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Why do we still use cash?

We are using less cash each year. In 2015, cash made up only 45% of payments in the UK. First came plastic, then chip and pin, and then contactless technology, which is slowly turning our wallets, phones, rings and even...

The Upside to the Downsize

Lynda Blackwell of the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial markets regulator, came under fire last week for describing Britain as having a ‘real issue with the last-time buyer’. Media coverage paraphrased her comments as suggesting that older homeowners are...

Creating competition

This week, the stranglehold that high street banks have over key bank services – like current accounts, small business lending, and mortgages – came back into view thanks to Ed Miliband’s eye-catching pledge to break up the bigger banks. This would...