Regulation

The boss of retail banking at Barclays has admitted that 2012 was a "very difficult year" for the bank, and said the decision to release details of staff's £38.5m bonus details on Budget day was a "mistake" but claimed it was not an attempt to bury the...

Lighthouse Group's chief executive has questioned the long-term viability of the financial services industry after latest figures showed a quarter of advisers had quit between November 2011 and January this year.

Financial services will never rebuild trust with consumers or affect a change in the sector unless custodial sentences are imposed on those guilty of criminal wrongdoing, Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary has said.

A regulatory crackdown on inducements has raised questions about the viability of the most common way in which IFA practices are bought and sold, according to consultants Harrison Spence Partnership.

Sesame, Openwork and Personal Touch saw the number of complaints against them rise in the final half of last year, according to data compiled by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Barclays bank has been named as the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) most complained about firm for the second half of last year.

Robert Cochran, Key Account Pension Development Manager, Scottish Widows.

A quarter of UK bank customers have experienced problems with their account in the past 12 months, according to a survey by consumer group Which?.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) blocked just 30 out of a possible 227,000 applications from individuals to join the financial sector in the six years since the banking crisis erupted, a rejection rate of just 0.01%.

High Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levies are the result of legacy industry issues and will "begin to fall within two years", according to AWD Chase de Vere communications director, Patrick Connolly.