Grusho Anna/Shutterstock July 28, 2023 How new ‘consumer duty’ rules for financial products could reduce debt-related stress Hayley Louise James, Aston University Making financial firms more aware of their consumers’ needs could provide much-needed support during the cost of living crisis – and beyond.
The USPS could do more than deliver mail. AP Photo/Matt Rourke July 8, 2020 COVID-19 exposes why the Postal Service needs to get back into the banking business Melanie G. Long, The College of Wooster Millions of Americans are financially excluded from the banking system, which makes them even more vulnerable during the current crisis.
Enabling consumers to keep their bank account numbers when switching institutions will encourage greater competition. AAP Image/Dan Peled April 30, 2015 How changing our bank account numbering system will be a win for customers Rob Nicholls, Swinburne University of Technology and Charlotte Penel, UNSW Sydney It’s a pain to change mobile providers, but at least keeping your number is easy. It’s much more of a pain to change banks and much of that pain is because we have to change bank account numbers. Why don’t…