Three ways firms can improve the Bank Gambling Block and other bank gambling support tools

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Author(s): Bond, Nikki

Publisher: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute

Year Published: 2025

Date Added: August 30, 2025

Resource Type: Blog

This blog post, published by Money and Mental Health Policy Institute in the United Kingdom, describes how bank gambling blocks should act as one of many tools that can support people with their gambling spending. For example, financial institutions can also offer gambling spending insights and gambling spending limits. It is recommended that banks explore more ways to identify and support people who are at risk of or experiencing gambling harms.

Promote gambling spending tools in places where people will come across them
Target communications about tools and support to people who have a high gambling spend
Integrate tools along with external support
Design tools so that there is friction for deactivation (e.g., a delay of days for removing blocks)
Attempt to better detect and block gambling transactions from unregulated gambling

Citation: Bond, Nikki. (2025, August 13). Three ways firms can improve the Bank Gambling Block and other bank gambling support tools. London, UK: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. Available from: https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/three-ways-firms-can-improve-the-bank-gambling-block-and-other-bank-gambling-support-tools/?mc_cid=5d72c1e084&mc_eid=aa997dbce5

Keywords: financial harms ; financial institutions ; financial problems ; harm reduction ; interventions

Topics: Gambling Resources ; Information for Operators ; Information for Treatment Providers ; Prevention

Conceptual Framework Factors: Resources - Harm Reduction, Prevention, and Protection ; Gambling Resources ; Resources - Interventions

Geographic Coverage: United Kingdom

Source Type: Not-for-Profit