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Stock of interest-only homeowner mortgages fell in 2025 – UK Finance

The interest-only book has shrunk in size each year since the end of the financial crisis, the banking and finance industry body said

Evening Standard

Investment fraud in UK soared to more than £220m lost last year, trade body says

Scams involving gold, cryptocurrencies and wine rise as criminals use AI to increasingly carry out larger-scale fraud

The Guardian - UK

£576.4m lost to authorised push payment scams in 2025 as AI manipulates victims

Frauds such as investment and romance scams have jumped, with criminals sometimes grooming victims for months or even years.

Evening Standard

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Initiative helping people to access banking services is expanded to more banks

Banks will work with Shelter and UK Finance to help improve access to banking services for people who are financially excluded.

Evening Standard

FCA aims to help more people such as first-time buyers to access mortgages

The regulator said it believes that some creditworthy people may be currently underserved by the market.

The Independent UK

Reforms aim to help make consumer credit rules ‘fit for digital age’

The Consumer Credit Act was written for a different era, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City minister Rachel Blake said.

Evening Standard

Home repossessions edge up but number of mortgages in arrears falls – UK Finance

The number of repossessions remains significantly below long-term averages, UK Finance said.

Evening Standard

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UK homebuyers face worst mortgage affordability since 2008, data shows

‘Least affordable’ areas mainly in London commuter belt, UK Finance finds, with data not taking Iran war into account

The Guardian - UK

‘Challenging times’ for homebuyers – mortgage affordability tightest since 2008

Homebuyers across the UK typically spent just over a fifth of their gross income on their mortgage payments last year, UK Finance said.

Evening Standard

UK mortgage affordability reaches worst rate since 2008 as ‘challenging’ outlook for homebuyers laid bare

Homebuyers across the UK typically spent just over a fifth of their gross income on their mortgage payments last year, UK Finance said

The Independent UK

What experts say the 1.8m people who need a new mortgage deal this year should do now

Tracker deals are attracting more attention once more

The Independent UK

UK banks keep £100 limit for contactless card payments despite FCA scrapping it

Banking lobby group says lenders are holding off changes as there is no widespread consumer demand for now

The Guardian - UK

Banks have new flexibilities to set higher contactless card limits in future

Britain’s major banks have said that they will keep the £100 card limit for now.

Evening Standard

Major £100 contactless card limit rule is set to change — what you need to know

The contactless limit has been changed several times previously

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Contactless card limit rule changes come into force from Thursday

Firms will have new flexibilities to set contactless card limits higher than £100 if they wish to in future under FCA rule changes.

The Independent UK

‘My mother was tricked by a fraudster pretending to be David Attenborough and gave them half of her life savings’

A woman lost tens of thousands of pounds – and nearly her relationship with her son – after being tricked into an online relationship with a fraudster posing as the veteran broadcaster. Liam James sheds light on an international criminal enterprise and led The Independent to uncover Facebook’s failure to…

Evening Standard

Educating people about life-like AI can help prevent ‘devastating’ scams – study

Victims of deep-fake scam calls lose an average of £595 per incident, with some cases exceeding £13,000, according to UK Finance.

The Independent UK

Value of new later life mortgage loans jumped by a fifth in last quarter of 2025

Life for over-55s is increasingly ‘coming with a mortgage attached’, a finance expert said.

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Evening Standard

‘Remarkable’ changes to the way we pay in 20 years of using chip and pin

There are more than 25 million additional cards now in circulation compared with two decades ago, UK Finance said.

The Independent UK

Twenty years of the Chip and Pin: How the way we pay has evolved

There has been a 95 per cent reduction in losses to counterfeit card fraud over the past 20 years thanks to the chip & pin

Evening Standard

Near 40% annual jump in homeowner mortgaged properties being repossessed

The annual total for 2025 is significantly lower than the 44,100 homeowner repossessions in 2009.

International Business Times UK

1.8 Million UK Mortgages Expiring in 2026: Why Homeowners Who Locked in Pandemic Rates Could Pay £5,000+ More This Year

With 1.8 million UK fixed-rate mortgages expiring in 2026, pandemic-era borrowers face payment shock while those on SVRs could save £5,000+ by switching. Here's what it means for your finances.

The Guardian - UK

Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet

Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple Pay or Google Pay

Evening Standard

‘Bottom-up’ recovery predicted for housing market in 2026 as activity returns

The market will ‘look and feel very different’ depending on where people live and the type of home they are looking to sell or buy, an expert said.

The Independent UK

Experts issue verdict on potential winners and losers in 2026 housing market

First-time buyers will remain a "driving force" on the property ladder, experts say

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