MoneySavingExpert News
September 2012
Bankrupt consumers looking to open a new basic bank account will now only be able to open a Barclays account, after the Co-operative Bank decided to stop offering accounts to undischarged bankrupts.
17 September 2012
Low-income families could be pushed further into financial difficulties and debt by a shift to monthly benefit payments under Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms, a think tank warned today.
17 September 2012
All the UK's major mobile phone providers have now released prices for Apple's iPhone 5, which goes on sale from next Friday.
14 September 2012
14 September 2012
Loans for home purchases slumped by 8% last month as lenders clamped down on mortgages for those with small deposits, according to research today.
14 September 2012
A whopping £512 million was paid out to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in July, the latest figures from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reveal.
14 September 2012
Consumers would be more likely to switch banks if they could keep their account number, new research reveals.
13 September 2012
The Olympic Games delivered a boost to Britain's jobs market after official figures today showed another drop in unemployment as the part-time workforce soared.
12 September 2012
Twice as many households in England could slice up to £600 off their energy bills each year, after changes to the Government's Warm Front scheme came into force today.
12 September 2012
Lloyds TSB and MBNA are the worst of the major banks for wrongly dismissing complaints, new data published by the Financial Ombudsman Service reveals today.
11 September 2012
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