Banking News

One in three turn a blind eye to finances

One in three adults – or around 12.4 million people – refuse to plan their finances at all, and those that do find the time to review them set aside a miserly five minutes a week, according to new research from AXA.

Check the financial ties that bind you

When people split up many forget that they’re still financially associated with their former spouse – even after divorce – unless they do something about it, warns MyCallcredit, the consumer credit report service.

Loughborough Building Society and Liverpool Victoria team up

Loughborough Building Society and Liverpool Victoria, the UK’s largest friendly society, have announced a new strategic partnership.

2006 – A year of financial ups and downs

Lisa Taylor analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk comments: “2006 proved to be a another interesting year in the world of personal finance, with new entrants such as Icesave shaking up the savings market, the ongoing OFT investigation and two base rate rises in the space of three months, not to mention a couple of policy U-turns from the Government.

15 new branches for Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire Building Society has announced a commitment to open 15 new branches in the next three years or so. Geographical locations are in the process of being identified but the decision is based on a desire to expand on the existing national network of 131 branches currently run by the Society.

HBOS colleagues to benefit from Sharesave schemes

Nearly 15,000 HBOS colleagues stand to make substantial gains when two HBOS Sharesave schemes mature this week.

HSBC’s annual sale goes green for 2007

HSBC’s annual sale has gone green for 2007 with customers who take advantage of the great deals and discounts on offer also helping a range of environmental charities.

Clydesdale Bank scoops second award for backing Scotland

Clydesdale Bank’s support for the Scottish team competing at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne has been voted best sponsorship campaign by judges from the banking industry.

N&P’s dreaming of a green 2007

On 1st January 2007, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) will become the first building society to be “carbon neutral” and achieve the CarbonNeutral quality mark. The Society, which has won awards for its environmental activities, is based in Peterborough. The city was designated as one of four UK “environment cities” in 1992.

Britannia’s saucy calendar raises cash

Staff from Britannia Building Society who bared all in a calendar have raised more than £1,500 for children with cancer.

Consumers warned about surcharging cash machines

Sainsbury’s Bank, which only has 'free to use' cash machines in its estate, has today warned consumers that they stand to be charged around £16.43 million when using surcharging ATMs this Christmas, an increase of around £1.46 million compared to last year.