Researchers call for UK banking industry to ‘design out’ economic abuse

Researchers from Northumbria University and the University of London have called for the UK banking industry to ‘design out’ economic abuse, after a six-month study identified how banking products, services and technologies are intentionally weaponised by abusers. The report published by the authors of the research – Designing Out Economic Abuse in the UK Banking […]
Gender-based pension inequality calls for a joined-up strategy

Research by Now Pensions and the Pension Policy Institute (PPI) has found that divorced women typically have around £400,000 less in pension savings than divorced men, holding just 29% of men’s pension wealth. Although pensions are the second-largest asset in a marriage after property, only 11% of the more than 100,000 divorces in 2024 and […]