14 June 2019
Consumers demand an average of £492 to switch bank
New Fairer Finance report looks at the drivers of customer satisfaction in banking and shines new light on why customer switching levels are falling
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8 May 2019
Sue Lewis joins Fairer Finance's Consumer Advisory Board
Former chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel becomes advisory board's fifth member
18 December 2018
Fairer Finance launches campaign to clean up gift card market
Gift card users are being penalised for doing nothing wrong under current company insolvency rules. Fairer Finance calls on key changes to be brought into the market, including the ban of gift card expiry dates.
29 November 2018
Fairer Finance welcomes CMA inquiry into funeral sector
Commenting on today's CMA announcement that a full market inquiry will be launched into the funeral sector, James Daley, Managing Director of Fairer Finance, said:
1 June 2018
Government responds to Fairer Finance call for funeral plan regulation
- Fairer Finance launched campaign for funeral plan regulation last July
- HM Treasury has today launched a consultation on introduction of regulation
26 April 2018
Government urged to introduce regulation of funeral plans to protect vulnerable customers
Fairer Finance publishes second report into the unregulated prepaid funeral plan market
26 March 2018
Laurie Edmans CBE joins Fairer Finance's Consumer Advisory Board
Fourth member appointed to oversight panel
26 October 2017
Two new hires as Fairer Finance launches in Scotland
Fairer Finance is launching a new Scottish division headed by Ruth Gilbert, while Bobby Lyons joins as director from Bank of Ireland
7 July 2017
Unregulated funeral plan market leaves millions of pounds of consumer money at risk
New Fairer Finance report says perfect storm is brewing of misleading sales practices, lack of consumer understanding and lack of regulation in prepaid funeral plan sector. Regulation is urgently needed to prevent a Farepak-style scandal.
19 June 2017
Fairer Finance launches new star ratings
New star ratings designed to help consumers choose better quality financial products