Banking & Savings A-Z
All Banking and Saving guides
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- Are my savings safe?
Full guide to protecting your cash
- Automatic savings apps
What they are, how they work & our top picks
- What is a flexible ISA?
How it works and whether you need one
- Top app-based bank accounts
How good is your bank's app?
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- Bank statement abbreviations
What do they mean?
- Basic bank accounts
Top easy-to-open accounts with no fees and no overdrafts
- The Budget Planner
How to manage your money
- Best bank accounts
Get up to £200 to switch, up to 8% interest or up to 1% cashback
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- Can you make £1,000s by repeatedly switching bank?
Repeatedly switch banks to bag multiple FREE CASH rewards
- Child Trust Funds
How to maximise your interest
- Cut overdraft charges
Nine tips to pay less for your overdraft + how to pay it off
- Top cards for under-18s
Prepaid cards & bank accounts for children & teens
- Top cash ISAs 2023/24
Up to 5% easy access or up to 5.86% fixed
- Top children's savings accounts
Teach your kids to save at up to 5.8% interest
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- Do I need a business bank account?
- Do a direct debit audit
Beware cash leaking from your bank account
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- Financial advisers
Picking & paying for an IFA
- Find and reclaim a lost Child Trust Fund
You could have £100s or even £1,000s in hidden savings
- Fund need-to-knows
The cheapest way to buy, sell and hold
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- Help to Buy ISAs
Now closed for newbies – need-to-knows if you've already got one
- Help to Save
Government scheme offers a 50% savings bonus for low-income earners
- How to manage large sums of money
If you’ve £100,000s to look after
- How to start saving
Maximise your interest from every penny
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- Interest rates
Compound interest, AER and APR explained
- Investing for beginners
10 need-to-knows to get you started
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- Joint bank accounts explained
Decide if opening a bank account with someone else is right for you
- Joint savings accounts explained
What you need to know about opening a savings account with someone else
- Top junior ISAs
4.95% tax-free kids' savings
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- Top Lifetime ISAs
How they work, who they’re for and which provider pays the most
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- MSE Leaders' Debate 2017
What the parties have to say
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- NS&I Green Savings Bond
Fixed 5.7% interest for three years
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- Open Banking explained
How it works and if your data is safe
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- Pension Credit
Boost your retirement income with a state top-up
- Pension liberation
Beware pension liberation scams
- Pension need-to-knows
Key points for retirement saving
- Personal savings allowance
Earn up to £1,000 savings interest tax-free
- Premium Bonds
Are they worth it?
- Top packaged bank accounts
Get £500+/year of breakdown, travel & mobile insurance for £150/year
- What is pension auto-enrolment?
Getting the most from your workplace pension
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- Recurring card payments
How to cancel & reclaim cash
- Regular savings accounts
Earn up to 8% on your savings
- Repay debts or save?
How to protect and max your cash
- Robo-investment cashback deals
Invest in funds & get cashback
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- Cheapest SIPPs
Build a low-cost DIY pension
- Sending Money Abroad
How to send cash overseas cheaply
- Setting-off rules
DON'T bank where you've got debts
- Share dealing
What you need to know before investing in shares
- Sharesave schemes
What they are, how they work and the pros and cons
- Should I defer taking my state pension?
You could save hundreds in tax if you're still earning
- State pension
What is it, how much do you get and can you boost it?
- Stocks & shares ISAs
Learn more about ISA and investment platforms
- Supermarket Christmas boost
Get extra cash to spend on your shopping
- Top savings accounts
Up to 5.2% easy access or up to 6.2% fixed rates
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- Tax rates 2023/24
Break down the tax you'll pay
- Tax-free savings & the starting savings rate
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- What type of ISA should I get?
The five different ISA types explained
- Which bank is best if you have power of attorney?