Personal Finance NewsOver the last few years the Santander 123 current account has been the only decent option for many savers – paying 3% with instant access up to £20,000 – it was too good to be true in the current depressed savings market – the only surprise is that this decision to trim the rate didn’t happen before now. The rate […]
The Co-op Insurance is offering young drivers up to 20% off their insurance premium price in their first year if they can prove they drive well, using its ‘Young Driver’ app. Since it launched in 2011, the Co-op Insurance, which was the first major insurer to bring telematics to the mainstream market, has saved its […]
Banks are shutting the door on more than 4.2m people in the UK who are looking for mortgages and credit. However, many could be being unfairly judged as more than a third (34%) of people who’ve checked their credit score have found glaring errors on their report. The research of over 2,000 individuals from Amigo […]
British holidaymakers are starting to feel the effects of Brexit and weaker exchange rates on their holiday spending according to a survey of summer holidaymakers. The average holidaymaker heading to the EU is £51 worse off per person, per week, according to the survey undertaken by Prepaid International Forum (PIF), the not-for-profit trade body for […]
We lose a staggering £40 a year from unpaid loans to friends and family, equating to £2,500 in a lifetime according to new research released by Nationwide Building Society. Asking a relative or friend to repay money is often an awkward experience and over two thirds (73%) of Brits don’t trust all of their friends […]
New research from Sainsbury’s Bank Credit Cards reveals on average, each person planning a summer holiday this year is likely to spend £974 on it. Many people would consider booking the vacation itself as being the most expensive part of the holiday, however the research reveals that it’s just over a third of the total spend. […]
1. Make sure you are on the electoral register. Lenders use the electoral register to help fight identity fraud and confirm a person is who they say they are and that they reside at that address. 2. Pay bills on time or ahead of schedule, a good credit score needs to be built up over […]
More than 16,000 people failed to get on the property ladder last year because of their poor credit score, according to a study from Amigo. Most affected are those who embarked on higher education who are 10% more likely to be rejected for a mortgage because of poor credit scores than those with just A-levels […]
Over one in five people who have hired a car (21%) said they had found damage on the car which was not highlighted on the check-out sheet, according to a new YouGov survey, commissioned by iCarhireinsurance.com, the leading provider of stand-alone car hire excess insurance. Any damage to a hire car, even if it isn’t […]