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Egg has today upped the rate on its Savings Account to make it the top-paying, non-restrictive online account.
7 August 2009
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Fixed savings rates have risen further despite the Bank of England base rate being held today at 0.5% for the fifth consecutive month.
6 August 2009
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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at 0.5% for the fifth consecutive month.
6 August 2009
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Millions of workers could be wasting hundreds of pounds a year each if they pay into a company pension, as employers are failing to help them save efficiently.
31 July 2009
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Hundreds of thousands of students are graduating this summer and now is the time to choose the best current account.
29 July 2009
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A major Australian bank will scrap overdraft penalty charges in the autumn, in a move which campaigners hope will help UK bank charges victims.
28 July 2009
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Banks and building societies will have to display much clearer information to savers about how their money is protected from next January, under rules announced today by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
24 July 2009
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Natwest and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are both launching a regular savings account on Monday that pays a fixed 5% before tax for a year.
22 July 2009
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Banks have been given a further six months to sit on bank charges claims, pending the outcome of the test case to determine the fairness of these fees.
22 July 2009
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Savers have received another lift with the introduction of three best-buy accounts today.
17 July 2009

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