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Payday loan companies routinely fail to treat their customers fairly and often encourage those struggling to repay the debt to extend their loan, according to research from the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB).

Fiscal Engineers managing director Shane Mullins has been named small and medium enterprise (SME) director of the year by the Institute of Directors (IoD).

The proportion of high earners referring unresolved complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) almost doubled last year, illustrating, it said, that "few people are immune" from the effects of the economic crisis.

Jon Pain, a former managing director and one-time interim chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is to join state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to ban and fine a former non-executive director (NED) at two mutual societies for failing to disclose her conflicts of interest.

IHT Planning Matters head Peter Legg talks about the current political motivation to clamp down on tax avoidance and what implications it could have for the planning of inheritance tax.

With the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) long-awaited announcement on how platforms will be paid for, and whether rebates can be paid to consumers, a line has finally been drawn.

The profession of paraplanner is fast becoming a respected career path for young graduates, with higher qualifications becoming more common and wages rising, an industry survey suggests.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined J.P. Morgan International Bank (JPMIB) £3,076,200 for systems and controls failings relating to its provision of retail investment advice and portfolio investment services.