I wouldn't bank on it
Online banking: do you, don't you, and why? The chances are most people with an internet connection will indeed be doing something in terms of banking using the wires. It...
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Fraud at record high
Prosecutions for major fraud reached a record high during the first six months of the year with a leap to 90 cases - more than the whole of 2002, according to figures pub...
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We like penalty-free loans
We like loans that we can pay off early without penalty. According to online and phone bank Intelligent Finance (IF, part of the Halifax group), the vast majority of peop...
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Feeling the benefits
If you feel confused by the seemingly ever-changing range of state benefits and tax credits due to families with children, you're not alone. Many parents miss out each ye...
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High Street robbery that's in store for you
Bosses of Britain's biggest high street retailers, under fire for sky-high interest rates on store cards, this week told MPs that their staff are "trained professionals" ...
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MPs attack pensions change as confusing
MPs yesterday accused the government of pushing through the new system of direct payment of pensions and benefits into bank accounts simply to save money and without rega...
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Fabians call for more tax on royals
The royal family should pay tax on their private income and wealth just like other citizens, according to a report released today.
The report on the future of the monar...
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Halifax plans 'clear card
Less than 24 hours after a powerful Treasury select committee lambasted the credit card industry for failing to provide customers with easily understandable product infor...
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MPs lambast card issuers
Credit card bosses are encouraging consumer debt by allowing customers to "tiptoe to disaster", according to the chairman of the Treasury select committee, John McFall.
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Tax loophole may have bought Chelsea
A senior Russian tax official has reprimanded Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich for using a loophole in the country's tax legislation to avoid paying 10 billion roubles (?...
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