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Jon Terry A perceived lack of career progression is causing many females to leave their jobs in financial services or putting them off joining the sector in the first place, according to a new PwC report.

Owen Kelly Scottish Financial Enterprise has announced that chief executive Owen Kelly is to step down after seven years in the role.

Janet Murray Police Scotland will need to find £11 million in funding to break even in the coming financial year, its finance chief has warned.

London Market Group (LMG) has called on the UK Government to add a "ratcheting mechanism" to prevent complacency in the sector as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The trade body proposed changing clause 17 of the draft bill, currently making its way through the House of Commons, in a

Britain's financial watchdog is considering whether general-purpose artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini should come under regulatory oversight as they play an increasingly important role in consumers' financial decisions.

A new partnership between two of Scottish fintechs is set to simplify the regulated onboarding of clients and customers for financial services firms as the sector faces increasing pressure to implement digital infrastructure to meet compliance requirements.  Legado and Amiqus have formed a tech

A decade on from the Brexit referendum, UK Finance has published a report, produced with law firm Freshfields, setting out its vision for the future relationship between the UK and EU in financial services.

A new report, Shaping Young People’s Financial Futures Together, from the Compassion in Financial Services Hub at the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute, in collaboration with Young Scot, is calling on banks, policymakers and financial providers to overhaul how they design produ

Wbg is advising Scottish tourism and hospitality businesses to consider their financial structure to boost their resilience. With new data from the Scottish Tourism Alliance highlighting a growing vulnerability: more than half of tourism and hospitality businesses have less than three months of cash

A group of MPs has called for a Royal Commission into the United Kingdom's financial conduct regulation, warning against what they describe as a "deregulation agenda" that threatens to weaken consumer protections. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services ha

Customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland were left alarmed after a technical fault caused their mobile banking apps to display the transactions of complete strangers.

The FCA has launched a review into the implications of advanced AI on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators.

Edinburgh law firm Murray Beith Murray has assets of nearly £3.2 million, the firm has revealed in its first-ever published accounts. The private client firm has more than doubled its turnover in the last decade, with revenue up by 10% last year alone, according to financial information publis

Phil Anderson Financial Services is celebrating a landmark October after achieving a record-breaking month for new business and securing a prestigious national award for one of its rising stars.

New research from Scottish Friendly has revealed that younger generations are challenging outdated stereotypes of financial irresponsibility, demonstrating a greater commitment to saving and investing than their older counterparts. The research shows that while a third (31%) of adults are saving les