Loan rates are rising across the country with some of the former leaders in the low rate loan market now being found at the bottom of the comparison tables.
Northern Rock who have been consistently competitive for many years have recently upped their rate making to what is now one of the least competitive rates available. [...]

National Savings and Investments rate changes
25 July 2007
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is increasing the interest rates on a wide range of its variable savings offers by up to 0.25% per annum.
This increase follows the movement in the Bank of England base rate on 05 July 2007 which has a bearing on NS& [...]

Drew Wotherspoon of John Charcol comments, “Unless you’ve been on the moon recently, you can’t have missed reports of the great fixed rate disappearing trick over the last few months. Many deals have come and gone in the blink of an eye giving borrowers little opportunity to take them up. That said, the current crop [...]

New research from Sainsbury’s Bank indicates that obesity is a serious problem affecting over a third (34%) of the UK’s combined cat and dog population. Sainsbury’s Pet Insurance estimates that around 2.72 million dogs and 2.87 million cats are suffering from obesity.
According to a research study carried out by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, some [...]

Insurance companies are dealing with policyholders who have been hit by the latest floods as quickly as possible the ABI (Association of British Insurers) has said.
Insurers are:
wherever possible contacting their customers in the post codes affected to see what help they can provide;
drafting in extra staff to deal with claims;
making arrangements to visit [...]

At the end of June 2007, data provided by Members of CIFAS – The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, continued to give cause for concern. Comparing the first half of 2007 with the same period in 2006, CIFAS Members have seen a sharp rise in most types of financial fraud.
Application Fraud (where fraudsters tell lies on [...]

Nationwide International has announced that it will be launching US Dollar and Euro Tracker Premium accounts with effect from Wednesday 1 August 2007.
The accounts will offer market leading interest rates on offshore, no notice foreign currency accounts.
The new accounts will be available to new and existing customers and will offer:
Market leading interest rates – [...]

Barclays has launched a new free and secure pre-pay chip and PIN card which can be used throughout the world at cash machines and anywhere VISA is accepted.
The Travel Money Card is free to purchase and load with money from the equivalent of £100 to £2,500 and is available in British pounds, US dollars [...]

Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank in association with MoneyCard Limited has launched a Visa Pre-Paid Card designed to pay employee expenses.
Making expenses payments to employees with a pre-paid card frees organisations from the risk of issuing company credit cards and the need to handle cash.
Pre-paid cards offer an alternative to difficult to manage petty cash [...]

UK holidaymakers who are planning to use their credit card abroad this summer could be wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on unnecessary fees.
Research from the Post Office shows that 49 per cent of UK holidaymakers plan to use their credit card to shop abroad, accounting for an estimated spend of around £9.4 billion.
But [...]