Banking
Diet, holiday or sort out your finances?
Leading financial education charity, the ifs School of Finance, has suggested that FSA survey results released today indicate a step change in financial education is needed for the UK to achieve financial capability.
NatWest and RBS launch new E-statements service
NatWest and RBS have announced the introduction of E-statements, to give customers more control and flexibility with the management of their finances.
Financial toll of bad advice
Almost one in five Brits have received bad financial advice from their friends and family and have suffered financially and emotionally as a result, according to new research from the specialist mortgage provider.
Turn over a new leaf with the HSBC business banking sale 2008
Start-ups and established businesses are set to benefit from a range of great deals and discounts on business banking products in the HSBC Sale 2008. The sale, the fourth since HSBC pioneered the concept in 2005, runs from 24 December 2007 until 29 February 2008.
Save more than money with HSBC’s 2008 sale
HSBC’s 2008 January Sale is offering great deals and discounts on a range of personal finance products, as well as giving customers a chance to help save one of the most important and endangered parts of the planet.
ALIL offers chance of winning £1,000 worth of flight vouchers
For a limited period Alliance & Leicester International Limited (ALIL), the offshore savings bank, is running a prize draw for £1,000 in flight vouchers.
‘Tis the season for ID fraud
At this time of year, most of us are spending as though our lives depend on it and, with the festive season upon us, we are either more relaxed than usual or more stressed.
Base rate update – two weeks on
Julia Harris, analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk, comments on the changes in the mortgage and savings market two weeks on from the base rate cut of 0.25% on 6 December.
2007 electoral roll data already online at Callcredit
Credit reference agency Callcredit says 2007 electoral roll data, which councils began releasing in November, has already been uploaded to its online database.
Record savings inflows continue, borrowers need to plan carefully
Building societies attracted £2.3 billion of savings inflows in November, almost three times the amount received in the same month last year, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).
Banks welcome better guidance on money laundering
Banks battling the increasing menace of money laundering this week welcomed new guidance on tackling such criminal activity.
Cash counts at Christmas
Anyone still looking for a last minute Christmas gift may be set to join half of people (50 per cent) across Britain in giving cash as a Christmas gift this year.
1000th fee-free ATM for Post Office
The Post Office has installed its 1000th free-to-use automated teller machine (ATM) at a Rotherham Post Office branch further cementing its commitment to be a universal provider of free cash access for its customers.
Over £10bn will be withdrawn from ATMs during December
Sainsbury’s Bank, which only has 'free to use' cash machines in its estate, estimates that during December, £348.06 million a day or £241,708 per minute will be withdrawn from UK cash machines.
Christmas cheer for UK small businesses
Despite facing many financial pressures this year, UK SMEs still believe 'tis the season to be jolly, when it comes to Christmas.