Provocations

Are we helping people, or just getting better at labelling them?

2026-10-27

The role credit plays when life does not go according to plan. We ask how lenders, regulators and policymakers can balance protection, participation and resilience in a changing economy. The definition of vulnerable in finance does not have to mean on your last pound, you can slip through the net even when in good financial health. Alison Walters, Director of Consumer Finance at the Financial Conduct Authority - the FCA is here to discuss alongside the financial journalist and broadcaster Rick Kelsey.

This episode is supported by Alfa, the makers of Alfa Systems: the trusted platform at the heart of leading asset and auto finance operations. Evolving asset finance software.

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Big questions. Different perspectives. No easy answers.

Finance powers the real economy. But is the way we lend keeping pace with the world around us?

From the future of work and the rise of AI to the energy transition and the changing needs of businesses and consumers, the UK faces some fundamental economic questions. And finance sits at the heart of them.

In Provocations, award-winning broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake brings together leading voices from finance, business, economics and regulation to challenge assumptions, debate difficult questions and explore what needs to change.

Six episodes. Six provocations. Conversations that go beyond the headlines to examine how lending can help shape the economy of tomorrow.

Brought to you by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) — representing the lenders powering the real economy.