Pragmatist

Readers will recall that UK retail banks are self-regulated when it comes to overdrafts. They lost control of deposits, savings and pay...

Six years of financial crisis have finally produced some of the legal changes that will expose the cosy world of regulated financial serv...

An odd article on page 20 of today's FT suggests that the failure of some ventures to raise money somehow puts 'crowdfunding...

What a difference a year makes. At an industry event yesterday none other than Nicola Horlick , a well-known fund manager, confirmed her...

The Church of England's terrible muddle over pay day lending shows that it's out of touch with the details in the payday lending...

When Gordon Brown ( remember him ?) repeatedly proclaimed the " end of boom and bust " he was declaring his belief - along wi...

I've hugely enjoyed the documentary series tracing Dave Fishwick's valiant efforts to start a small community 'bank' in ...

Image from Parliament.uk This time he's made a submission   To the Banking Standards Commission . He's a poet and he didn...

Here's what some of the non-banks have to say about banking standards (from 17:52).

The long overdue move to regulate consumer credit the same way as other financial services has finally been announced . I've been advis...