Tag: consumer protection

Yotta Technologies fined $1m over false FDIC claims

Yotta Technologies, a San Francisco-based savings and sweepstakes platform, has been ordered to pay a $1m penalty by California's Department of Financial Protection and...

Parliament receives landmark UK financial services reform bill

The UK government has introduced the Financial Services and Markets Bill to Parliament, a sweeping piece of legislation designed to modernise sector regulation, strengthen...

Revolut faces €11.5m penalty over fee claims

Revolut has been fined €11.5m (£10m) by Italy's competition authority after the watchdog found the London-based FinTech giant had misled customers over the fees...

ASIC’s Moneysmart warns on AI for money guidance

Moneysmart, the consumer education platform operated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has published new guidance to help Australians navigate the growing...

OCC targets smarter, risk-based supervision for community banks

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has set out a fresh package of measures aimed at easing unnecessary regulatory burden on...

When climate models start moving markets

At the close of 2025, Zillow, the largest residential property listing platform in the United States, quietly withdrew its climate risk scores from property...

Inside the fraud lifecycle driving repeat scam victims

The idea that people only fall for a scam once no longer holds true. Modern fraud has evolved into a sophisticated lifecycle where criminals...

FCA launches Firm Checker after 700,000 scam losses

Morning commuters at London’s Waterloo station were met with an unusual sight this week as a mysterious ATM promised to “give away a fortune”,...

Nationwide targets impersonation fraud with new call checker

Nationwide has launched a new call checker service aimed at tackling the growing threat of impersonation scams, as fresh research from the building society...

Researchers warn banking systems enable economic abuse

Banking regulations and legacy technology systems are playing a critical role in enabling economic abuse, according to new academic research that is urging UK...

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