Articles By Sam Gooch

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A financier has enhanced its fixed bond business account.

Barclays has introduced a new fixed bonds deal.

According to the banking industry, card fraud losses were at their lowest level for 10 years for the first half of 2010, at just £187m.

UK inflation slowed to 3.1% last month from 3.2% in June, marking the third consecutive month in which prices have been slower to rise than expected.

According to a leading economic forecaster, the Bank of England will need to keep interest rates at their record low until 2014.

On June 1, 2000, Woolwich mortgages changed borrowers mortgage habits by launching the UK’s first offset mortgage, saving its borrowers over £1bn in mortgage interest.

Sainsbury's has upped its stake in the savings account market after increasing the interest rates paid on the Sainsbury's Easy Saver account.

Barclays mortgage arm Woolwich, has launched a market-leading mortgage product offering borrowers up to 90% loan to value (LTV) available to those wanting to purchase a new home with Bovis Homes - one of Britain’s leading housebuilders.

High street bank Santander have released a new product paying 5%, plus £100 cashback for switching.

Official figures have shown that UK inflation accelerated again last month to its highest level in 17 months.

The total amount of money borrowed in new mortgages dropped back in April.

As inflation makes a surprise jump to 5.3%, savings accounts fail to offer interest rates higher than the cost of living.

According to financial information service Moneyfacts, authorised overdraft rates have hit their highest level for ten years.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has said that mortgage borrowing on homes is making a recovery.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced its return to profit for the first quarter of 2010.

Over a fifth (21%) of residents in the UK are not only in debt, but are lying to their partner about how much they owe. A new report from the Post Office revealed almost a third (31%) of people also admitted to hiding the extent of their debt from other family members.

There is a lower than average interest rate for most borrowers, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

A fifth of small business owners raided their savings accounts last year to keep their company going as the financial crisis wore on.

Britons are showing a greater propensity to place money into savings accounts.

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) has told Sky it must lower the price it charges to rival cable, terrestrial and internet broadcasters to air its premium sports channels.

Britons are taking an increasingly positive view towards saving money, research from one building society shows.

Landline users calling UK mobile phones may see cheaper bills from next year after a ruling by telecoms regulator Ofcom.

As a the new tax year begins – 6 April 2010, with it come some new changes to the financial sector.

Nationwide Building Society has revealed plans that will prevent some customers withdrawing less smaller amounts of money at its branches over the counter.

In the last couple of years, savers have been given a wake-up call warning them that even though their money is in the bank, it doesn't necessarily meant it's safe.