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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
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
Savers have received another lift with the introduction of three best-buy accounts today.
17 July 2009
Savers can lock-in an interest rate of 5% for up to five years and still have some access to their money.
13 July 2009
The Bank of England today announced it is holding the base rate at 0.5% for the fourth consecutive month.
9 July 2009
Homeowners and first-time buyers looking for a mortgage have seen a sharp rise in the cost of fixed-rate mortgage deals over recent weeks.
4 July 2009
Alliance & Leicester has launched the joint-top mass market savings account that gives you penalty-free access to your cash.
3 July 2009
Banks are raising easy access savings rates. Though they are still low historically, the best accounts pay over six times more than the 0.5% base rate.
1 July 2009
The cost of living in the UK is still falling, for some, according to Government inflation figures announced today.
16 June 2009
Banks and building societies have hit savers by cutting rates in line with recent base rate drops. However, they've failed to cut borrowing rates accordingly, a report reveals today.
2 June 2009
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