Santander is cutting the rate on its popular easy-access savings account from 5.2% to 4.2% on Monday 20 May. But you can easily beat the new 4.2% rate by switching elsewhere.
If you’ve got a Tesco Clubcard, check when your vouchers are due to expire as there’s just four weeks left to spend or extend nearly £17 million-worth before they run out on Friday 31 May.
If you have a Tesco Clubcard, you may soon be able to earn up to £50 in bonus points, as the supermarket is trialling a limited new promotion called ‘Clubcard Challenges’ for some shoppers.
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho has responded to calls from MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis to address high standing charges, fix broken smart meters and tackle the lack of competition in energy switching.
Royal Mail is temporarily waiving its £5 penalty fee for anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp on it while it takes fresh action against counterfeits. It’s also developing a new tool that will help people to check whether a stamp they’ve bought is legitimate before using it.
A new online service designed to simplify how you check and pay for voluntary national insurance contributions is now available. It should make the state pension boosting process quicker and easier for most people.
Nearly 4,000 people have signed a petition calling on Nationwide – a building society owned by its customers, who are known as members – to let them vote on its decision to buy rival lender Virgin Money.
Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Lloyds, which are all part of the Lloyds Banking Group, will shut at least 177 of their bank branches in 2024 and 2025, the Group has confirmed.
If you’ve got debt on a Barclaycard, it’s likely the minimum you have to repay each month will be cut from July. If you’re unaware, and don’t act, you could stay in debt for many years longer and pay possibly £1,000s more in interest.
NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will shut at least 100 of their bank branches in 2024/25, after RBS announced a further 18 closures.
