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

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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

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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 […]

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