Consumer groups and businesses write to Government urging it to protect consumers’ access to cash on high street By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 19 December 2020 Consumer groups and businesses have written to the Government urging it to protect consumers’ access to cash … Read more
Worst year yet for cash Isa savers: Big banks paid just 38 pence interest on each £1,000 in 2020 By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 15 December 2020 Britain’s biggest banks will pay savers as little as 38 pence interest on each £1,000 in … Read more
Teach our children about finance at school, say parents By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:39 GMT, 12 December 2020 As many as nine in ten Britons did not receive any financial education at school, a survey for The Mail on Sunday reveals. In fact, … Read more
For almost 160 years, National Savings and Investments has been one of this country’s most-cherished institutions. Since its launch by William Gladstone, hundreds of millions of people have entrusted it with their nest eggs. It has protected the nation’s savings through most of Queen Victoria’s reign, two world wars, a financial crash and now a … Read more
Thousands of young savers face chunky investment charges because they cannot access Child Trust Funds due to problems proving the money is theirs. The first tax-free savings accounts began to mature just over 100 days ago as holders turned 18, but a large proportion have remained untouched since, with savers unable to benefit from windfalls … Read more
Send loved ones a Christmas present to spend: Our top tips on how to give cash smartly and safely With fewer people visiting shops money is set to prove a popular Christmas gift Here we explain how you can send money securely this Christmas Some banks allow mobile customers to pay in cheques by uploading … Read more
Snap up a regular savings account for any left over cash to beat pathetic current account rates By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 8 December 2020 Savers not yet ready to invest, should snap up a regular account if they have cash to spare … Read more
A vital refund scheme for scam victims that had faced the axe this month will be extended until June next year, Money Mail can exclusively reveal. High Street banks have pledged to continue to refund customers conned into transferring money to fraudsters — but it is thought the refund scheme will not be extended after … Read more
Fintech start-up Lanistar drops celebrity backer claims after 3,000 Instagram influencers were paid to promote its debit card Lanistar signed up footballer Kevin de Bruyne and Love Island’s Amber Gill It claimed to be ‘part-owned’ by ‘influential people’ in its launch campaign But the company has since dropped those claims Lanistar could not say how … Read more
Banking app offers 1.25% interest on an easy access savings account… but you need to be invited by an existing customer Chip is a banking app launched in 2017 and lets savers round up their money It has recently launched interest-paying easy-access accounts Its latest offer is a market-leading 1.25% on up to £5,000 But … Read more