The UK government recently announced new laws which will allow banks to extend investigations of suspected fraudulent payments from the current 24-hour maximum delay to up to 72 hours.
Announcing the legislation, which came into force at the end of October, Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said: “Hundreds of
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