k New Visa incentive for shops to give cashback to customers By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:58:13 GMT Visa's scheme marks the first time all the UK's banks will pay small stores to offer cashback. Beccy Soper (pictured), of Beccy's Greengrocers in Stockbridge, Hampshire, said: 'It's a win-win'. Full Article
k Banking with Lloyds for 40 years helped it uncover my £12k PPI payout By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:47:00 GMT In an unusual case, four decades of sticking with Lloyds Bank was the main reason behind a Hertfordshire man obtaining a £12,000 mis-sold PPI payout. Full Article
k FCA: Banks must help customers in debt and not cancel their credit cards By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:41:27 GMT The Financial Conduct Authority has told banks to help customers get out of debt, amid concerns of a potential wave of credit cards being scrapped under new rules. Full Article
k Could buy now pay later and Klarna kill the credit card? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 09:13:42 GMT Buy now, pay later has become the way for the younger generation to pay. Is it a dangerous form of credit or a useful way for shoppers to pay flexibly? Full Article
k Why did a 'fee-free' Klarna purchase of a vacuum cleaner land me with a £2.65 charge? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 07:43:53 GMT A shopper who used buy now, pay later service Klarna to pay for a £199 vacuum cleaner in three 'interest-free' instalments was left confused after he was charged an extra 4.5%. Full Article
k Will you be charged a fee for using credit card to pay back Klarna? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:08:22 GMT Credit card customers of high street bank Halifax have reportedly been hit by charges when trying to make Klarna repayments, the buy now, pay later firm said. Full Article
k HSBC and Tesco Bank don't offer credit card soft searching By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 07:43:01 GMT People applying for credit cards with two major UK lenders have to roll the dice to check if they will be accepted, putting their credit score at risk in the process. Full Article
k Three quarters believe in a credit blacklist...it's a MYTH! By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:45:51 GMT Many of us know that having a good credit score is key to getting accepted for the cheapest cards, loans and mortgages but many still believe in common credit score myths. Full Article
k GEORGE NIXON: Could handing out more debt make our finances even worse? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:38:02 GMT The UK economy is built on spending, often fuelled by debt - credit cards, personal loans, car finance. We don't want to shrink it, only keep it manageable; and keep the Jenga tower from falling. Full Article
k Credit card approvals will fall and interest-free terms will shrink By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:51:45 GMT The Bank of England's latest credit conditions survey revealed lenders believe the availability of household unsecured credit will decrease between April and June amid coronavirus. Full Article
k Banks hit by 20,000 PPI complaints every day before deadline By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:02:48 GMT The Financial Conduct Authority said many were encouraged by the publicity blitz it launched in the summer of 2019 to warn consumers that they had limited time left to make a complaint. Full Article
k 240,000 Santander customers ask for credit card and mortgage holidays By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:18:12 GMT The UK arm of Santander revealed its pre-tax profit fell 58 per cent to £114million in the first three months of 2020. Full Article
k Virgin Money customers' credit cards suspended during lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:16:07 GMT Customers of Virgin Money rounded on the bank after it suspended their credit cards, despite many of them not struggling with their repayments and clearing their balance in full. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: The overlooked investing question By Published On :: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:42:02 +0100 Are you investing in the things that will help make the future that you want possible? Maybe it is something that we should all at least consider. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: The trick I play to help save money By Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 07:29:09 +0100 It’s so easy to come up with stories to tell ourselves to justify spending money. So I’ve started building up an armoury of reverse arguments to tell myself to help save. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: I'm glad the tax freeze pledge goes By Published On :: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:38:45 +0100 A government needs to be able to be nimble, to cut spending where necessary and to raise money should it require. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Why tuition fee rates are unfair By Published On :: Fri, 05 May 2017 08:36:23 +0100 Interest on tuition fees is now more expensive than some commercial loans. Here are four more reasons why this isn't fair on this cohort of graduates. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS:Energy cap kill directory enquiries? By Published On :: Mon, 15 May 2017 10:00:34 +0100 Guess what has experienced inflation ten times higher than house prices, gold, petrol or even a pint of beer in central London? Directory enquiries. Full Article
k The six phone calls you can’t afford not to make By Published On :: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 12:18:18 +0100 Here are around six phone calls every year that almost every household needs to make if they don’t want their outgoings to suddenly balloon. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Here's how we can simplify tax By Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:44:00 +0100 Party manifestos are not exactly known for their jokes. But as I trawled through them all over the past few days there were two lines that at least made me snigger. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS:Prepare your finances for the future By Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:10:23 +0100 So how can we possibly plan our finances at a time of such uncertainty and disagreement about what is next to come for British households? I think there are a bunch of things we all can do to prepare. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Uni is about more than earning By Published On :: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:25:53 +0100 Of course there are economic arguments to make when considering the value of a degree. But they don't cover the half of it. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: the benefits of cashback By Published On :: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:05:56 +0100 With about three clicks of the mouse I have just transferred another free £20 into my bank account. A welcome boost. In total I have accumulated £240 – and it’s taken next to no effort on my part at all. Full Article
k Rachel Rickard Straus: Cashback is great for free money By Published On :: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:12:05 +0100 With about three clicks of the mouse I have just transferred another free £20 into my bank account. A welcome boost. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Brighthouse let down customers By Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:23:34 +0100 I’m all for being thorough, but the sooner redress is given the better chance there is of getting those who are mistreated back to the position they would have been in. Full Article
k Some straight-talking advice for British Gas customers By Published On :: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:00:46 +0100 Navy Retired, in Merseyside says: ‘If you are a British Gas customer, you might as well put £200 - 300 down the nearest drain. Switch - it is so easy.’ I think he or she is bang on the money. Full Article
k I'm fighting the sale that never ends, says Rachel Rickard Straus By Published On :: Tue, 08 May 2018 17:17:51 +0100 I've been monitoring an online sale for over a year now and it never reverts back to its standard price. I've been taking screen grabs and now it's time to fight back. Full Article
k CMA worried hotel websites rush us into making booking decisions By Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:08:47 +0100 There’s little in life more frenzied than booking a hotel online. You could plan an off peak trip to the back end of nowhere and it seems there'd be an inordinate number of people looking too. Full Article
k RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: It's time to maximise our impact as investors By Published On :: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:16:51 +0100 As consumers we endlessly battle to reduce our impact: take the train instead of driving, decline plastic straws, eat free range. As investors we can maximise our impact, using our cash to do good. Full Article
k A Vanguard LifeStrategy fund can make pension investing cheap and easy By Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:41:22 +0000 I don't have a Vanguard account, but if someone said they wanted an easy and cheap way to build their wealth, opening one and picking a Lifestrategy fund would be near the top of my list of things to try. Full Article
k Can the UK dodge an interest rate cut in 2020? By Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 06:00:46 +0000 Those hoping that we might celebrate the start of a new decade with the base rate above 1 per cent for the first time in 11 years, look likely to have their hopes dashed at the moment. Full Article
k The FCA says its overdraft plan has worked, so did it want 40% rates? By Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:25:04 +0000 The financial watchdog was right to crackdown on costly daily charges and even more expensive unauthorised borrowing. Its mistake was to trust the banks and not cap rates. Full Article
k The electric car salary sacrifice tax break that can save you 40% By Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:13:35 +0000 The little-known salary sacrifice tax break for electric cars combined with a new zero rate benefit-in-kind rate could be a game-changer for green motoring. Full Article
k Halifax hiked my home insurance by 29% but couldn't tell me why By Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:59:46 +0000 Halifax's renewals team are not blessed with the ability to explain why you are being asked for an extra £59, so I made a complaint and this is what happened next. Full Article
k Will Rishi Sunak be brave enough to get rid of the UK's 60p tax rate? By Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:00:16 +0000 The top rate of income tax is officially 45p, yet the removal of the personal allowance means the real top rate is effectively 60p - and those who pay it are not Britain's top earners. Full Article
k Five tips for investors when a crisis like coronavirus hits By Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:42:27 +0000 There's nothing to sharpen the investing mind like being down thousands of pounds, but if you had panic sold on Friday you would have missed this week's rebound. So what can investors do? Full Article
k The property market where people can't leave the house? By Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:51:20 +0000 Estate agents, mortgage brokers and banks have a headache right now, while buyers, sellers and those due to move home don't know what on earth will happen. Full Article
k I'd back an investment trust over fixing a cash Isa for 7 years at 1.65% By Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:41:45 +0100 Whenever I see such rates I feel compelled to ask: 'Why if you have money that you don't need for seven years would you not invest it for a better return?' Full Article
k What happens to house prices after you stop the property market? By Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:26:18 +0100 Amid the coronavirus lockdown, that quintessentially British question is inevitably being asked: what will happen to house prices? Full Article
k Joe Exotic's ex is UNRECOGNISABLE in bonus Tiger King episode By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:35:14 GMT The former spouse of the show's incarcerated antagonist showcased an incredible makeover, as he displayed his new dentures Full Article
k Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:49:35 GMT Fans of Tiger King: Murder Mayhem And Madness have come up with a shock theory that suggests Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock. Full Article
k Rylan Clark-Neal impersonates Tiger King star Carole Baskin in hilarious TiKTok video By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:39:32 GMT The presenter, 31, donned a blonde wig and a funky leopard print ensemble as he impersonated Tiger King's Carole Baskin in a hilarious TikTok video. Full Article
k Florida sheriff says more than one person killed Carole Baskin's missing second husband Don Lewis By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:29:01 GMT Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister says he believes more than one person killed Carole Baskin's second husband Don Lewis and money was likely involved as motivation. Full Article
k Dangerous Lies trailer follows Camila Mendes as a kind caregiver who gets pulled in a web of murder By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:19:32 GMT Camila Mendes plays a kind caregiver who gets much more than she bargained for in the new trailer for Netflix's Dangerous Lies. Full Article
k Tiger King: Meet Australia's big cat keepers risking their lives to look after endangered animals By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 01:22:00 GMT Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia. Full Article
k Group of Aussies recreate version of I Saw A Tiger from popular Netflix series Tiger King By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:41:05 GMT The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King. Full Article
k The little-known easy hack that allows you to stream Netflix on hotel televisions By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:41:02 GMT An Australian man currently living in 14-day quarantine has shared an ingenious hack for streaming Netflix and YouTube on a hotel TV, and it only requires two pieces of technology. Full Article
k Alison Brie says working out consistently helped with her relationship to her body 'times a million' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:33:26 GMT She stars as Ruth Wilder in the Netflix hit comedy/drama series Glow. And Alison Brie opened up about how training for her character and the physical element of the role 'helped.' Full Article
k Tiger King star Joe Exotic is in talks with US broadcaster to host his own radio show from prison By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:02:13 GMT The former GW Exotic Animal Park owner, 57, was recently moved to a Texas prison after being convicted in April 2019 of 17 accounts of animal abuse and conspiring to kill Carole Baskin, 58 Full Article
k Twitter goes wild for Unorthodox star Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapiro By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:35:09 GMT Twitter has gone wild for rising star Amit Rahav after he shot to fame playing Yanky Shapiro in Netflix series Unorthodox. Full Article