July
10 million records hit in Dixons Carphone data breach - far more than first thought
Dixons Carphone has said its data breach last year saw around 10 million records containing personal data accessed
31 July 2018
Lenders to help thousands of 'mortgage prisoners'
Dozens of mortgage lenders have agreed common standards to help around 10,000 borrowers
31 July 2018
Phone, broadband and TV customers set to get alerts before their contract ends
Customers of landline, broadband, TV and mobile services could have to be alerted when their contract is nearly up
31 July 2018
Octopus Energy to take on Iresa's 90,000 customers - here's what you need to know
Customers of gas and electricity provider Iresa, which ceased trading last week, are to be taken on by Octopus Energy
31 July 2018
Revealed: The best day to buy car insurance to slash costs by £100s/yr
Buying your car insurance three weeks ahead of the start day is likely to get you the cheapest price
31 July 2018
What happened when we called the PPI fraudsters who are pretending to be us
Fraudsters claiming to work at MoneySavingExpert.com have been cold calling people as part of a new PPI scam
30 July 2018
Tesco to allow Clubcard customers to download vouchers whenever they want
Tesco is to launch a new 'Faster Vouchers' scheme next month
30 July 2018
Blue Badge scheme to be extended to those with 'hidden disabilities'
People with hidden disabilities including autism and mental health conditions will soon be able to get a Blue Badge
30 July 2018
26,000 switched away from TSB between April and June
TSB lost only 900 more customers between April and June than it did between January and March
27 July 2018
Sainsbury's Bank customers facing long call centre waits following credit card statement delays
Sainsbury's Bank customers are reporting wait times of several hours to get through to its call centre
27 July 2018
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Nationwide FlexPlus travel insurance to cut cover for cancellation due to coronavirus restrictions
21 October 2020
Nationwide is to reduce the level of cover its FlexPlus travel insurance offers for cancellation due to coronavirus, in a blow to holidaymakers with the popular packaged bank account. Under changes to FlexPlus cover that will apply to all trips booked from January, a new Foreign Office warning against travel will no longer be sufficient grounds for a cancellation payout -
State pensions set to be boosted by 2.5% under triple lock
21 October 2020
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Royal Mail launches 72p parcel pick-up service – how it works
21 October 2020
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Revealed: 700,000+ overpaid a combined £100m+ on student loans last year – how to reclaim
20 October 2020
A huge number of graduates and other student loan borrowers repaid over £100m more than they needed to last year, new figures obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com reveal. The vast majority of this cash hasn't been claimed back - but the good news is, if you've overpaid, it's easy to reclaim -
Green Homes Grant 'a flop' with as few as one in six homeowners who apply able to find installers
20 October 2020
A new snapshot poll from MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis lays bare some of the problems with the new Green Homes Grant scheme
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Martin Lewis: Payment holidays coming to an end – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
20 October 2020
Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it? -
Is it time to ban Christmas presents?
14 September 2020
Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of... -
Martin Lewis: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my Twitter and Facebook followers… and it may be why they're buying more Jaffa Cakes
7 September 2020
Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make items next to it look like bargains. So I wanted to do a little experiment to test it
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