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The base rate has been held at 0.5% for the 12th consecutive month, the Bank of England revealed today.
4 March 2010
The next few years see the biggest pensions revolution for a generation. And the changes start on 6 April this year, so you've just a month left to act.
3 March 2010
Not one standard easy access savings account currently beats the rate of inflation. This means all savers with cash in one are losing money in real terms as their purchasing power is diminished.
2 March 2010
1 March 2010
Complaints about financial firms to the independent Ombudsman Service were up by 18% during the second half of last year, after many banks and other providers wrongly rejected consumer gripes.
25 February 2010
Government-owned Northern Rock is scrapping its 100% savings guarantee, it announced this morning.
24 February 2010
Over £480m of bank charges could still be reclaimed by those in hardship.
24 February 2010
Santander-owned Alliance & Leicester has launched a tax-free cash Isa at a market-leading 3.5% for easy access.
23 February 2010
A new entrant in the UK's high street banking sector today confirmed plans to open its first branches by April.
22 February 2010
Two million Barclays customers on fee-paying current accounts will see the cost of their overdraft hiked from April.
19 February 2010
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