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New Visa incentive for shops to give cashback to customers 

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'.




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Banking with Lloyds for 40 years helped it uncover my £12k PPI payout

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.




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FCA: Banks must help customers in debt and not cancel their credit cards

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.




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Could buy now pay later and Klarna kill the credit card?

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?




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Why did a 'fee-free' Klarna purchase of a vacuum cleaner land me with a £2.65 charge?

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%.




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Will you be charged a fee for using credit card to pay back Klarna?

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.




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HSBC and Tesco Bank don't offer credit card soft searching

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.




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Three quarters believe in a credit blacklist...it's a MYTH!

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.




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GEORGE NIXON: Could handing out more debt make our finances even worse?

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.




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Credit card approvals will fall and interest-free terms will shrink

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.




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Banks hit by 20,000 PPI complaints every day before deadline

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.




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240,000 Santander customers ask for credit card and mortgage holidays

The UK arm of Santander revealed its pre-tax profit fell 58 per cent to £114million in the first three months of 2020.




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Virgin Money customers' credit cards suspended during lockdown

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: The overlooked investing question

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: The trick I play to help save money

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: I'm glad the tax freeze pledge goes

A government needs to be able to be nimble, to cut spending where necessary and to raise money should it require.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Why tuition fee rates are unfair

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS:Energy cap kill directory enquiries?

Guess what has experienced inflation ten times higher than house prices, gold, petrol or even a pint of beer in central London? Directory enquiries.




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The six phone calls you can’t afford not to make

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Here's how we can simplify tax

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS:Prepare your finances for the future

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Uni is about more than earning

Of course there are economic arguments to make when considering the value of a degree. But they don't cover the half of it.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: the benefits of cashback

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.




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Rachel Rickard Straus: Cashback is great for free money

With about three clicks of the mouse I have just transferred another free £20 into my bank account. A welcome boost.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Brighthouse let down customers

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.




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Some straight-talking advice for British Gas customers

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.




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I'm fighting the sale that never ends, says Rachel Rickard Straus

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.




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CMA worried hotel websites rush us into making booking decisions

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.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: It's time to maximise our impact as investors

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.




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A Vanguard LifeStrategy fund can make pension investing cheap and easy

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.




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Can the UK dodge an interest rate cut in 2020?

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.




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The FCA says its overdraft plan has worked, so did it want 40% rates?

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.




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The electric car salary sacrifice tax break that can save you 40%

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.




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Halifax hiked my home insurance by 29% but couldn't tell me why

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.




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Will Rishi Sunak be brave enough to get rid of the UK's 60p tax rate?

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.




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Five tips for investors when a crisis like coronavirus hits

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?




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The property market where people can't leave the house?

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.




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I'd back an investment trust over fixing a cash Isa for 7 years at 1.65%

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?'




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What happens to house prices after you stop the property market?

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, that quintessentially British question is inevitably being asked: what will happen to house prices?




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Joe Exotic's ex is UNRECOGNISABLE in bonus Tiger King episode

The former spouse of the show's incarcerated antagonist showcased an incredible makeover, as he displayed his new dentures




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Tiger King fans claim 'Jeff Lowe is actually Carole Baskin's abusive first husband Michael Murdock'

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.




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Rylan Clark-Neal impersonates Tiger King star Carole Baskin in hilarious TiKTok video

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.




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Florida sheriff says more than one person killed Carole Baskin's missing second husband Don Lewis

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.




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Dangerous Lies trailer follows Camila Mendes as a kind caregiver who gets pulled in a web of murder

Camila Mendes plays a kind caregiver who gets much more than she bargained for in the new trailer for Netflix's Dangerous Lies.




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Tiger King: Meet Australia's big cat keepers risking their lives to look after endangered animals

Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia.




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Group of Aussies recreate version of I Saw A Tiger from popular Netflix series Tiger King

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.




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The little-known easy hack that allows you to stream Netflix on hotel televisions

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.




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Alison Brie says working out consistently helped with her relationship to her body 'times a million'

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.'




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Tiger King star Joe Exotic is in talks with US broadcaster to host his own radio show from prison

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




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Twitter goes wild for Unorthodox star Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapiro

Twitter has gone wild for rising star Amit Rahav after he shot to fame playing Yanky Shapiro in Netflix series Unorthodox.