October
Settle student loans at half-price? Martin says most should say no
Some university leavers who started studying between 1990 and 1998 have received letters and texts from Erudio - the company which manages their student loans - offering them the chance to settle their loan by partially paying it off
9 November 2018
O2 customer charged £3,000 roaming fees after being told she was in a different country
An O2 customer accidentally racked up over £3,000 in roaming fees, after receiving texts which said her calls and data would be taken out of her UK allowance – here's what you need to know to make sure you don't fall foul of complicated rules
8 November 2018
Boffins uncover secrets of yellow-sticker shopping success
The paper, produced by academics at Leeds Beckett University, has analysed hundreds of posts from the MoneySavingExpert.com forum
2 November 2018
Firms STILL threatening to charge card fees nine months after ban
You should no longer be charged a fee for opting to pay by credit or debit card after a law change in January - but consumers are still being told they will be
2 November 2018
Eurostar customers told to reset passwords after attempted hack
Eurostar has contacted customers asking them to reset their Eurostar passwords and check for anything unusual on their accounts
31 October 2018
Financial watchdog to probe home and car insurance pricing
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the issues it will focus on as part of a market study into how insurance firms charge their customers for home and motor insurance
31 October 2018
Ryanair and Wizz Air add a new luggage charge this week
Budget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air are both cutting their free hand luggage allowance this week – unless you pay for priority boarding, you'll only be able to take one handbag-sized carry-on into the cabin on flights from Thursday 1 November.
30 October 2018
We shouldn't be called the Student Loans Company, says Student Loans Company chair
Christian Brodie, non-executive Chair of the Student Loans Company made the comment to the Education Committee this morning
30 October 2018
Mobile insurance firm fined £5.2m for claims failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (Liberty) £5,280,800 for failures between 5 July 2010 and 7 June 2015
30 October 2018
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Rail passengers to get travel updates via Facebook Messenger
12 December 2018
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High street haggling getting harder - but here's where you're most likely to bag a discount
12 December 2018
Shoppers are finding it increasingly tricky to haggle on the high street, with the average success rate dropping from 55% to just 42% in the past two years -
Private parking appeals up 7% – but fewer are successful
11 December 2018
More motorists are contesting private parking tickets but those who are successful has dropped by more than 10%, according to figures published by the UK's largest private parking appeals service -
Barclays lets customers block gambling transactions
11 December 2018
Barclays has today become the first UK high street bank to allow you to block payments to certain categories of retailer, such as gambling services and premium rate websites and phone lines, in a bid to help vulnerable customers -
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11 December 2018
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Martin Lewis: Is it unfair to charge loyal customers more?
19 November 2018
Should loyal customers be charged more than new ones? On the surface the answer is a simple no – but nothing is that simple. Many consumer marketplaces function because only some people embrace competition, and we need to work out what happens if we change that -
Martin Lewis: Are you an overdraft prisoner? How to escape it
9 November 2018
The old adage - that banks will lend you an umbrella when the sun shines, and ask for it back when it rains - feels like a modern reality for many with overdrafts -
Martin Lewis: How much should you save for your kids to go to university? (VIDEO)
6 November 2018
This is a warning for parents of all teenagers. Now over 50% of our young people go on to university. And while you commonly hear that you don’t need to pay for that upfront, it’s no longer true, there is a hidden parental contribution
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LAST OOOOORDERS! Don’t be caught out. The deadlines for free and cheap delivery before Christmas are FAST approaching
11 December 2018
If you’re shopping online for gifts, the deadline for ordering to get ’em in time for Christmas may be sooner than you think. Get it wrong and instead of presents under the tree, they could be held hostage at a courier firm’s out-of-town depot… To help avoid this, retailers now give their own final cut-off dates for orders you want...
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