Greenlight Survey Data Reveals Family Financial Wellness as a Growth Opportunity for Financial Institutions
- 3 days 6 min ago
- Personal Finance
Greenlight®, the fintech company that helps families navigate money and life together, today released new survey data revealing a significant opportunity for financial institutions to drive long-term growth and loyalty by prioritizing family financial wellness.
The Cambridge Building Society Goes Live with Finova’s Savings App, Delivering Frictionless Onboarding and Faster Account Openings
- 3 days 51 min ago
- Personal Finance
Finova, the UK’s leading cloud-based mortgage and savings software provider, has today announced that The Cambridge Building Society is the first customer to adopt and go live with its new mobile-first onboarding app for savers.
UK Finance Salaries Stall While Gender Pay Gap Widens To 35%, Reveals Spendesk Research
- 4 days 3 hours ago
- Personal Finance
Spendesk, the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform, has released its annual Salary Benchmark Report conducted with Europe's largest finance community, CFO Connect. The 2025 study examined salaries of finance professionals across the UK, Europe and the US. It surveyed over 600 finance professionals across multiple markets, revealing troubling developments in the UK finance sector.
Raindrop Reunites Savers with Over £500 Million in Lost Pension Pots
- 2 weeks 1 day ago
- Personal Finance
Pension finding platform, Raindrop has tracked down over 50,000 lost pension pots for UK savers since launch. Raindrop’s technology has also recovered over £500 million in lost pension savings during the same period.
Trade Wars, Inflation, Economic Uncertainty Push UK Consumers to ‘Weaponise’ Chargebacks
- 3 weeks 2 days ago
- Personal Finance
Chargebacks911, a global leader in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, is warning UK merchants that inflationary pressures, trade disruption, and weakening consumer confidence are creating the perfect conditions for a sharp rise in chargeback abuse.
Over a Third of Global Consumers Use AI to Shop, a 47% Increase on 2024 Numbers Shows Adyen’s Research
- 3 weeks 5 days ago
- Personal Finance
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today published its 2025 Annual Retail Report that finds there’s been a 47% surge in people using AI to shop. In a poll of 41,000 consumers across 28 countries, more than one in ten (12%) said they had used AI for the first time over the past 12 months to help them with their shopping experience. And an impressive 55% of people said they would be open to making... more
Descartes’ Annual Ecommerce Study Shows Younger Consumers Driving Online Buying Growth - but 79% Have Experienced Delivery Problems
- 1 month 21 hours ago
- Personal Finance
Descartes Systems Group , the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released findings from How Smarter Home Delivery Wins Younger Consumers as Online Buying Slows, its fourth annual consumer sentiment study of ecommerce home delivery.
Prodigy Finance Flags Currency Volatility as Rising Concern for Study Abroad Aspirants
- 1 month 1 day ago
- Personal Finance
Currency volatility is becoming one of the biggest challenges for students planning to study abroad. When exchange rates fluctuate, the cost of tuition, housing, and everyday expenses can shift dramatically, often without warning. For students from countries where the local currency is weakening against the US dollar, pound, or euro, this can lead to serious financial strain, forcing them to either stretch their budgets or reconsider their plans.
CFPB Announces Enforcement Actions on Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
- 1 month 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing today that it will not prioritize enforcement actions taken on the basis of the Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Use of Digital User Accounts to Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans, 89 Fed. Reg. 47,068 (May 31, 2024) (“Buy Now, Pay Later”).
1,000-Day Delays, Broken Trust, and Calls for Compensation: New Data Exposes Scale of Pension Switching Crisis
- 1 month 2 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals a stark picture of a system buckling under outdated processes, inconsistent standards, exploitation and lack of regulatory enforcement – with one case of a saver waiting more than 1,000 days to switch their pensions.
U.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections, Other Actions to Help Borrowers Get Back Into Repayment
- 1 month 2 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
The U.S. Department of Education announced its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections of its defaulted federal student loan portfolio on Monday, May 5th. The Department has not collected on defaulted loans since March 2020. Resuming collections protects taxpayers from shouldering the cost of federal student loans that borrowers willingly undertook to finance their postsecondary education.
Brits Reject Pension Gamble: Majority Want Stability Over High Returns
- 1 month 4 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals that UK savers are highly cautious when it comes to their retirement savings, with just 8% willing to invest in high-risk assets. The findings indicate a strong preference for stability, as nearly half of respondents, at 49%, expressed a preference for a moderate-risk approach. This means they are comfortable with some fluctuations in their investments as long as... more
Saver Security Must Come First: PensionBee Responds to £40bn Pension Tax Plan
- 2 months 1 day ago
- Personal Finance
PensionBee, a leading online pension provider, has responded to reports that the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is planning to allow companies to access surpluses in Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes – subject to a 25% tax charge – in a move designed to unlock up to £40 billion to support the economy. While the proposal could offer a potential source of growth capital, concerns have been raised about the implications for member security and long-... more
FCA Unveils 2025–26 Work Programme To Accelerate Innovation and Support New Firms
- 2 months 3 days ago
- Personal Finance
The FCA will make it easier for firms to test innovative products and support new firms applying for regulatory approval as part of its work programme for 2025-2026.
Gen Z Takes the Lead in Financial Planning but Still Wants to Bank on the High Street
- 2 months 3 days ago
- Personal Finance
New research from global marketing group dentsu shows that Gen Z is emerging as the UK’s most financially savvy generation. According to the latest Consumer Navigator Report, almost half (45%) plan to open a regular savings account within the next three months—significantly outpacing Millennials (29%), Gen X (16%), and Boomers (14%).
