Consumer confidence up but o...

April 14, 2011

Consumer morale saw a limited recovery in March, according to new figures from Nationwide Building Society. Nationwide’s consumer confidence index, which uses survey results to assign a scaled n...

Credit card charges to be ba...

April 14, 2011

Changes coming into force later in 2011 will see Bank of Scotland credit card customerspaying interest charges based on their personal usage levels. The Scotsman reports that fromAugust, ‘borrow...

Interest only borrowers at r...

April 14, 2011

Debt charities have warned that millions of ‘interest only’ borrowers could struggle to keep up their mortgage repayments if interest rates were to rise. Even a small increase in interest...

More people are delaying ret...

April 13, 2011

A new survey by Prudential shows that over a third of people who had intended to retire this yearhave had to delay their retirement plans due to financial pressures. According to the pension company&r...