card spending fell 50 per cent in first month of lockdown

The value of credit card transactions in April dropped to £8.7 billion, half the value compared to April 2019, UK Finance data reveals.

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Banking industry welcomes recommendations for ‘just transition’ to net-zero carbon emissions

The banking and finance industry today welcomes a new report which sets out how the sector can work together to drive an environmentally sustainable economic recovery and deliver a just transition to net zero.

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UK Finance appoints new MDs for economic crime intelligence strategy and payments and innovation

UK Finance, the body representing the finance and banking industry operating in the UK, has today announced the appointments of two new Managing Directors; Karen Baxter, who will lead on Intelligence Strategy for Economic Crime, and Jana Mackintosh who will lead on Payments & Innovation. Both will join the organisation in autumn this year.

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UK Finance appoints MDs for economic crime strategy and payments and innovation

UK Finance, the body representing the finance and banking industry operating in the UK, has today announced the appointments of two new Managing Directors; Karen Baxter, who will lead on Intelligence Strategy for Economic Crime, and Jana Mackintosh who will lead on Payments & Innovation. Both will join the organisation in autumn this year.

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UK Finance proposes new oversight model for Open Banking

UK Finance is proposing that the oversight of Open Banking functions should be moved to a new service company upon completion of the implementation roadmap in early 2021.

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Eight UK communities to trial cash promotion schemes

Eight locations across the UK have been chosen to test solutions that will help communities retain free access to cash, as the nation shifts to an increasingly cashless society.

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£38 billion provided to 910,000 UK businesses by lenders through Covid-19 loan schemes

More than 910,000 businesses have now been helped by the banking and finance industry through the government’s coronavirus loan schemes.

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UK Finance: £35 billion loaned to businesses seeking Coronavirus relief

The banking and finance industry has backed over 830,000 UK businesses through the Government’s coronavirus loan schemes.

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More than half of UK payments in 2019 made by card

More than half of all payments in the UK were made by card last year as cash usage fell sharply, industry figures show.

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UK lenders approve almost 1.5 million payment holidays on credit cards and personal loans

Customers facing temporary financial difficulties due to the coronavirus have been granted almost 1.5 million payment holidays by lenders on their credit cards and personal loans, UK Finance reveals today.