A recent study by Which? (published by Moneywise) has shone a spotlight on the practices of banks and other high-street financial institutions regarding the way savers and borrowers are treated.
Despite a lot of bluster in the months leading up to it, the recent decision by the Bank of England to hold base rates at 0.5 per cent was no surprise given the string of underwhelming economic data that emerged in the days prior to the announcement.
The issue of personal data, and more specifically data protection, has become a burning one of late - not least in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Basking in the sun this past bank holiday weekend, it felt like summer had finally arrived. It's thus only natural to look ahead to the coming months, and the holidays that lie in store.
Only a week ago, markets had priced the likelihood of a Bank of England (BoE) rate increase at 86 per cent. Mortgage providers, somewhat dubiously, even built this into their lending rates, especially the big banks.
As an economy, we're a collective of buyers and sellers. One thing both parties have in common is that they want the process of making a payment to be as quick, convenient and safe as possible.
This past week, Lending Works cemented its place as one of the UK’s biggest peer-to-peer lending platforms, surpassing the £100 million mark in terms of pounds lent.
There is barely a week to go until the conclusion of the 2017/18 financial year, which means that, as ISA season begins to hot up, time is running out to take advantage of your ISA allowance.
Following their inception at the end of the twentieth century, the popularity of ISAs initially soared. Unlike so many savings and investment products which intertwine with Britain’s fiendishly-complicated tax system, ISAs – and, in particular cash ISAs – presented a simple and straightforward means through which consumers could build their nest eggs.
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