Banking

Consumers with a current account that offers insurance or other extras could be left without any cover if they fail to register first.

University applications for 2012 are down, figures from admissions body UCAS show, with the fall attributed to a misguided fear over higher fees.

The Government is putting the wheels in motion to develop simpler financial products.

The last batch of parents whose offspring are eligible for the child trust fund (CTF) only have a few weeks to choose where to save or invest their free cash, or face having it automatically placed in a poor-paying or risky account.

The Government today has delayed its planned increase in the state pension age, saying that thousands of women will benefit.

Two of Britain's largest banks have been told by MPs to justify their restrictions on basic account customers using rivals' cash machines.

The eurozone crisis threatens to destabilise some of the Continents' top banks, so what does that mean for savers with cash in Spanish giant Santander, which has become one of the UK's largest institutions?

Confidence in the UK's financial sector was dealt a blow today after an agency slashed the credit ratings of some of Britain's biggest financial institutions to reflect reduced Government support.

Pensioners could soon get a reduced income when buying a retirement cash stream, experts warn.