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Regular Savers offered up to 6%?
22nd December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Regular savers are being offered up to 6% on their savings with First Direct and M&S Bank, but is this really the best rate you can get on the market?
Scrooge banks rob easy access savers of £2.86 billion a year in interest since 2013, while children’s accounts remain fairly unscathed
22nd December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

The banks have been playing Scrooge when it comes to easy access savings accounts in the past two years but children’s accounts have fared far better.
The 2016 Savings Champion Awards - Who are the winners?
10th December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Our Savings Awards acknowledge excellence in a wide range of categories, recognising those banks and building societies that have consistently offered best buy rates, provided excellent customer service and promoted competition in the savings market over the last 12 months.
New Help to Buy ISA Launched
09th December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Although it’s still early days, so far, just 14 providers have got on board to offer the first Help to Buy ISAs, a Government scheme that helps first time buyers get on the housing ladder, in the form of a bonus of up to £3,000.
Rates Rundown - all of the latest deals
09th December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Just as we thought that providers were winding down for Christmas, with few notable changes being made, we suddenly saw a bumper week, with not just the new Help to Buy ISAs available, but also a whole host of changes affecting no less than six of our best buy tables.
Industry watchdog releases LOWEST paying savings accounts league table!
09th December 2015
Author: Anna Bowes

Category: Savings News

Following an extensive review of the savings market, the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) has released more details on the remedies it proposes to bring in, to better serve and support savers. These include prominently displaying interest rates for savers and naming and shaming the lowest rates paid by banks and building societies.