Savers abandon cash Isas as interest rates plunge and pour money into easy-access accounts By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 9 June 2020 Savers are fleeing cash Isas and pouring money into easy-access accounts instead. Around £1 billion was withdrawn from cash Isas between … Read more
Are you a victim of bad pension advice? Compensation hopes for savers cheated out of generous final salary schemes By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 June 2020 Cheated savers who were persuaded to move their money out of generous final salary pension schemes … Read more
Wounded investors who lost everything in high-stake funds are fighting to win their life savings back in a multi-million pound lawsuit. Two big-name British insurers are in the dock, facing claims they sidestepped this country’s investment regulations to allow money to be ploughed into dubious funds via the Isle of Man. Lawyers believe trusting victims … Read more
My wife and I used HSBC to invest our £630,000 retirement savings. Last November, she sadly passed away. I was told I’d need a grant of probate. I was surprised as everything, bar three investment accounts, was in joint names. The bank’s guide says probate is at its discretion and is not related to the … Read more
‘This is how the police think they can treat a 62-year-old black man’: Fury of rapper Wretch32 as he releases footage of officers TASERING his father in his house making him fall down a flight of stairs Wretch 32 shared video footage of his 62-year-old father being tasered by police The short clip appears to … Read more
More gloom for savers as Goldman Sachs closes its market-leading Marcus account to new customers By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 9 June 2020 Goldman Sachs Marcus account, has been near the top of best buy tables since 2018 Beleagured savers have been dealt … Read more
Currys customers bemoan poor service claiming calls and emails have been going unanswered since lockdown By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 9 June 2020 Currys shoppers say they are at their wits’ end with the store’s poor customer service. Money Mail readers say that … Read more
Amateur investors are behind a surge in new stock market accounts opened in lockdown. Leading investment platforms are reporting a record rise in new Isa and pension accounts as DIY savers look to make their money go further. The rise also comes after the stock market was plunged into chaos by the Covid-19 pandemic, with … Read more
Beware a hasty house sale… Or why tempting agents’ offers to sell your home in a hurry can be a quick route to very big losses Homeowners being warned of a rise in rogue estate agents exploiting families They risk being tied into expensive long-term contracts with ‘quick sale’ firms Some cash home-buying firms offer … Read more
Scammers began capitalising on coronavirus to con victims out of cash almost as soon as the disease started spreading worldwide. Fraudsters have been knocking on our doors, infiltrating our email inboxes and telephoning us in our homes — using the fear and confusion to steal from us. But today Money Mail can expose how a … Read more
Thousands of holidaymakers are still empty-handed after spending months battling travel firms for sizeable refunds. Airlines are under investigation for sitting on more than £7 billion owed to passengers for cancelled trips, while travel agents have been accused of flouting the law. But readers have told Money Mail they might have found a way to … Read more
Over the past few chaotic months, banks, insurers and utility providers have rightly prioritised customers most in need of urgent financial help. But that has led to others falling by the wayside, including the recently bereaved. It is painfully evident that it’s never been more vital for firms to have a fully staffed, thoroughly trained … Read more
Becca Kufrin broke her silence over her fiance Garrett Yrigoyen’s recent comments about the ‘thin blue line’ in support of law enforcement in the midst of weeks of protests over police brutality. The reality star revealed during the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast with co-host Rachel Lindsay that she disagrees with Garrett’s ‘tone-deaf’ social media post and … Read more