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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Next UK government should introduce scams legislation, says City lobby group

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The demand came in a ‘financial services manifesto’ released by UK Finance, which represents banks, payments companies and other financial firms. Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

A leading City lobby group is calling on the next government to bring in scams legislation that forces big tech and social media companies to cough up up to £40m a year to reimburse customers and fight fraud on their platforms.

The demand came in a ‘financial services manifesto’ released by UK Finance, which represents banks, payments companies and other financial firms.

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