Savings Accounts
National insurance number delays hit 16-year-olds trying to beat Help to Buy ISA deadline
Some 16-year-olds are struggling to open a Help to Buy ISA before the deadline at the end of this month because they haven't yet received their NI numbers
14 November 2019
10,000s of Coventry Building Society customers to lose debit cards
Coventry Building Society is to withdraw debit cards from more than 30,000 customers using its MoneyManager savings accounts in September - and some will also lose overdraft facilities
14 June 2019
Over £8 million Premium Bond prizes lost in the post – check if you're owed
Over 180,000 premium bond prizes which were sent as cheques but never arrived in the post are waiting to be reclaimed, MoneySavingExpert can reveal
23 April 2019
Unity Mutual launches new type of Lifetime ISA
Unity Mutual has launched a new type of stocks and shares Lifetime ISA, offering a guaranteed 1.25% interest rate until April, as well as a 25% Government bonus towards your first home or retirement - here's what to watch out for
7 November 2018
Delays to NS&I payments due to technical glitch
Thousands of NS&I customers are facing delays after trying to withdraw money from their accounts this week
2 November 2018
New top easy-access savings account as rates rise
Nottingham Building Society has launched a new market-leading online easy-access savings account, paying 1.55% interest on £1,000 or more
29 October 2018
Easy-access savings rates on rise as 'Marcus effect' shakes up market
Easy-access savings rates have been moving upwards since the launch of Goldman Sachs' market-leading Marcus savings account a little over two weeks ago
12 October 2018
New bank Marcus launches market-leading 1.5% savings
Goldman Sachs has today launched 'Marcus', a new brand offering a table-topping savings account paying 1.5% - the highest rate we've seen in over two and half years
27 September 2018
Top savings rates have barely moved in the two weeks since base rate rise, MSE data reveals
Savers have barely seen any benefit since the Bank of England increased the base rate by 0.25 percentage points two week
16 August 2018
NS&I to close three-year Investment Bond applications today
NS&I to close three-year Investment Bond applications TODAY
10 April 2018
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'My hamster ate my post': HMRC reveals most bizarre tax return excuses as deadline looms
17 January 2020
HM Revenue & Customs has released the most "weird and wonderful" excuses it's received from taxpayers who have failed to get their self-assessment tax return in on time – with bizarre explanations such as 'I was up a mountain in Wales' -
Nationwide double-charges hundreds of customers for credit card repayments
16 January 2020
Hundreds of Nationwide customers have had their monthly credit card repayment taken twice, with one family overcharged by up to £2,500, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal -
Many private parking firms to spare drivers hefty fines for number-plate errors
16 January 2020
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Got a Hotpoint or Indesit washing machine? Your rights as 100,000s of machines are recalled
16 January 2020
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Ovo completes purchase of SSE – what it means for customers
15 January 2020
In a major shake-up of the energy market, challenger firm Ovo has finalised the purchase of SSE – if you're an SSE customer, here's what it means for you.
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Martin Lewis VIDEO: Should you pay off your Plan 1 student loan?
7 January 2020
If you started university between 1998 and 2012, or since then in Scotland and Northern Ireland, you'll have a Plan 1 student loan. While much is written about whether those with savings should overpay the current English Plan 2 student loans, there's little out there about Plan 1. I wanted to change that, so here's a video explaining how to decide... -
How much the Govt expects you to give your children for university
16 December 2019
Update Note 25 May 2017: The ready reckoners below have been updated with the new 2017/2018 living loan amounts. Also since first writing this blog, and seeing the strength of feeling it attracted, I have written an open letter to the Uni Minister asking him to start telling people about this. Yet sadly received his no we won’t...
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