- Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 11:10
- Featured, Savings and Investments
A ‘super-complaint’ is being issued to the OFT today about the £158 billion
cash ISA market.
15 million cash ISA holders could be losing out on up to £3 billion of
interest a year, purely because of the way the market operates.
Super-complaints are made under the terms of the Enterprise Act 2002, requesting a full appraisal ...
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- Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:59
- Credit Cards, Personal Finance
Parents who treat their children to a family holiday during this Easter Break will be subject to hugely inflated holiday premiums, research by
Santander Cards has revealed.
The research, which looked at the cost of a holiday for four to various destinations, found that families face a premium of 119% on average for jetting away ...
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- Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:39
- Featured, Savings and Investments
A quarter of savers do not know the interest rate their Cash
ISA accounts are paying, new research by The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has revealed. This trend is quite worrying, when revealed that 92% of ISA savers opt for the Cash ISA.
A sample of 2057 adults, living in the UK, indicated that 25% of those ...
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- Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:30
- Life Insurance
The AA has made the move into the private
medical insurance market. The emergency breakdown service for drivers has decided to enter the medical insurance market in conjunction with AXA PPP healthcare. The AA will offer three levels of cover, for both AA members and non-members.
In addition to this, a dedicated 24-hour helpline will ...
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- Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:22
- Newsletter NEW
Broadband costs can make a real dent in the household budget. But we have identified the cheapest deals for you so you don’t have to work to save on broadband.
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- Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:18
- Newsletter NEW
Regular savings plans usually have high rates of interest attached, but often the real amount you can get from the bank is less impressive than it first seems. Here are some of the best-paying regular savings accounts, and what you can get elsewhere.
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- Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:15
- Newsletter NEW
If you owe less than £15,000 than you could find a debt management plan will help you get back on track.
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- Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:13
- Newsletter NEW
More people have become insolvent in the past year than ever before, with 35,574 personal insolvencies in the last quarter of 2009 alone, according to official figures, and a new product – the Debt Relief Order – is gaining pace on traditional methods of dealing with debt, and could help you.
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- Monday, March 29, 2010, 16:12
- Newsletter NEW
Pensions are the one area many of us try to avoid until we have to start thinking about it, but that is just giving your pension provider carte blanche to do what it wants with your fund. Take control of your future by speaking to an adviser now.
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