A record 400 firms have signed up to the Treasury-backed Women in Finance Charter but 14 firms have left the scheme as progress slows.

Financial Planners have said they would not accept payment for fees in digital and crypto currencies, despite UK Treasury regulation plans.

The Treasury has moved a step closer to making the underlying investments in mini-bonds a fully regulated activity to protect consumers after the £237m collapse of mini-bond provider London Capital & Financial (LCF).

The search is on for the next chair of the FCA after the regulator confirmed that current chair Charles Randell will hand over to interim chair Richard Lloyd from 1 June.