Financial Security

The Ipsos Global Advisor Economic Pulse for May 2018 shows that the public have become more positive about the economy over the last year

Spurred on by Open Banking, advocates of FinTech are forecasting a revolution in the financial services sector. But with the change seemingly slow to happen, Tom Erasmus asks will the latest innovations finally overcome consumer inertia?

Findings for the Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index 2018

The Q1 2018 Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker (HMCT) shows only a small improvement on the steep decrease in the House Price Outlook (HPO) found in autumn 2017.

This report prepared by Ipsos for Barclays Bank is designed to understand the human side of Open Banking.

Ipsos has undertaken survey research on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions to understand how people feel about automatic enrolment into workplace pensions and the benefits associated with it.

The 2017 Business Finance Survey among SMEs, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the British Business Bank

In a highly private topic matter tied up in the desire to project a certain self externally, untangling the complexities of financial management from the cultural eco-system it sits within has never been so important. Using two ethnographic case studies, we reveal the differences between what we say we do, and what we actually do.

Open Banking may deliver the envisaged sea change in the financial services sector, but trust will be a big factor in determining who will take advantage of the opportunities. Here, Paul Stamper explains why traditional banks might be best placed, and what the new players can do to compete with them.