There are lots of pressures on household budgets at the current time, but experts on the FT Money show are here to guide you through it. On this week's podcast we’re going to be talking about worker’s rights if companies want to cut their pay; whether you should take a ‘payment holiday on your mortgage’, and how to get a refund on a holiday you can no longer take - our Money Mentor Lindsay Cook is here to help. And with children at home, we’ve also got ideas to inspire them to learn more about money matters - and there’s even a competition parents can enter for sharing their best ideas.

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Consumers who use tax preparation services or software could have to wait months for money

Parents who haven’t historically claimed could now do so due to lost income

Tax experts warn of unintended consequences of reducing or giving away pay and bonuses

A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat  

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Even before Covid-19 struck, the country’s debt trajectory was out of control

Loan scheme worth up to £100m a month would allow suppliers to assist struggling customers

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says other countries could face big ‘second wave’

Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments

Oil group’s share price has lost its moorings

Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services

Prospective deal comes as Riyadh-listed STC seeks to expand regionally

Many decide to hold on to cash, triggering disputes with landlords in commercial and residential sectors

Interest rate disparity could add nearly £2,500 per month to the cost of servicing a £5m mortgage 

The time it takes for employees to be assessed is putting companies in delicate legal territory

Almost half of British companies have scrapped payouts in response to coronavirus

FCA warns failure to act could count against provider’s regulatory record

Insurers have been urged by regulators to reconsider shareholder payments during lockdown

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding. The round was led by Force Over Mass, with participation from previous investors Backed and Acrew Capital, along with a number of high-net-worth individuals, such as Paul Forster (co-founder of Indeed.com). It […]

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the Facebook -owned messaging platform has listed credit as one of the areas it will pursue in the country. […]

Another on-demand transport app is making a move into payments to expand the existing relationship with its customers (and subsequent margins that it makes from serving them). Bird today announced the launch of Bird Pay, a service that will let people use its app to purchase items from local participating businesses alongside renting scooters. The service […]

Some big moves in the payments platform space: Ant Financial Group, the owner of China’s Alipay payment platform, has announced it’s taking a minority stake in Swedish payments platform Klarna . Klarna has a strong European presence and a flagship product that lets shoppers buy now and pay later in interest-free installments (typically 14 or […]

With unemployment growing at a worrying rate, we’re seeing a lot more people finding themselves in hot water when it comes to their finances. Today a startup that’s built a platform to help identify and help those users when they find themselves unable to make payments is announcing a very large growth round of funding […]

I am in the process of getting divorced from his mother

HMRC’s letter says I might have to withhold tax from my rent 

I own three properties and want to buy another with my new partner

I am approaching retirement age with very little pension to live on

My employer has said that if we don’t cut salaries redundancies will be on the cards

WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the Facebook -owned messaging platform has listed credit as one of the areas it will pursue in the country. […]

Row escalates between Elizabeth Warren, Blackstone and KKR after coronavirus crisis prompts cuts

Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it isn’t hard to see why. By intermediating payments, networks like Visa allow buyers and sellers to exchange money for goods and services without knowing the financial risk profile of the counter-party. Rather than applying for credit at every merchant you shop at, you […]

This morning Finix, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup selling payments tech to other businesses, announced that it has raised a $35 million Series B. Sequoia led the round, which also saw participation from new investors Activant Capital and Inspired Capital. Finix did not disclose a new valuation as part of its round, and declined to share […]

Fintech companies have been lobbying for weeks to be able to participate in the U.S. government’s emergency lending program for small businesses. Now those efforts have paid off, as PayPal, Intuit and Square have all been approved to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program, which provides aid in the form […]

BuzzFeed plans to furlough 68 employees as part of broader cost-cutting measures, according to a memo from CEO Jonah Peretti that was shared earlier by Variety. We’ve also obtained a copy of the memo, in which Peretti said the furloughs will affect the business, studios and administration teams. It sounds like the furloughs do not […]

Australia dropped six places to 15th position - the largest drop out of the 27 OECD countries measured.

When in April of last year, the photo-hosting service SmugMug acquired the photo-hosting service Flickr from Verizon’s digital media subsidiary, SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill said he was committed to breathing new life into the service, calling it “core to the entire fabric of the Internet.” MacAskill didn’t reveal at the time how much SmugMug — […]

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding. The round was led by Force Over Mass, with participation from previous investors Backed and Acrew Capital, along with a number of high-net-worth individuals, such as Paul Forster (co-founder of Indeed.com). It […]

Ioan Gruffudd is set to return to ITV's Liar as Andrew Earlham next month. Father-of-two who lives in LA, says he's now 'old and weathered enough' to represent anti-heroes.

The much-loved broadcaster, 57, has praised his 'loving' spouse Steph who has helped him come to terms with his sexuality just two years since celebrating their 25th silver wedding anniversary.

Channel Seven has lodged an appeal after the Workers Compensation Commission (WCC) ordered the network to pay a former House Rules contestant's medical bills. 

Neymar has paid tribute to Kobe Bryant after one of basketball's greatest ever players died in a helicopter crash. The news broke shortly before PSG's Ligue 1 victory over Lille.

Bryant lost his life in a helicopter crash last Sunday, which also claimed the lives of eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Sancho dedicated his goal to Bryant.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Barcelona rushed to furlough their non-playing staff before waiting to see if the season would resume and despite Lionel Messi and Co taking massive pay cuts.