November 2014

Many homeowners paying a standard variable mortgage rate (SVR) with a decent credit score and 10%+ equity, can ditch their mortgage and save by getting a new one.

The MSE collective energy switch has become the UK’s biggest ever collective switch, dwarfing all previous efforts with nearly 60,000 people taking out one of the four tariffs, collectively saving £10 million on their energy bills. 

The limit for transferring money by Faster Payments with your bank is £100,000, yet many banks set the limit much lower – sometimes as low as £10,000.

Tesco Bank loan and credit card customers are starting to receive details about their share of the £43 million set aside by the bank due to historic paperwork errors.

If you're aged 62 or over, you could be due up to £300 from the Government to help cover the cost of your energy bills this winter.

If you're planning on filling up your car with petrol, wait until midday today at Tesco or until tomorrow at Asda, Sainsbury's or Morrisons as all four of the supermarkets are cutting fuel prices by 1p/litre.

About 12,000 Co-operative Bank travel credit card customers are set to lose one of the main perks of their card - from next month they won't be able to earn loyalty points to spend on holidays.

Santander debit and credit card users can earn up to 15% cashback on spending from today, but customers will have to activate each cashback deal before they spend.