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An undercover investigation has revealed widespread poor and misleading advice from financial advisers at some of the highstreet's biggest name banks.

The quality of financial advice given by advisers in high street banks and building societies has come under fire after a mystery shop by consumer watchdog Which?

Three-quarters of consumers believe the FSA failed to stand up to the banks in the run-up to the financial crisis and has not done enough to help consumers, according to Which?.

Most consumers believe the FSA failed to stand up to the banks in the run-up to the financial crisis and has not done enough to help consumers, according to a poll by Which?.

Troubled Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) was rated the worst of 12 large high street lenders for online security.

The industry is split on the merits of the Treasury Select Committee's (TSC) key recommendation to delay the RDR for 12 months until 1 January 2014.

Consumer groups will have the power to insist regulators investigate complaints of mass mis-selling of financial products when the Financial Conduct Authority takes over in 2013, Mark Hoban, financial secretary, will announce today.

Variable rate mortgage lenders are failing to pass on cuts in the base rate to customers, meaning some will face "real financial difficulty" when rates climb again, research suggests.

Cirencester friendly says the outlawing of gender-based underwriting could be a boon for providers selling Holloway-style income protection (IP) plans.

Consumer watchdog Which? has called on the FSA to get rid of the ‘restricted adviser' label and replace it with ‘sales representative'.