Spending Overseas

"Don't pay to pay abroad," is the key message from MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis in the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, during which he details the best overseas travel cards, his pick of prepaid travel cards and how to get the best rates when exchanging cash.

Over-50s financial provider Saga has announced it's closing its Platinum credit card in March, and customers have been told any outstanding balance will be "due and owing in full at that point". If you can't pay it off by then, your debt may be transferred but your interest rate could rise – here's what we know so far.

If you have a current account with app-based Monzo Bank, you'll be charged fees for overseas ATM withdrawals from 18 December if you take out more than £200/month.

App-based Tandem Bank is launching a top credit card for use abroad, offering fee-free spending and overseas cash withdrawals PLUS 0.5% cashback on all purchases. Here's how it stacks up against our current top picks.

App-based Monzo Bank has announced it is to scrap or severely limit free overseas ATM withdrawals on its popular prepaid card, and has launched an online poll asking users to vote on a number of different charging options.

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society is no longer accepting new applications for its Gold Classic current account, which is a top pick for overseas spending.

If you've a prepaid travel card with My Travel Cash you've until 4 October to withdraw or spend your money, after the firm announced it's scrapping the cards.

Your purse or wallet is a key to speedily unlocking £100s of savings. So get it out, and open it up. I'm going to show you how to examine all the main items you keep in there, to check they're the right ones and you're correctly tooled up. If not you can likely save £100s or more.

A former director of Crown Currency Exchange – which went bust in 2010 leaving thousands of traders and travellers without £20 million of their money – has been jailed for more than three years.