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  • Barclays slapped with £42m fine for financial crime failings

    Banking

    Barclays has been hit with a £42m fine by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for separate instances where the bank failed in its financial crime risk management. The City watchdog blasted Barclays for failing to check it had gathered “sufficient information to understand the money laundering risk” before it opened a client money account for [...]

  • Scammers target struggling grads and school leavers amid jobs slump

    Young people applying for their first jobs are being confronted a double threat: a shrinking pool of entry level roles, as well as a surge in sophisticated job scams on social media. With graduate job postings down by a third year on year, fraudsters are exploiting the desperation of university graduates and school leavers by [...]

  • Digital illusion: How the UK’s paper-based processes fuel cyber attacks

    Tech

    Thousands of UK SMEs are operating with outdated, paper-based verification processes that expose them to cyber attacks, fraud, hinder growth, and erode confidence. A new report from regtech firm Umazi called for an urgent overhaul of the UK’s corporate identity infrastructure, warning that legacy verification systems have become a weak link in Britain’s digital economy. [...]

  • Fraud is the UK’s biggest economic threat

    July 7, 2025

    Of all the economic threats we must confront, none is so widespread as fraud, which is why the City of London is taking action.

  • Standard Chartered slapped with $2.7bn lawsuit over fraud scandal

    July 1, 2025

    Standard Chartered has been hit with a $2.7bn lawsuit over its alleged role in one of the world’s largest financial fraud cases, known as the 1MBD scandal. The London-headquartered lender is being accused of helping move and hide billions of dollars that were stolen from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, by not sufficiently checking to see where [...]

  • Fraud litigation surges in UK as businesses fight back

    June 23, 2025

    The number of fraud claims issued to the High Court has increased as 'fraud in society' has surged, forcing British businesses to fight back

  • Scammer City boss on the hook for £64m after fraud scheme

    June 21, 2025

    A City boss compared to the The Wolf Of Wall Street has been ordered to pay back £64m over his role in a multi-million pound Ponzi-style investment scam, prosecutors said. Anthony Constantinou remains on the run after he fled the UK during his fraud trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court in June 2023. Hundreds of [...]

  • Neal’s Yard Dairy: Profit fell before £300,000 cheddar heist

    June 16, 2025

    Profit at London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy fell in the year before it fell victim to a £300,000 cheddar heist. The southwark-based company hit the headlines in October 2024 when fraudsters posing as legitimate wholesalers received the 950 clothbound cheeses from the business before bosses realised they were a fake firm. At the time, [...]

  • Was Reeves’ Spending Review a fintech endorsement?

    June 14, 2025

    Rachel Reeves has promised to back UK fintech and in Labour’s inaugural Spending Review, she piled billions into the tech sector. The Chancellor handed the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) a hefty £16.5bn budget as she took the chop to other departments. DSIT’s expenditure limit is set to grow 7.4 per cent by [...]

  • How to spot a financial scam

    June 11, 2025

    Financial scams are on the rise. Here’s what to be aware of to make sure you don’t fall victim to one, and what to do if you or someone you know is scammed. Criminals stole over £1bn through fraud in 2024, UK Finance’s latest fraud report has revealed.  There were over 3.3m confirmed cases of [...]

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