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Pointless Purchases: Things to Avoid Buying | Frugal Finesse
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Pointless Purchases: Things to Avoid Buying. October 30, 2014. Sometimes, the best way to cut your spending is to identify things you can stop buying altogether. There are some things that are simply not necessary, or at least that there’s no point spending very much money on. Here are a few purchases that should be avoided, because you’re not really getting anything for your money. Because of looser safety regulations. However, the biggest practical difference between this and a 1 cable is the fact that...
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Archive for Thrifty Thoughts. Households Planning To Save Less Over 2015. Despite many households slowly and painfully seeing the benefits of a gradual economic recovery, many millions are still reluctant to save. According to research from consumer watchdog Which? More than a third of people surveyed plan to save less over the coming year, despite predicting that their finances will improve over the same time. At risk to themselves, their households, and the economy. Although a very sensible measure, an...
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Tag Archive for Personal Finance. Amount of Savings Protected to Fall. There have always been rules and regulations governing the protection and assurance of customers’ savings and other assets by banks. Many of those are ultimately the result of EU rules and regulations. In the UK, those rules are set to change- which could mean that savers and their savings could be at risk. In the UK, the Financial Service Compensation Scheme. It is a surprise move that has attracted some degree of criticism. Acco...
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Financial Reforms |
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Tag Archive for financial reforms. Amount of Savings Protected to Fall. There have always been rules and regulations governing the protection and assurance of customers’ savings and other assets by banks. Many of those are ultimately the result of EU rules and regulations. In the UK, those rules are set to change- which could mean that savers and their savings could be at risk. In the UK, the Financial Service Compensation Scheme. It is a surprise move that has attracted some degree of criticism. Acc...
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Personal Finances |
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Tag Archive for personal finances. In the wake of the recent historic vote to leave the European Union, many questions remain both unasked and unanswered. As the impact of the deciding is felt severely across the board economically and in the financial markets, many are considering the impact of Brexit on their personal finances. As part of that, and taking into consideration planning for an uncertain future, what will the impact be on savers? The second major issue for savers is stability of the financi...
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Amount of Savings Protected to Fall |
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Amount of Savings Protected to Fall. There have always been rules and regulations governing the protection and assurance of customers’ savings and other assets by banks. Many of those are ultimately the result of EU rules and regulations. In the UK, those rules are set to change- which could mean that savers and their savings could be at risk. One measure, introduced after the Eurozone and financial crash of recent years, was that banks would protect and assure savings and other assets up to a value of.
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Mortgage Lending Slow in Early 2015 | Financial Reform
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Mortgage Lending Slow in Early 2015. According to trade body the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), mortgage lending has been slow through the first quarter of the year. The CML described the sector as suffering from a “sluggish start” to 2015, but says that things have picked up over the last few weeks. This could be partly down to the introduction of stricter affordability checks. Mark Hayward, NAEA managing director, said: “A drop in the number of buyers is the direct result of a slow-down in ac...
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“Deceptive” PayPal to Pay Over £16 Million Compensation | Financial Reform
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8220;Deceptive” PayPal to Pay Over 16 Million Compensation. Prominent online payment system PayPal has agreed to pay compensation to customers worth a total of US$25 million ( 16.1 million). The payment processing giant has received these penalties in the US for deception of customers. PayPal, which has long been owned by eBay but recently became a separate company. The scheme in question is called PayPal Credit. It is a method of deferred payment, allowing people to pay for things within their available...
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UK Economy | Financial Reform
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Category Archives: UK Economy. UK Credit Ratings Downgraded. The UK has seen a downgrade in its credit ratings in the wake of the Brexit vote. Ratings agencies took the decision to downgrade the UK’s ranking as a borrower following the public’s vote in favour of leaving the EU and the resultant economic turmoil. In explanation for this move, Moody’s talked of a prolonged period of uncertainty that was likely to follow the vote in favour of a Brexit, and said that the result of the referendum was li...
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SSE Becomes Fifth “Big Six” Company to Cut Gas Prices | Financial Reform
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SSE Becomes Fifth “Big Six” Company to Cut Gas Prices. SSE has now become the fifth of the “big six” energy suppliers to cut the price of domestic gas supply. This follows similar price cuts by British Gas, E.On, Scottish Power and Npower. EDF is now the only one of the “big six” to have not cut domestic gas prices, though this may just mean they will be the last company to announce price changes. The price of wholesale gas has also dropped significantly over the last few months. Which fail to meaningful...
