The five pound note is to re-establish itself in the wallets and purses of the nation on the news that all banks and building societies will be dispensing fivers from ATMs in the future. Currently, scarcity means that £5s change hands many more times than other notes before being returned for [ Read More → ]

Every politician worthy of the name knows that the easiest policy changes to put over are those that don’t kick in until well into the future. The idea, of course, is that by the time their dire ramifications become evident, they’ll be someone else’s problem. That must be why it has [ Read More → ]

With all the excitement of planning a holiday, it’s easy to forget to research the best type of travel money to take. If you don’t do your homework, however, you could end up far worse off at the end of your trip. With the pound’s continuing weakness against the euro and the dollar, [ Read More → ]

The end is approaching for the surprise $37 cup of coffee or $40 hoagie - the ones for which $2 went to Starbucks or $5 to Wawa and $35 went to your bank for busting through your balance. Starting Thursday, new federal rules say, a bank can charge new customers an [ Read More → ]

NEW YORK - Can’t find an ATM from your bank nearby? Keep walking, unless you want to pay higher fees. An annual survey released Wednesday by Bankrate.com found the average ATM fee for non-customers rose 12.6 percent this year to $2.22. You’ll likely get dinged by your own bank, too. The average [ Read More → ]

Massachusetts lawmakers will consider new rules today to protect consumers from abuses involving overdraft charges on bank accounts, unsolicited loans from financial institutions, and reverse mortgages. For instance, State Senator Steven Baddour, a Democrat from Methuen, has filed a bill to require institutions that mail unsolicited loan offers - such [ Read More → ]

It isn’t just ex-partners that can ruin your credit rating, previous debt problems, missing a mobile phone payment, even moving house can all affect your credit score. But many people remain confused about what financial information is stored about us, and how this is used by lenders. Protect [ Read More → ]