British Bankers Association

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) is the principal trade association for banks operating in the UK. It is a leading representative body in the financial services sector and has 218 members, as well as many associate member, which fund its not-for-profit activities.

Information from the BBA includes documents regarding dormant accounts and how to trace them, and the fight against identity crime.

Building Societies Association

The Building Societies Association is the trade association for the UK's building societies. It represents its members to those outside the sector on a number of issues such as building society legislation, the regulation of the sector, developments in the savings market, financial inclusion and the promotion of building societies' mutual status. The BSA also provides information to its members on these, and a wide variety of other, subjects and acts as a central point for building societies to communicate with each other.

The BSA provides leaflets on Individual savings accounts (ISAa) and building societies, Child Trust Funds and building societies, lost savings and how to find them in PDF format, and safeguarding against fraud amongst others.

Council of Mortgage Lenders

The Council of Mortgage Lenders provides information on protecting your mortgage repayments, buying a residential property to let, and more.

Department of Work and Pensions

Information from the Department of Work and Pensions includes an advice leaflet regarding 'Protecting your mortgage- planning for a rainy day' and many more.

Financial Services Authority

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. We are a company limited by guarantee and financed by the financial services industry. The Treasury appoints the FSA Board, which currently consists of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, three Managing Directors, and 10 non-executive directors (including a lead non-executive member, the Deputy Chairman). This Board sets our overall policy, but day-to-day decisions and management of the staff are the responsibility of the Executive.

The Financial Services Authority provides consumer information regarding Savings, Mortgages, Financial Planning, and others.