‘Bank’s foreign crackdown left us stranded’

August 4th, 2008

A young family were left without cash in Spain after their card was swallowed by a cash machine, as part of banks’ crackdown on fraud abroad

Andrew Knight with sons Harrison age 6 and James age 2.

Savers warned over ‘best-buys’

August 4th, 2008

Savers should make sure their interest rates are still competitive as research shows that some of last year’s best-buy accounts have faded badly

Piggy bank

Ice bound: Iceland’s banks

August 4th, 2008

Iceland’s banks have almost as many British savers as there are Icelanders. So how would the tiny country cope with a Northern Rock-style collapse?

Manju Dhali

Abbey is new top mortgage lender in UK

August 4th, 2008

Abbey today toppled Halifax as the UK’s biggest mortgage lender by taking more than a quarter of all business in the first six months of the year

Abbey branch

Banks vs building societies: Who’s best?

August 4th, 2008

The credit crunch has sparked a fierce battle for your money. But who is worthy of your custom - the bank or the building society?

Banks vs building societies Cartoon

Half a victory for victim of the Isa fiasco

August 4th, 2008

Mike Simmonds has won compensation from Barclays for its delay in opening his and his wife’s Tax Haven cash Isa accounts

Mike Simmons

High price of fixed rate mortgage safety

August 4th, 2008

Mortgage rate cuts have delivered hope that the property squeeze may be easing but the cost of fixed rate security remains high

Bank vault, safe

GFI and Tullett Prebon

August 4th, 2008

Hostilities between inter-dealer brokers could be on the wane with GFI of New York and Tullett Prebon of London discussing a merger

Property abroad: High rolling in Slovakia

August 4th, 2008

With its unspiolt mountains, the Tatra Peaks of Slavakia are alive with the sound of savvy investors

Slovakia's High Tatra mountains

Banks vie to exploit Sino-India trade

August 3rd, 2008

Commercial banks are moving swiftly to strengthen and expand their operations to service the companies responsible for soaring trade levels between India and China.