Comparing student bank accounts isn’t that easy – but take a look at the MoneyFacts best buy table, and you’ll see that the top two accounts offered on their are the Royal Bank of Scotland and Halifax student accounts. Both of these accounts offer 2% interest if you are in credit, but possibly more importantly, […]
Month: September 2007
Student Finance: New Series
As we’re approaching the start of the new academic year, I’m starting a series of posts looking at the thorny subject of student finance. Studies suggest that this year’s freshers will owe £21,000 on average by the time they graduate, so it’s becoming more and more important that students, and their parents, are thinking about […]
Don’t Fall For This New Telephone Scam
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a warning about a telephone scam that is doing the rounds which involves fraudsters calling up claiming they’re from the OFT, saying that they can help the recipient claim back their bank charges. The callers ask for both personal and financial details, including bank information, and the […]
A Warning For Credit Card Users
The BBC’s MoneyBox radio programme recently featured details of a little known practice which can affect the level of credit available on your credit card. When checking in to a hotel, the hotel may scan your card, and secure an amount of credit from the card to cover the price of the room for however […]
HSBC U-Turn After Facebook Protest
Following on from last week’s post on students pressuring HSBC on Facebook, HSBC have decided to do a U-turn on their plans to scrap interest-free overdrafts on their graduate accounts: Thousands of students on Facebook had threatened to boycott the bank. The National Union of Students said this made all the difference to the protest. […]