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Introduction to financial services
Introduction to financial services

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CONTENT OF THIS COURSE IS NOW HIDDEN.
As part of a review of content this course will be deleted from OpenLearn on 24 July 2017. It has been replaced by the new course 'Managing my financial journey'. You may also be interested in other free Money & Business courses.

This free course, Introduction to financial services, examines the history of the development of financial services in the UK and the ways in which the sector is regulated. It will help you to understand how financial crises affect the UK and most other major economies and the consequences for the sector.