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2021

You can now get hold of Sky TV without the need of a satellite dish with customers able to access the service via a special TV instead. 'Sky Glass' will render satellite dishes and set-top-boxes redundant as the TV instead relies on a broadband connection to stream live TV and enable access to a variety of built in apps.
7 October 2021
Budgeting app Yolt is to close on Saturday 4 December, meaning that all profiles, accounts and prepaid cards will be automatically shut down. Yolt has asked users to withdraw funds and delete their accounts by the deadline. Here's everything you need to know.
6 October 2021
The consumer watchdog has closed its investigation into whether Ryanair and British Airways broke the law by failing to offer cash refunds to passengers who couldn't legally travel due to Government Covid lockdown restrictions, meaning customers will be unable to get cash refunds.
6 October 2021
Yorkshire Building Society has launched a two-year tracker mortgage with the cheapest ever initial market rate of 0.78%. As mortgage rates continue to creep down, there's no better time to check to see if you could save £1,000s on your mortgage.
5 October 2021
People living in Northern Ireland can get a completely free prepaid card topped up with £100 under a new 'Spend Local' scheme spearheaded by the Northern Irish Government. But you've only got until Monday 25 October to apply, and you can only spend the money in-store. Here's how the freebie works and how to get your hands on it. 
4 October 2021
Savers with a best-buy Marcus or Saga easy-access savings account or cash ISA can boost their interest rate by 0.1 percentage points so long as they don't already have a bonus rate attached to it. It comes as Goldman Sachs – the firm behind the two popular savings brands – rolls out a higher rate for new customers too.
4 October 2021
Shell Energy is to scrap a controversial £15 'cease fee' it charges customers who switch away from the firm or cancel their contract, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. It comes after we queried the fee with regulator Ofcom and it asked Shell Energy to explain the charge - though Shell insists it was already reviewing the fee as it prepares to take on 450,000 Post Office customers later this year.
3 October 2021
Igloo Energy, Symbio Energy and Enstroga, which combined have more than 230,000 customers, have become the latest energy providers to cease trading – making a total of nine suppliers to go bust this month. If you're a customer of these failed firms, your energy supply will continue and credit balances are protected. But DON'T switch now – sit tight and wait until your new supplier has contacted you.
3 October 2021
From Monday 25 October, motorists driving in London who do not meet particular emission standards could be charged £12.50/day as the city's 'Ultra Low Emission Zone' is set to expand. Here's what is happening. 
3 October 2021
Thousands of 1pMobile users who signed up to the pay-as-you-go provider before 1 January 2021 will need to spend at least £2.50 worth of credit on calls, texts, data or other services every 30 days from today. Fail to meet this spending limit, and you'll have a fee of up to £2.50 deducted from your credit.
30 September 2021

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