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Banks and building societies have already started slashing rates on some of the best savings deals, just two days after the Bank of England announced an emergency base rate cut to 0.25 per cent. Three of the seven highest-paying easy-access accounts have either been pulled from sale or seen their rates cut, while some of … Read more

New £20 notes with serial numbers as low as 000010 will be auctioned off next month, and could sell for as much as £10,000, This is Money can reveal. The Bank of England is hosting a charity sell-off of the new notes featuring artist JMW Turner, which will be run by London auction house Spink. … Read more

New £20 notes with serial numbers as low as 000010 will be auctioned off next month, and could sell for as much as £10,000, This is Money can reveal. The Bank of England is hosting a charity sell-off of the new notes featuring artist JMW Turner, which will be run by London auction house Spink. … Read more

Young savers were handed a boost in the Budget, with the Government revealing the Junior Isa allowance will be more than doubled to £9,000 in April. Currently parents or those aged under 16 can deposit £4,368 every year tax-free in the accounts, with both cash and stocks and shares options available, in a bid to … Read more

Welcome to the brave new world of cashless shopping – where Big Brother keeps an eye on your supermarket basket and you are served by robots rather than a friendly face. In the heart of the City of London, where pinstriped fat cats rub shoulders with riff-raff like me, is a Tesco Express store.  Nothing … Read more

Campaigners are calling on the Government to deliver a lifeline to savers in the Budget. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) last month announced cuts to more than a dozen products, while interest rates offered by High Street banks and building societies have been in freefall for months. Money Mail has long demanded better rates to … Read more

Customers receiving their bank statements in the months ahead may end up baffled as they try to unpick whether they are a winner or loser from new overdraft rules. Some may be pleasantly surprised to see the cost of how they typically go into the red has become cheaper, but others will end up paying considerably … Read more

The release of the new £20 note this week featuring JMW Turner gives collectors of physical cash another potential craze to keep an eye out for. With the first banknotes being released into circulation, it is likely some will be taking a keen look at the 10 digit serial number in the hope they have … Read more

Savings bloodbath! Returns for savers are slashed as soaring inflation wipes out paltry interest rates and four of the best accounts disappear Last month 438 savings accounts beat inflation, with the CPI at 1.3% However the announced rise in inflation to 1.8% has seen this fall to 50 This is the lowest number of inflation-beating … Read more

Philps Pasties in Hayle, Cornwall, was set up in 1958 with a loan from the Lloyds Bank 100 yards down the road. The pasty business thrived and it now has seven branches across the county, including two in Hayle. But Lloyds is set to pull the plug on its historic connection with the bakery — … Read more