This week the Big Four UK banks — Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays and HSBC — announced pre-tax profits of £44.3 billion - an average of 66 per …
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Barclays H1 profits 2023: Positive Money response
London, 27 July 2023 - Responding to Barclays announcement this morning that its pre-tax profits for the first half of 2023 were £4.6 …
SVB collapse makes case for digital pound & Bank of England climate and capital report
London, 13th March 2023 On the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Simon Youel, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Positive Money, …
A fork in the road: which direction for financial services and regulation in the UK?
Now is a good time to assess the future of financial regulation and financial services in the UK. It is three years since the UK left the …
Concerns raised over vested interests of Lords pushing for financial deregulation
London, Thursday 19th January 2023 All Peers voicing support for measures to deregulate the City have ties to financial services Debate …
Reining in fossil finance is key to fighting inflation, report urges
London, Tuesday 22nd November 2022 Latest green ranking of G20 central banks argues that support for the green transition is key to …
Bank of England’s historic interest rate hike: Positive Money response
London, 4 August 2022 - Today, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised interest rates to 1.75% - up from 1.25%. This …
Economists warn Sunak against financial deregulation
London, 16th May 2022 58 leading economists have written an open letter to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak MP, and the Economic Secretary to …
Sunak updates BoE remit: Positive Money response
Responding to the news that Rishi Sunak has today updated the remit of the Bank of England to support the government’s energy strategy, …