UK Finance

UK Finance is the London-based trade association for banking and finance in the UK, and its news section is one of the better public sources on how British banks think about fraud, scams and payments policy. The association covers payments and innovation, fraud prevention, economic crime and AML, alongside non-payments topics such as mortgages, consumer credit and capital markets.

Recent pieces

A blog on 15 October 2026 examines how artificial intelligence can spot scams earlier, before a payment is made. On 13 October the association published a report arguing that the UK has a chance to lead reform of global financial standards ahead of its G20 presidency, and on 8 October an item discussed transparency and data security concerns around AI in compliance. A 14 October post covered its engagement at the Conservative Party Conference on business growth priorities.

Reading it as a payments person

Authorised push payment fraud, reimbursement rules and real-time scam detection are where bank policy meets payment operations. PSPs, merchants and compliance teams selling into UK banks can follow here how the sector frames those debates, and which ones are heading to regulators.