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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.
MPs call for Lifetime ISA to be scrapped
10th August 2018
Author: Dan Darragh

Category: Savings News

The Lifetime ISA should be abolished states the Treasury committee following strong criticism of the scheme
Is your provider playing fair?
10th August 2018
Author: Dan Darragh

Category: Savings News

After the long-awaited announcement last week that the Bank of England has finally raised the base rate by 0.25% to 0.75%