The UK’s Furness and Harpenden building societies have announced that they have signed up to compete for savers’ cash with Europe’s first and largest online interest rate auction house for time deposits, licuro.com.They make up seven UK societies that have signed up to the scheme that offers large lump sum investors the best time deposit [...]

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Building Societies sign up to online interest rate auction house to compete for savers cash
John Williams - Monday 14.12.09, 15:41pm
Tags: Banking · Finance News · Interest Rates · Investments · Personal Finance · Savings · UK economy
How to avoid the ‘January blues’ this Christmas
John Williams - Monday 30.11.09, 12:25pm
Pre-Christmas independent research released by Money.co.uk today, suggests that the majority of Brits have made no provision for Christmas expenses this year, increasing the likelihood of a major hit on credit cards and the like over the festive period. Worryingly almost 5 million (10%) of Britons have admitted that they are still paying debts off [...]
Tags: Cash Flow · Credit Cards · Interest Rates · Personal Finance · Retail · Savings · UK economy
Majority of UK ex-pats content to retire abroad
John Williams - Monday 23.11.09, 14:43pm
A survey by Alliance & Leicester International has revealed that a staggering 87% of ex pats are content to choose to retire in the country that they have chosen to reside in, with France (18%), Spain (13%) and the UK (12%), being the most popular retirement destinations.
With the cost of retirement in the UK estimated [...]
Tags: Equity Release · Europe · Pensions · Personal Finance · Property Market · Savings · UK economy · World Economy
How can UK banks deny profiteering claims on personal loans
John Williams - Wednesday 18.11.09, 12:47pm
The British Bankers Association have denied claims from consumer groups that the UK’s high street banks are ‘profiteering’ from charging high interest rates on personal finance, despite the obvious evidence that interest rates on personal loans are at a seven year high, while the base rate is at an all time record low.
Consumer groups say [...]
Tags: Banking · Interest Rates · Personal Finance · Savings · UK economy
UK Savers risking lower returns by avoiding expert help
John Williams - Monday 09.11.09, 17:45pm
Research conducted by Newcastle Building Society, the biggest building society in the Nort East, has found that savers are risking getting lower returns on their investments by not utilising the financial information and support that is freely available to them on the market.
With the base rate at an all time low many savers have already [...]
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