<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Marion Dakers - Editor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marion Dakers is an editor for Bloomberg News in the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT6ZNOT9H3k/marion-dakers</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Marion Dakers - Editor</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT6ZNOT9H3k/marion-dakers</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:26:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT6ZNOT9H3k/marion-dakers.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of England to Add AI Risks Into Stress Tests, Lawmakers Say]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/bank-of-england-to-add-ai-risks-into-stress-tests-lawmakers-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/bank-of-england-to-add-ai-risks-into-stress-tests-lawmakers-say</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:07:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motor Finance Redress Decision Due on Monday, UK Regulator Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/motor-finance-redress-decision-due-on-monday-uk-regulator-says</link><guid 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Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:32:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUejxgCEAV8k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUejxgCEAV8k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cars for sale on a forecourt of a car dealership offering finance for consumers, in UK.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Credit Strain Is a ‘Healthy Cleanup’, BofA’s Mensah Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/private-credit-strain-is-a-healthy-cleanup-bofa-s-mensah-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/private-credit-strain-is-a-healthy-cleanup-bofa-s-mensah-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:10:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW1QAapUsRFw/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW1QAapUsRFw/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zilch Buys Lithuanian Lender Fjord Bank to Gain Europe Permit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/uk-fintech-zilch-buys-lithuanian-lender-fjord-bank-to-gain-europe-permit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/uk-fintech-zilch-buys-lithuanian-lender-fjord-bank-to-gain-europe-permit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:05:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Stealth Tax Set to Push 5 Million More Into Bands Over 40%]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-26/uk-stealth-tax-set-to-push-5-million-more-into-bands-over-40</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibc2oHRJNQPE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibc2oHRJNQPE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Sebastian Siemiatkowski</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Close Brothers Warns of Higher Provision for Motor Finance Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/close-brothers-warns-of-higher-provision-for-motor-finance-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/close-brothers-warns-of-higher-provision-for-motor-finance-costs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:35:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifUvVpWNuBAs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifUvVpWNuBAs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Close Brothers Group Plc headquarters in London. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Motorists to Get £200 Million Compensation From Insurers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/british-motorists-to-get-200-million-compensation-from-insurers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/british-motorists-to-get-200-million-compensation-from-insurers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:47:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Will Start Regulating Buy-Now-Pay-Later Loans From 2026]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/uk-will-start-regulating-buy-now-pay-later-loans-from-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/uk-will-start-regulating-buy-now-pay-later-loans-from-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1RylpUIzOhE/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1RylpUIzOhE/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>New rules governing the buy-now-pay-later sector will come into force next July.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reeves Vows to Overhaul Ring-Fencing Rules in Appeal to City]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/reeves-vows-to-overhaul-ring-fence-rules-in-mansion-house-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/reeves-vows-to-overhaul-ring-fence-rules-in-mansion-house-speech</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Griffiths]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYsG709ONnRA/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYsG709ONnRA/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Learned By Tracing £46 in an Old Account]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guest columnist Marion Dakers found her dormant assets easily. Cashing them proved trickier.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-14/what-i-learned-by-tracing-46-in-an-old-account</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-14/what-i-learned-by-tracing-46-in-an-old-account</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stepek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:37:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG_TbznCHgX4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG_TbznCHgX4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Lloyds TSB cheque book and cheque card are displayed for a photo illustration in London, U.K., on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Lloyds TSB Group Plc, the U.K.&apos;s largest provider of checking accounts, said first-quarter profit was held back by asset writedowns and slowing insurance sales. Photographer: SUZANNE PLUNKETT</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Finance Watchdog to Ease Up on Firms Doing ‘the Right Thing’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-25/uk-watchdog-drops-volumes-of-outdated-regulations-in-growth-bid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-25/uk-watchdog-drops-volumes-of-outdated-regulations-in-growth-bid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NatWest Encouraged by UK Economy Outlook After Earnings Beat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/natwest-earnings-beat-estimates-as-customer-defaults-stay-low</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/natwest-earnings-beat-estimates-as-customer-defaults-stay-low</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:20:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOeLDxX7z2Iw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOeLDxX7z2Iw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Natwest Group headquarters in London. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standard Chartered Names Maria Ramos as Chair After Vinals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-04/standard-chartered-names-maria-ramos-as-chair-after-vinals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-04/standard-chartered-names-maria-ramos-as-chair-after-vinals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:14:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68CXCLZiRvE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68CXCLZiRvE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png"/><media:description>Maria Ramos Source: Standard Chartered Plc</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NatWest Bonus Pool Set to Reach £450 Million, Sky News Reports]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-01/natwest-bonus-pool-set-to-reach-450-million-sky-news-reports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-01/natwest-bonus-pool-set-to-reach-450-million-sky-news-reports</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:17:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_rAjd3I6_bM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_rAjd3I6_bM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A NatWest Group Plc bank branch in the City of London, UK, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. NatWest Group Plc’s outlook for margins and any estimated impact from the Financial Conduct Authority’s ongoing review of historic car finance loan arrangements will be in focus as it reports fourth-quarter results on Feb. 16.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tariff Threats May Stoke Protective M&A, JPMorgan’s Lysaght Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-17/tariff-threats-may-stoke-protective-m-a-jpmorgan-s-lysaght-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-17/tariff-threats-may-stoke-protective-m-a-jpmorgan-s-lysaght-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:34:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOE Sees Some Concentration Risks in Clearing House Stress Test]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-29/boe-sees-some-concentration-risks-in-clearing-house-stress-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-29/boe-sees-some-concentration-risks-in-clearing-house-stress-test</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:50:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inBjhsyCqsso/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inBjhsyCqsso/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. The BOE is likely to lower interest rates for only the second time this year in a decision that will be overshadowed by the fallout from the UK budget and Donald Trump’s election victory.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barclays Fined £40 Million Over Qatar Fundraise Disclosures]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/barclays-fined-40-million-over-qatar-fundraising-disclosures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/barclays-fined-40-million-over-qatar-fundraising-disclosures</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:22:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Giants Face More BOE Scrutiny Under Supplier Risk Rules]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/tech-giants-face-more-boe-scrutiny-under-supplier-risk-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/tech-giants-face-more-boe-scrutiny-under-supplier-risk-rules</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Dakers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:08:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>