Posted in Mortgages by Cloe Kaser on November 20, 2016
Your new current account could cost you a mortgage
A couple almost lost their dream home when advice from Halifax dealt a blow to their credit score.
Posted in Mortgages by Cloe Kaser on November 5, 2016
Are you a mortgage misfit?
Young families and the self-employed can struggle to secure finance, but there may be a way out.
Posted in Mortgages by Cloe Kaser on October 22, 2016
Congratulations, the mortgage is paid off… and you’re only 111
Lending rules changed to accommodate older borrowers, now mortgage terms are doing the same.
Posted in Money Saving by Cloe Kaser on October 9, 2016
‘I want to save for long-haul exotic holidays’
Experts advise a student on how to maximise his savings to achieve his goals.
Posted in Investment Tips by Cloe Kaser on September 27, 2016
To access funds first-timers can’t usually reach, trust a trust
Matt Hoggarth, chartered financial analyst, Thesis Asset Management.
Posted in Global Economy by Cloe Kaser on September 12, 2016
It is difficult to escape a sense of trouble ahead for the global economy
Back in the summer of 2008 Alistair Darling, chancellor of the exchequer, said that Britain’s economic conditions were “arguably the worst they have been for 60 years”. Pundits lined up to attack his “gaffe” and “basic ignorance
Posted in FOREX by Cloe Kaser on August 27, 2016
Barclays, HSBC and RBS hit with £600m forex payouts in US
Three of Britain’s biggest banks are to pay £600 million compensation to victims of foreign exchange manipulations in the United States.
Posted in Financial News by Cloe Kaser on July 30, 2016
Winter demand pushes NHS into the red
Hospitals have overspent by £886 million in the first nine months of the financial year, according to the regulator.
Posted in Financial News by Cloe Kaser on July 20, 2016
State’s bank holdings lose €1.3bn in one year
A torrid year for European bank stocks wiped €1.3 billion off the value of the state’s shareholdings in AIB and Bank of Ireland during 2016.
Posted in Financial News by Cloe Kaser on July 5, 2016
FCA fines Deutsche £163m for money-laundering failings
The financial regulator has fined Deutsche Bank a record £163 million for failing to maintain adequate controls against money laundering and exposing the UK to the risk of financial crime.