🔔Auntie Jane followed you🔔

The same Auntie who doesn’t own a smartphone?

#Scammers can use fake profiles & DMs based on your interests to contact you. Could this profile be fake? STOP & ignore untrustworthy requests, & give Auntie Jane a call – she should know what happened

Our Director of Campaigns, Giles Mason, featured on #ITVTonight with important advice on how to protect yourself from falling victim to holiday #scams .

For more advice on how to protect from financial fraud follow Take Five.

And to catch up on the episode ⬇️

👀 Lots to be said, and lots will be said…

Please do join this major Bright Blue & Virgin Money event

🎤Includes a a keynote speech by Economic Secretary Bim Afolami MP, and a Q&A with David Duffy & I

✍️ Sign up: brightblue.org.uk/the-future-of-…

🌍 Global problems require global solutions.

Today the UK hosts the first Global Fraud Summit, bringing together leaders from government, law enforcement and the public and private sectors to combat fraud.

Together we will stop fraudsters in their tracks.

#FraudSummit24

UK sanctions policies are another way we support women. The UK has been at the forefront of using sanctions to target perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence. I spoke about this at the UK Finance-led Women In Sanctions event this #IWD2024 .

Pleasure to speak at UK Finance women in sanctions for #IWD2024 . Sanctions are a vital component of the work we do at Department for Business and Trade - they support our foreign policy and national security objectives.

It is imperative we have positive women role models in this space. ♀️

Delighted to have been named in the Women in Trade Associations Powerlist 2024 🥳 alongside brilliant women including UK Finance colleagues 🎉

Tomorrow our CEO, Phillippa Cardno, will be speaking at the UK Finance Annual Mortgage Lunch, where she will be discussing insights and sharing learnings.

To register your space to attend, please visit UK Finance’s website here: ukfinance.org.uk/events-trainin…

1/ 🧵 For #WorldBookDay , we’re sharing the recommendations you gave about books that have helped your mental health. 📚🫶
Read on for the synopsis of the top five. 👇

March 6 is UK Budget day. Even without committing large amounts of new money, the government can move the energy transition forward with measures such as the creation of a green home renovation advisory service
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UK Finance Climate Change Committee #UKBudget

'The financial services sector is constantly innovating and there is a huge amount of work underway': David Raw, UK Finance UK Finance bit.ly/48Hs9SF

Money mules are recruited and exploited by criminals like fraudsters and people traffickers to smuggle their illegal funds.

Our action plan will:

➡️ Safeguard victims
➡️ Crack down on criminal operations
➡️ Raise awareness around the signs of exploitation

We’ve been working with HMPPS for over 12 years as part of the Prisoner Banking Programme to provide access to bank accounts for prison leavers.

Find out more 👉 lloydsbankinggroup.com/insights/why-b…