Financial News

Restore trust in banks and give alternative funders a chance, says Forum following new SME lending figures

The Forum of Private Business is responding to the release of the first quarterly finance monitor commissioned by the British Bankers’ A

Can you trust your bank?

Last nights Panorama on BBC1 gave a wonderful insight into how banks view their customers. For many years the majority of the U.K. population have looked on banks and building societies as establishments that they can trust and people firmly believed that "their bank" would never mislead or abuse the trust they were automatically given.

Leading banks make PPI announcement

After putting all payment protection insurance claims on hold since October while waiting for a judicial decision on new ppi rules, Lloyds TSB and Halifax/Bank of Scotland have announced over the past 24 hours that they intend to recommence the pr