Can credit unions provide financial advice as well as banks do …
On average, loan rates tend to be better at credit unions and interest rates on deposits (while still miniscule) tend to be higher than those on offer at the banks . That may not be enough to …. On the...
View ArticleMarks & Spencer takes on banks with new current account | Money …
M&S Bank is shaking up the high street with its current account which has no monthly fee, a £100 incentive – and many plaudits. … 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies....
View ArticleCredit and loan refund windfall as 17 banks admit paperwork errors …
The £149m that is being refunded comes on top of at least £370m that three banks – Northern Rock, Barclays and the Co-operative Bank – have already repaid to customers after it was found that many...
View ArticleReserve Bank warns house prices cannot keep rising forever | World …
Sounding the alarm over potential “speculative activity in the housing market”, the Reserve Bank of Australia said on Wednesday that buyers should be careful not to have “unrealistic expectations”...
View ArticleAfter 20 years, should I stay with the Co-operative Bank?
Or should I quit and move to another ethical bank . … Read this article: After 20 years, should I stay with the Co-operative Bank?
View ArticleCo-op boss in line for £4.6m as bank losses hit £1.3bn – The Guardian
Chief executive Niall Booker was paid £1.7m in 2013 and will be be paid another £2.9m this year, provided he can turn the troubled bank around. … Read the original post: Co-op boss in line for £4.6m as...
View ArticleCo-op risks tighter control by banks without reform, warns Lord …
Appointed only in December following the drugs scandal surrounding the former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers, Myners said: “I think the possibility of my proposals being accepted by the...
View ArticleRevealed: the banks using 'pseudo' solicitor firms to make debtors …
But the good news for consumers is that since Guardian Money and others began probing the issue, the SRA has revealed that it will soon issue guidance after receiving a number of complaints that had...
View ArticleMurray inquiry focuses on size of big banks, super fees and advisers …
Concerns that Australia's largest banks are “too big to fail”, superannuation fees are too high and the competence of financial advisers varies widely are among the findings of the government's...
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