It’s good to talk goes the old adage and it’s certainly true as far as money is concerned. We’re very tight-lipped about the way we talk to our friends and family about our money. We tend not to talk about how much we earn, or how much we’ve borrowed to buy the house we live in, and we certainly don’t…
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I have to confess to a degree of unease with the way the banks are behaving at the moment. I received an email from one of our major banks the other day to tell me that they were reducing the rate of interest they paid on their instant saver account from 0.35% to 0.01%. Their other accounts, and their range…
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It can often seem like a good idea to consolidate all the small loans you have into one big one, especially if that bigger loan company is offering a lower rate of interest than the rates you are currently paying. But it’s not just about the rate of interest you are going to be paying, although there is no doubt…
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Bank customers must be feeling that they’re being battered on all sides at the moment. At the same time as banks are reducing the rates of interest that they pay on many accounts they are also serving notice that they intend to increase arranged overdraft rates on current accounts from April. There seems to be no hiding place for customers…
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