February 2012

Santander has been fined £1.5 million by the City regulator for failing to clearly tell customers how safe their investments were.

Web users are increasingly looking to sites such as MoneySavingExpert.com as they are getting bored with traditional social media such as Facebook, according to a YouGov poll.

Rents are back on the rise "unseasonably early" this year, lettings agents said today.

Vulnerable people in England and Wales could get better protection from bailiffs after the Government revealed plans to change the way they are regulated. However, critics say the measures don't go far enough and could even cost debtors more.

Landline users could be able to ring mobiles for less following a ruling to cut the fees mobile operators charge other phone firms for connecting calls to their networks.

A "revolutionary" app enabling people to send and receive money just by using mobile phone numbers has been made available to UK consumers.

Graduates who repay their student loans early will not be hit with huge penalties, following a government rethink.

Energy firms have been accused of mis-selling in shopping centres and supermarkets following an undercover investigation by Which?.

The UK's unemployment rate has reached a 16-year high after another rise in the jobless total.