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Who can you trust with your money?

Better regulation — not more regulation — is needed to protect consumers

Women and maths — what’s not adding up?

On National Numeracy Day, the great school gender divide and how it multiplies in adult life

Merryn Somerset Webb

Why lack of competition is rubbish for investors

Concentration of power in a few superstar firms reduces investment and productivity too

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Crop of high dividend yielding trusts reaches a two-year high

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Contactless spending continues to soar

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Podcast: Why are women less confident with numbers than men?

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City watchdog under pressure to ban contingent charging

Banking fraud complaints hit ‘all-time high’

Record numbers of customers complain to UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service

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