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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published a review of change and innovation in the unsecured consumer credit market where it focussed on unregulated BNPL products. This information sheet aims to assist readers by providing a backgrou…

Gavin Stewart, Director in Grant Thornton’s Financial Services Group, spent 27 years as a regulator at the Bank of England, Financial Services Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. Here he looks at the path to regulating the Buy Now Pay Later mark…

Financial Services Faculty Head Philippa Kelly reviews a challenging year for all and sets out a plan for 2021.

Chairman of the ICAEW Insurance Committee Hitesh Patel reviews the challenges for the industry this year and next.

Chisomo Kaferawanthu, Senior Manager, Financial Services Audit, Grant Thornton UK looks at the different ESG frameworks available, how it links to reporting and how far we are from a global standard.

Jane Portas reflects on key issues to remember as we recover from the pandemic.

Writing for the Financial Services Faculty, Carlos Tornero assesses whether the social justice movements of 2020 have changed decision-making in corporate boardrooms.

The promise of a vaccine has meant a prospect of recovery, but the financial and economic troubles now run deeper due to the second lockdown, national tier system, and financial uncertainty from no-deal Brexit. Laura Miller asks which types of business…

Mike Morgan, Chair of ICAEW Financial Services Faculty and Group CFO, Close Brothers explores the work achieved on behalf of members during an extra-ordinary year and looks ahead to what we might expect in 2021.