Banking, investments and credit FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions relating to banking, credit, mortgages, investments and financial service fraud.
Where can businesses find support?
Support with common questions about running a business, finding finance, handling disputes, getting paid by an insolvent company and getting paid on time.
UK company registration FAQs
Find out how to remove false information from the companies register and how to verify your identity as a director.
-
Constituency casework,Research Briefing
UK Company insolvency FAQs
Key information on company insolvencies including administration and liquidation, and how to get money back from an insolvent company.
-
Research Briefing
Financial services in the UK
An overview of the UK's financial services sector and key statistics including economic output, jobs, trade and tax.
-
Research Briefing
Cryptoassets
What cryptoassets are, how they work, their history, the benefits and risks, and UK regulation.
-
Research Briefing
Banking fraud
This briefing covers the scale of banking fraud, how the police respond to fraud, and what the public and private sectors are doing to reduce the impact of banking fraud.
-
Research Briefing
Consumer credit
The government plans to change consumer credit law. This briefing looks at how this affects borrowers, buy-now-pay-later regulation and car finance misselling.
-
Research Briefing
Climate change adaptation and resilience in the UK
This briefing explains the targets for climate change adaptation in the UK, the current policy approach, and an overview of progress.
-
Research Briefing
Financial advice
Among G7 countries, Britain has the lowest share of household financial assets in stocks and shares. New legislation has been implemented to change this.
-
Research Briefing
British Steel and government special measures
The government is directing British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant operations. What are the next steps and how much does it cost to the public purse?
-
Research Briefing
Credit unions
While credit unions play prominent roles in financial sectors across the Anglosphere and in Northern Ireland, in Great Britain penetration is low. This briefing looks at the reasons why and legislative efforts to make credit unions more popular.
-
Research Briefing
Paid ad spoofing in the car insurance industry
Paid ad spoofing tricks drivers into contacting dishonest companies after crashes instead of their insurer and can lead to consumer harm.
-
Research Briefing
Hidden credit liabilities and the role of the Financial Conduct Authority
Allegations that banks put hidden credit lines in business loans, leading to business failures, will be debated in Westminster Hall on 14 April 2026.
-
Research Briefing
Nature based solutions for climate change
Nature-based solutions are actions to protect, conserve and restore the natural world while simultaneously benefitting and society. This paper examines how nature based solutions harness nature to address issues such as climate change, and how they can also contribute to improvements in health and wellbeing, development, and infrastructure.
Total results (page 1 of 4)