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Another disappointing week – are you still saving with a high street provider? You might want to read on
17th August 2018
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

It’s now been two weeks since the Bank of England increased the base rate to 0.75% and as we promised last week, we want to keep you up to date with what
Ask Anna: I’ve recently opened an account via the Raisin platform. How do I get my bonus?
17th August 2018
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

We’ve had several readers email in about this, as it not completely clear and it’s a slightly unusual process for a savings product, in that you have to claim your bonus directly with Raisin.
Rates Rundown: Flurry of fixed rates enter our best buy tables
17th August 2018
Author: Dan Darragh

Category: Savings News

Any savers hoping to see interest rates surge upwards, will again be disappointed this week. Although, we have seen slight improvements across our fixed rate best buy tables.
Borrowing more, saving less. Here we go again. A ticking time bomb.
10th August 2018
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

The record low interest rate environment that has been created over the last decade is a ticking time bomb of issues for all of our futures, not just the next generation.
Press Review: Savings Roundup (week commencing 4 August 2018)
10th August 2018
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

As expected, last weekend’s press was dominated by the base rate rise news. Of course, everyone is warning that although base rate has increased by 0.25%, you shouldn’t automatically expect to see your savings account rate being raised by the same amount.
Rates Rundown: a steady stream of best buys enter our tables…
10th August 2018
Author: Dan Darragh

Category: Savings News

While perhaps not the torrent of new best buys that we and many savers were hoping for following last week’s base rate rise, the number of new best buys has been steadily increasing over the last seven days.