Savers trapped in frozen property funds until 2021 with watchdog still to bring in new rules By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:41 BST, 1 September 2020 Savers who have had their money locked in property funds since the beginning of the pandemic could be forced … Read more
Grab a fixed rate deal before they disappear: Banks now offering over 1% but it may not last if NS&I cuts its rates Savers piled £45bn into easy-access accounts in just four months over lockdown One-year fixed savings rates have crept up above 1 per cent in recent weeks New banks are leap-frogging each other … Read more
Santander extends branch opening hours after we told how banks were failing on service after lockdown eased By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 1 September 2020 Santander branches will be open from 9.30am until 4.30pm on Monday to Friday as of September 7 Santander … Read more
RBS offers £100 bribe to open a bank account after being voted one of the worst providers By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 1 September 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland is offering £100 to customers who open a bank account Royal Bank of Scotland … Read more
Another record month for Premium Bond buys meaning £8bn has poured in within five months – how long will it be until NS&I’s best buy rates are cut? Some £1.81bn worth of Premium Bonds were bought in July This is a record for the fifth successive month since the lockdown began Treasury-backed NS&I in July … Read more
Badge of shame: How TSB’s famous slogan seems now TSB once boasted that it was ‘the bank that likes to say yes’ – but it is now blowing a rude raspberry ‘no’ in the face of customers wanting to be served at its branch counters. The bank has started pulling down the shutters at 14 … Read more
A-level fiasco has thrown university plans for many into chaos, but here are student bank accounts with perks that make the grade By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 The recent A-level fiasco has thrown the plans of half a million students … Read more
On Tuesday, around 6.3million children born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 will begin to be able to access billions of pounds paid into Child Trust Funds when they turn 18. These tax-free savings accounts were set up for all children born throughout most of the 2000s with government vouchers of £250, or … Read more
‘Barclays’ text alert service failed me at the crucial time’: Customer penalised as bank denies credit card direct debit despite ‘automated’ insufficient funds warning Adrian, 28, from Lancashire, was billed £11 for missing a direct debit payment He normally receives alerts from Barclays telling him to top up his account However in June the alert … Read more
Despite the coronavirus pandemic throwing cold water on fresher’s week and an A-level results day fiasco which initially saw close to 40 per cent of grades marked down, thousands of students are set to start university next month. And even if close to 20,000 students will defer their entry until next September, many will still … Read more