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MoneyExpert: ‘IVAs Can Help When Used Properly’
The Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) has said that people in debt could be helped by Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), although they need to seek impartial independent advice before entering into one.
MoneyExpert: Barclaycard Lowers APR
Barclaycard has announced that the annual percentage rate (APR) on its Barclaycard Platinum credit card is to be lowered from 17.9 per cent to 14.9 per cent.
This Is Money: Checkout Finance Is ‘poor Value’
Research out today shows that supermarket and High Street financial products – loans, insurance and bank accounts – are poor value. Ed Monk investigates
Motley Fool: The Nasty Side Of Current Accounts
If you’re one of the 85% of British adults with a current account, you’re probably reasonably happy. After all, unlike many of our European counterparts you don’t have to pay for your debit card or chequebook, and as long as you stay in credit you can get some pretty amazing rates of interest.
This Is Money: Boost For Tax-free Saving
Changes to the rules governing tax-free Isa savings were announced by the Treasury this afternoon
Motley Fool: Another Mad Mortgage To Shun!
Abbey, which is the UK’s second-largest mortgage lender and is now owned by Spanish bank Santander, has laid down the gauntlet to other mortgage lenders.
Motley Fool: When Will You Have Paid Off Your Mortgage?
According to some recent research by Lincoln Financial Group, more than 7.6million of us are banking on our homes to help fund our retirement, ahead of any other long-term savings. But the question is – when will we have paid off our mortgages?
Motley Fool: Get The Insurance You Really Need
Have you ever taken five minutes to look at your bank statements to see where your money goes each month? Mortgage or rent payments, council tax, loan repayments and bills are bound to take the biggest chunk of your income, but you’re also bound to have the odd insurance policy in amongst them. Some of us have a whole list of them. But the question is – which ones do we really need?
Motley Fool: Should We Tax Credit Cards?
No one can deny that we in the UK love our plastic. In 2005, there were nearly 142 million payment cards in issue, with 70 million of these being credit cards, 67 million debit cards and around 5 million charge cards. This means that, on average, we each have 2.4 credit cards and 1.6 debit cards in our pockets. Blimey!