FTSE firms ‘cannibalising’ accounts to boost shareholder dividends

Report warns Britain faces repeat of Carillion collapse because big companies ‘cannibalise’ balance sheets to boost dividends to shareholders By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 Britain faces a repeat of the Carillion collapse because big companies have ‘cannibalised’ their balance sheets … Read more

Building societies launch better-paying branch-based savings accounts

High Street savings comeback: Building societies launch spate of better-paying branch-based accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:45 EDT, 20 July 2021 Savers wary of running their accounts online have been given a glimmer of hope. Building societies have launched a spate of better-paying branch-based … Read more

Pension freedom costing savers £2bn as pots are left in cash accounts

Pension freedom is costing savers £2bn because their pots are wasting away in low-interest cash accounts Pension freedoms give savers aged over 55 free rein of their retirement savings Research shows more than 1.7million savers have taken their pension out in full One in three are feared to have moved their money to low-interest cash … Read more

High Street banks paying lowest rates on easy-access accounts 

Savers paying the price for loyalty: High Street banks paying lowest rates on easy-access account By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 22 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 June 2021 Savers are missing out by sticking to High Street banks for their easy-access savings. They have £927 billion in … Read more

Metro Bank cuts interest it pays on its savings accounts

Metro Bank cuts interest it pays on its savings accounts – and experts advise customers to shop around By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 Metro Bank has taken an axe to the interest it pays on its savings accounts.  In a … Read more

Third of parents are losing hundreds in interest by stashing kids’ savings in current accounts

Parents saving for their children could be starving them of a sizeable savings pot by the time they turn 18, as research reveals many are failing to take advantage of higher-rate savings accounts. Some 34 per cent of parents have saved for their children in often low interest paying bank accounts over the last 12 … Read more

Packaged current accounts: Was yours useless in the pandemic?

There were more than 25,000 complaints about packaged bank accounts last year as Britons were left with monthly fees for perks rendered useless by the pandemic. Customers of the likes of Halifax, NatWest and Nationwide Building Society are charged upwards of £10 a month for additional benefits like breakdown cover, travel and mobile phone insurance … Read more

TikTok appears to ban accounts after overnight outage 

TikTok users are FURIOUS as the popular video app appears to ban accounts after overnight outage TikTok confirmed a bizarre glitch that made users’ follower counts fall to zero The platform said the issue is resolved but users are still reporting problems Some adult users have allegedly been blocked after being told they’re underage By … Read more

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford boost their income by more than £1million business accounts reveal

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford’s business accounts reveal they have boosted their income by more than £1million in the last year By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 11:16 BST, 19 April 2021 | Updated: 11:16 BST, 19 April 2021 Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford increased their income by more than £1million in the last year. … Read more

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford boost their income by more than £1million business accounts reveal

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford’s business accounts reveal they have boosted their income by more than £1million in the last year By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 11:16 BST, 19 April 2021 | Updated: 11:16 BST, 19 April 2021 Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford increased their income by more than £1million in the last year. … Read more