February 2007 Archive

Mini ISA

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Mini ISAs are a way of saving money for the future tax-free.

Making the most of your ISA allowance

Time is running out to make the most out of your ISA allowance

Time is running out to make the most out of your ISA allowance.

Just two years left for free banking

Free banking could disappear inside two years

Free banking could disappear inside two years as banks react to consumer and regulatory pressure on their penalty charges.

New fixed-rate mini cash ISA from M&S money

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M&S money has made it easy for investors to mix fixed and variable interest rates in the same mini cash ISA.

Halifax goes searching for forgotten treasure

Halifax is looking for the owners of dormant savings account

Halifax has embarked on a quest to uncover the rightful owners of £44 million in buried savings accounts.

Women not saving themselves

Women earned £160m less on their savings accounts last year

Britain's women earned £160 million less interest on their savings accounts than their male counterparts last year.

ISA savers switch for the best deals

55 to 64-year-olds more than any other age group plan to switch ISAs this year

More ISA savers are set to switch to get better rates for their money than ever before, new research shows.

New faster payments system to launch

Cheques are set to become less popular as automatic payments get faster

A new fast payments system is to launch from November 2007 that could see internet and phone payments completing in two hours.

Couples say no to joint accounts

Many couples want to stay financially independent from one another

Couples are shunning joint accounts and asserting their financial independence with more than four in ten couples never even bringing the matter up.

Over-45s looking for cheapest deals

Over-45 Brits are most likely to look for cheap deals online

Britons aged over 45 are those most likely to look for cheap deals online.

Brits ignoring ISAs pointlessly pay £170m in tax

Traditional savings methods are far from tax efficent

Britons ignoring the tax-free benefits of ISAs are handing £170 million to the Treasury every year.

Bad current accounts see Brits switch

More Brits than ever are switching current accounts

Britons are switching to better current accounts in record numbers, new figures show.

Christmas card use breaks records

Britons broke records for debit and credit cards use in December

Over December Britons broke the all-time record for use of debit and credit cards.

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