Ethnicity Premium: Rooted Finance-commissioned report highlights systemic barriers blocking equitable financial access
A new ‘rapid literature review’ report commissioned by Rooted Finance delivers ‘an unflinching assessment of the systemic barriers blocking equitable financial access’. It exposes the ‘Ethnicity Premium’: a structural penalty where diverse ethnic communities consistently pay more for essential products like credit, mortgages, and insurance – even when financial profiles are equivalent. Key Findings from […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: MALG Update November 2025
Hello to all our Members and Associates, In this edition of Bob’s Blog: A New Name for ‘Bob’s Blog’ 2026 Meeting Dates Conference Feedback Podcast Sponsorship New Members Members Friday Forum Regional Meetings Latest Money Advice/Debt Sector News A New Name for ‘Bob’s Blog’ As you will probably now know, Bob Winnington is retiring in March […]
Read MoreSurviving Economic Abuse and TSB launch Spotting the Signs Challenge in response to new research
New research from Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), supported by TSB, suggests young people aged 18-24 are less likely than other age groups to spot economic abuse. This is despite young women experiencing this form of domestic abuse at a much higher rate. To tackle this, SEA and TSB have launched the Spotting the Signs Challenge, […]
Read MoreCredit Services Association publishes report on how misinformation is harming consumers
A new report from the Credit Services Association, the UK trade association for debt collection and purchase, is calling on the Government and Information Commissioner to turn the tables on online ‘influencers’ who give inaccurate advice to unsuspecting consumers, including those already facing significant problem debt. The new report has found that one of the […]
Read MorePRA Group extends Sponsorship of MALG Friday Forum for sixth consecutive year
PRA Group will continue its Sponsorship of not-for-profit organisation Money Advice Liaison Group’s (MALG) Members Friday Forum throughout 2026. The MALG Members Friday Forum was launched in March 2020 to enable money advisers, creditors, regulators, policy-makers and others from the financial services and advice sectors in the UK to advance MALG’s aim of ‘working together to […]
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