Customers and banks need to work together to fight financial fraud says Angela Knight, chief executive designate of the British Bankers' Association (BBA). Speaking before the Fraud Advisory Panel conference at the Chartered Accountants Hall in Lo

Woolwich has announced that it's improving its Buy to Let proposition by simplifying documentation requirements. For example, for loans up to £500,000 and with a maximum loan to value of 75%, proof of income is no longer required. For loans gre

The soaring popularity of online Christmas shopping could cost British businesses more than £7 billion, experts have warned. Indeed, online sales are set to hit £9 billion this Christmas after more than two million people took up shopping on th

Coventry Building Society has launched a limited issue fixed rate savings bond - the internet-based bond offering 5.80%(AER/gross pa) fixed until January 31st 2008. For those electing to take monthly income a 5.60% rate (5.75% AER) is on offer.

As the clocks go back this weekend (October 29th) heralding darker evenings and poorer visibility for drivers, motorists need to be extra vigilant and MOT themselves before starting any journey, says American Express Insurance Services. Latest

New research from Sainsbury's Bank reveals that 480,000 people claim to have driven without car insurance over the past 12 months. But it warns that this problem could get much worse as a result of the rising cost of driving. The bank has fo

The Post Office recently launched a Five Year Saver Guaranteed Equity Bond (GEB). It's a fixed-term deposit bond provided by the Bank of Ireland. One half of your money earns interest of 6.25% gross / AER per annum, whilst the other half participates

Customers and banks need to work together to fight financial fraud says Angela Knight, chief executive designate of the British Bankers' Association (BBA). Speaking before the Fraud Advisory Panel conference at the Chartered Accountants Hall in Lo

Woolwich has announced that it's improving its Buy to Let proposition by simplifying documentation requirements. For example, for loans up to £500,000 and with a maximum loan to value of 75%, proof of income is no longer required. For loans gre

The soaring popularity of online Christmas shopping could cost British businesses more than £7 billion, experts have warned. Indeed, online sales are set to hit £9 billion this Christmas after more than two million people took up shopping on th

Coventry Building Society has launched a limited issue fixed rate savings bond - the internet-based bond offering 5.80%(AER/gross pa) fixed until January 31st 2008. For those electing to take monthly income a 5.60% rate (5.75% AER) is on offer.

As the clocks go back this weekend (October 29th) heralding darker evenings and poorer visibility for drivers, motorists need to be extra vigilant and MOT themselves before starting any journey, says American Express Insurance Services. Latest

New research from Sainsbury's Bank reveals that 480,000 people claim to have driven without car insurance over the past 12 months. But it warns that this problem could get much worse as a result of the rising cost of driving. The bank has fo

The Post Office recently launched a Five Year Saver Guaranteed Equity Bond (GEB). It's a fixed-term deposit bond provided by the Bank of Ireland. One half of your money earns interest of 6.25% gross / AER per annum, whilst the other half participates

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP, has postponed the 2 pence per litre increase in fuel duty that was due to take place on 1 October 2008. This holds the main road fuel duty rates at 50.35 pence per litre after 1 October this year.

The average car consumes 38% more fuel at 70mph than it does at 50mph. Motorists driving at 90mph are wasting up to £1.20 every eight minutes as opposed to driving at 70mph. Acceleration and deceleration is what uses most fuel. You will improve your fuel consumption with smooth driving.

Private school fees have risen by 40% over the past five years - the cost of a private school education for day pupils has increased by more than twice the rate of inflation since 2003, according to new research from Halifax Financial Services.

As expected, the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) kept base rate unchanged at 5%. However, the MPC remains worried about inflation and it's likely that the Governor, Mervyn King, will continue to have to write letters to Chancellor Alistair Darling explaining why inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is outside the MPC's target range for a couple of months yet.

Zopa, the world's first person to person online lending exchange, now has more than 200,000 members. Total lending at Zopa recently topped £23 million, a little more than 3 years after launching in March 2005.

Action to give people more support to tackle their money concerns has being announced by Yvette Cooper MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Hector Sants, CEO of Financial Services Authority (FSA). The Financial Capability Action Plan sets out new measures to give people free advice and assistance to help them to manage their finances

Despite the uncertainty in the housing market, 3.25 million of us plan to move home over the next year or so, according to research from Alliance & Leicester (A&L). While the number may be a bit of a shock, it certainly isn't a surprise to learn that while waiting to put their home on the market, many would-be movers plan to improve their home to make it more attractive to potential buyers and get the best price. Before you start knocking walls down or converting the loft, you need to find out what buyers are looking for and what will add to the value of the property.

Newcastle Building Society has announced the launch of its new limited issue postal bond - the bond, running through August 28th 2009, paying a fixed rate of 6.8% gross/AER on a minimum investment of £5,000 (maximum £500,000).

Could the current economic climate, financial doom and gloom, be a myth? According to new research from life insurer Zurich, despite the testing market conditions, less than a third of consumers have reviewed their finances in light of the credit crunch (29%) and a fifth of people (21%) claim it's a term created by the media.

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of annual inflation - the Governments target measure of inflation - was 3.3% in May, up from 3.0% in April.

Payment Protection Insurance, or "PPI" as it is known, must have one of the dirtiest names in the financial services business, after low-cost endowment policies, for dodgy sales practices and general mis-selling. PPI is the type of insurance that you take out supposedly to make payments on a loan or credit debt if you are unable to because of accident, sickness or unemployment.