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Tracking lost bank accounts

Is there an account that either you, or someone in your close family might have opened within the last few decades? Have look to see if you can dig out any old paperwork you might have.

Boris Vujčić: Interview with Reuters

We are speaking less than a week after the ECB’s latest projections were published, and energy prices have already moved well above the baseline. How does this affect your outlook for inflation and growth?

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – August 2026

In August the median rate of perceived inflation over the previous 12 months was 3.5%, the same as in July. Median expectations for inflation over the next 12 months increased to 3.0% from 2.9% in July, while median exp…

Financial crime: protecting the hive

Speech by Steve Smart, executive director of enforcement and market oversight, at the Law Society Economic Crime Conference 2026.