Banking

Missed rent payments could cost you a mortgage, loan, credit card, or indeed a new tenancy agreement.

"Complicated" restrictions on the Government's scheme to support the millions of workers who will be automatically placed into workplace pensions must be removed to ensure its success, MPs warned today.

Squeezed consumers searching for the best deals face a "major risk" of being sold financial products they do not need, the finance watchdog warned today.

Cash Isa transfer times have shortened following action by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), though they still take well over two weeks.

Three years of rock-bottom interest rates will pass today with little sign that the Bank of England is set to ease up on its emergency support.

The base rate has today been held at its 0.5% historic low once again, the Bank of England has announced.

Banking giant Santander is ditching the £100 sign-up bonus and 0% overdraft on its market-leading current account, replacing it with a new deal offering cashback.

A limited number of customers of failed currency firm Crown Currency Exchange who sent back unspent overseas money they'd bought from the firm will be refunded. The cash will be returned in full in sterling at the current exchange rate.

Students hoping to use Tesco Clubcard points to fund study at The Open University should consider applying soon as the scheme is set to end this July.