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Fri 18 Sep

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Which?Which? & consumerReport

You might not be making the most of your workplace pension - here’s what to do

Are you one of the 46% of workers who don’t know how much their employer contributes to their pension?

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Warning List addition logged: HUOWEALTH

HUOWEALTH is not authorised or registered by the FCA. Find out more about unauthorised firms and individuals.

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Financial Conduct AuthorityRegulator & governmentAlert

Building a stronger UK investment culture

Speech by Lucy Castledine, director of consumer investments, at the 2026 Investor Summit. Speaker: Lucy Castledine, director, consumer investmentsEvent: Investor Summit 2026, LondonDelivered: 18 September 2026Note: This is the speech as …

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Patricia Wade

Patricia Wade reginefredriks… Fri, 09/18/2026 - 11:43 Expertise Counsel, Technology Strategy, Disputes & Transactions Ashurst

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UK FinanceUK Finance & bankingAlert

Fiona Ghosh

Fiona Ghosh reginefredriks… Fri, 09/18/2026 - 11:45 Partner Ashurst

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Which?Which? & consumerReport

5 European Christmas markets you can visit by Eurostar

Plus, festive destinations worth a changeover

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Laurie Schnidman

Laurie Schnidman reginefredriks… Fri, 09/18/2026 - 16:28 Chief Product Officer, AI Ecosystem Experian UK

UK Finance

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Warning List addition logged: Morizon Ltd

Morizon Ltd is not authorised or registered by the FCA. Find out more about unauthorised firms and individuals.

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Financial Conduct AuthorityRegulator & governmentAlert

Video

Picked up by our monitoring of Financial Conduct Authority. Full detail is on the publisher's own page.

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Financial Conduct AuthorityRegulator & governmentAlert

Infographics

Picked up by our monitoring of Financial Conduct Authority. Full detail is on the publisher's own page.

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Financial Conduct AuthorityRegulator & governmentAlert

Images

Picked up by our monitoring of Financial Conduct Authority. Full detail is on the publisher's own page.

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Sat 19 Sep

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Which?Which? & consumerReport

Life insurance cash rewards – are they worth it?

You can get up to £150 for taking out life insurance, but there are more important things to consider when choosing cover

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Markets

Reference prices, refreshed while the page is open. Investment fraud almost always leans on a number: a gold price, an index level, a crypto quote in a screenshot.

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  • FTSE 100

    ^FTSE

    10,659.13-29.37 (-0.27%)
  • S&P 500

    ^GSPC

    7,650.50+12.74 (+0.17%)
  • Gold

    GC=F

    4,424.90+25.20 (+0.57%)
  • Brent crude

    BZ=F

    99.29-0.64 (-0.64%)
  • Pound / US dollar

    GBPUSD=X

    1.3393+0.0035 (+0.26%)
  • Bitcoin

    BTC-GBP

    60,799.49+420.80 (+0.70%)

By the numbers

Counts of records we hold — not estimates of fraud across the UK.

106
Warning List entries held
16%
Recorded as clone firms
8
Ombudsman decisions logged
19
Reports published

Clone firms as a share of our archive

Clone firms copy the name or details of a genuine authorised business.

106
  • Clone of an authorised firm17(16%)
  • Not recorded as a clone89(84%)

Contact details recorded against warned firms

One firm can appear in more than one row.

  • Website recorded76(35%)

    Website recorded: 76 entries
  • Phone recorded39(18%)

    Phone recorded: 39 entries
  • Email recorded85(39%)

    Email recorded: 85 entries
  • No contact details held16(7%)

    No contact details held: 16 entries
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Explainers

  • An unread message from an unknown number on a phone in a dark kitchen

    Scam types

    How each kind of fraud is run, what the approach looks like and where the money goes.

  • Brass company nameplates beside a London office doorway

    Firms and warnings

    Authorisation, clone firms, the FCA Warning List and what a listing does and does not mean.

  • A person on a landline telephone at a kitchen table covered with forms

    Redress and rights

    The free routes to complain, escalate and be reimbursed, and the limits of each.

Trending scam types

  • Two near-identical letterheads side by side under a magnifying glass

    Clone firms

    Clone firms copy real authorised firms to steal your money

    17 entries · prevention guide included

  • A laptop on a dark desk showing a rising financial chart beside newspapers

    Investment scams

    Investment scams promise returns that genuine products cannot match

    15 entries · prevention guide included

  • A hand holding a phone showing a bank transfer screen at a kitchen table

    Authorised push payment fraud

    APP fraud tricks you into sending money yourself

    0 entries · prevention guide included

  • An unidentified incoming call on a phone held in a dim hallway

    Impersonation scams

    Impersonation scams create a fake deadline to force a payment

    1 entry · prevention guide included

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