Bob’s Blog: Green light to go ahead with MALG Conference 2021!
Hello to all our MALG Members and contacts! Firstly, a little housekeeping matter: MALG has recently been awarded Cyber Essentials Certification and continues to be GDPR compliant. We have added a DMARC code to our email servers to ensure our emails reach our recipients’ servers correctly. Could we kindly ask all our members and subscribers to liaise with […]
Read MoreProposals for a new Enforcement Conduct Authority backed by debt advice sector
Think tank the Centre for Social Justice has worked with the debt advice sector and enforcement industry to reach a consensus on plans for a new independent oversight body to protect people in debt. The Taking Control group of advice agencies and other charities, set up in 2016 to campaign for bailiff reform, has collectively […]
Read MoreShipshape or sinking ship?: Christians Against Poverty publishes report on problem debt’s impact on financial and mental wellbeing
Christians Against Poverty’s (CAP UK) latest report, Shipshape or sinking ship?, investigates the factors that harm and limit the wellbeing of people in financial difficulty. Rachel Gregory, Senior Policy Manager, CAP UK, says: “Financial and mental wellbeing are both essential to allow us to feel secure, in control and connected to others. Without these central planks […]
Read MoreFCA takes action against debt packager firms
Following an FCA review of the practices of debt packager firms, 5 firms have stopped providing regulated debt advice until further notice and the FCA has used formal powers to stop another firm from providing regulated advice. The FCA has also published correspondence between Sheldon Mills, Executive Director, Consumers and Competition at the FCA and Dean Beale, CEO […]
Read MoreNew research will look at how to increase the financial inclusion of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Fair4All Finance are partnering with Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, NatWest Group and StepChange on new research into how ethnicity influences access to financial products and services in the UK. The research aims to fill current gaps in understanding. It will explore practical short, medium and long term solutions to current inequalities, such as: Fraud victims from […]
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