Changing to a new current accounts provider can be a quick and easy way of making the pennies stretch further.  Continue Reading »

The Government has announced extra funding of £180 million for Post Offices under a “major expansion” of financial services offered by the network. Continue Reading »

The winners of the 2009 Your Money Awards were unveiled in London yesterday (July 16). The full list of successful providers is below, but keep an eye out for the next issue of Your Money (on sale August 20 with Your Mortgage) for the awards booklet which contains profiles of all the winners. Continue Reading »

The recession has not affected the financial ambitions of young people compared to two years ago, according to research from Alliance & Leicester. Continue Reading »

The economic crisis is having an effect on British relationships with almost a third of couples admitting to arguing more this year, mainly about money and household chores, according to PayPal. Continue Reading »

Alliance & Leicester, Barclays, The Co-Operative Bank, Lloyds Banking Group (including Lloyds TSB, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland), and RBS/Natwest are to stopped selling single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) with unsecured personal loans by the end of January 2009. Continue Reading »

Seventeen million Brits will be at the mercy of festive fraudsters this year, as bars and restaurants throughout the country fail to put in place proper security measures to protect their customers, according to CPP. Continue Reading »

A fifth of children are going behind their parents’ backs and shopping online without parental permission, according to CPP. Continue Reading »