Financial Conduct Authority Consultation PAper - CP 20/01 'Introducing a Single Easy Access Rate for cash savings'

  • John Ashton (Participant)

Impact: Economic

Description of impact

Past academic work repeated cited and commented on in a FCA consultation document.

Impact Summary for the General Public

Work undertaken at Bangor University has been used to imform policy use to save bank customers money.

Description of the underpinning research

The work uniquely quantifies the costs of the loyalty penalty for UK cash savings cusotmers.

Beneficiaries and reach of impact

Around 94% of the UK population use the cash savings market. This policy measure will provide financial benefits to these beneficiaries of approximately £300m annually.
Impact statusOngoing
Impact date9 Jan 2020
Category of impactEconomic
Impact levelEngagement