February 2012

Up to 17,000 taxpayers who filed a self assessment return on time have been threatened with a £100 fine for supposedly submitting late.

Around 40,000 borrowers face the threat of higher mortgage costs after Halifax raised a cap for some on a standard variable rate (SVR).

Banks and financial firms are wrongly rejecting payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints, despite them putting billions of pounds aside aside to pay consumers.

Students hoping to use Tesco Clubcard points to fund study at The Open University should consider applying soon as the scheme is set to end this July.

MoneySavingExpert.com today provides evidence Halifax and Lloyds TSB advertised pet insurance policies promising "life-long" cover before axing the products over recent months, meaning they were anything but life-long.

Barclaycard has apologised after many of its customers who took out a credit card offer that was supposed to net them £100 in February failed to pay out.

Up to 200,000 homes could struggle to get insurance against flooding next year, potentially risking an £11 billion liability, council leaders said today.

Fans who thought they were buying concert and sporting tickets from other fans via exchange website Viagogo may have paid over the odds, it's been claimed, after allegations the site is allocated thousands of tickets by promoters, which are then sold above face value.

The controversial payday lending market is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading, the watchdog said this morning.