Savings

As she knelt at my feet I looked down and saw she was about to stick me with a sharp blade. But the next moment saw the podiatrist treating my ingrowing toenail ask the question that prompted me to write about the sheer power of mortgage overpayments.

A financial health minister should be appointed to help ensure everyone has access to basic facilities such as banking, affordable credit and is encouraged to save, a report argues.

With exactly one month to go until the end of the tax-year when savers will lose their tax-free allowance if they don't use it by 5 April, MoneySavingExpert.com explains how you can split your cash between easy-access and fixed cash ISAs.

ISA season is nearly upon us. That's the frenzied time around the 5 April tax year close, when many desperately scrabble to set up their ISA before the deadline. And the push continues on 6 April when a whole load more people open their new tax year ISA on the first day.

Savers aged 65 and over now have until 15 May to deposit money into Pensioner Bonds, as the Government has announced it's extending the scheme past its original £10 billion allocation.

Update: 9.30am, 5 February 2015: Tesco Bank has this morning said that all customers can now see their accounts online as normal. But let us know if you're still suffering via the forum link below.

Additional protection for those accessing their pension pot from April is to be introduced, the City watchdog has announced.

Banks may have to make it easier to compare and switch cash savings accounts if plans announced by the City regulator today are put in place.

The Government has announced it will fund a pilot scheme to set up savings clubs in primary schools in a bid to help prevent children racking up debts later on in life.