146 results about this entity
Period: 02 Jan 2002 - 17 Sep 2024
News/payments
Eight locations across the UK have been chosen to test solutions that will help communities retain free access to cash, as the nation shifts to an increasingly cashless society.
17 June 2020
Company announcement/payments
More than 910,000 businesses have now been helped by the banking and finance industry through the government’s coronavirus loan schemes.
16 June 2020
Company announcement/wholesale
The banking and finance industry has backed over 830,000 UK businesses through the Government’s coronavirus loan schemes.
09 June 2020
More than half of all payments in the UK were made by card last year as cash usage fell sharply, industry figures show.
04 June 2020
Customers facing temporary financial difficulties due to the coronavirus have been granted almost 1.5 million payment holidays by lenders on their credit cards and personal loans, UK Finance reveals today.
29 May 2020
Company announcement/retail
The banking and finance industry has provided financial relief to hundreds of thousands of consumer credit customers whose finances have been impacted by the coronavirus, UK Finance reveals today.
11 May 2020
News/security
Popular social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have become a breeding ground and safe haven for criminals selling people's personal financial details, according to an investigation by Which? Money.
30 April 2020
The UK mobile industry, banking and finance sector and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have joined forces in a bid to block the spiralling use of scam text messages exploiting the Covid-19 crisis.
22 April 2020
Company announcement/security
A specialist police unit funded by the banking industry has executed warrants in London and across the country in a crackdown on criminals sending scam text messages and emails exploiting the coronavirus outbreak.
20 April 2020
Company announcement/covid-19
The banking and finance sector has lent over £1.1 billion to SMEs so far through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), UK Finance has revealed today.
15 April 2020
News/retail
Over 1.2 million UK mortgage holders have taken advantage of payment holidays offered by lenders, laying bare the economic devastation caused by Covid-19.
14 April 2020
UK Finance is warning consumers to be on the lookout for “smishing” text message scams from criminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak.
30 March 2020
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