Premium Bonds

The Treasury has launched a new Green Savings Bond that will be welcome news for those wanting to support green projects but the bond only pays interest of 0.65% a year, which is far below the top-paying three-year fixed savings deals. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has branded the rate "pants". 

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) will dramatically cut the interest it pays on many of its savings accounts in November, slashing its top easy-access rate to just 0.01%. And Premium Bond holders will also have a much lower chance of winning a prize from December, with the prize rate to be cut to 1%.

More Premium Bond prizes will be paid directly to holders' accounts as NS&I is set to phase out its paper prize cheques by March next year – so make sure it has your details.

Premium Bond holders will now be able to sign up to get text notifications letting them know when they've won a prize. 

Premium Bond holders will have a lower chance of winning a prize from May, while those with NS&I savings products will see their interest rates cut.

Over 2.1 million Premium Bonds prizes are yet to be claimed – 500,000 more than first thought – new figures obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com reveal. If you have or have ever had Premium Bonds, here's how to check if you've won.

Tens of thousands of Premium Bond winners were accidentally sent duplicate prizes this month – so check if you've received an extra one. 

There are now more than 1.6 million unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth more than £63 million, according to the latest figures – check now to see if you've won some cash you didn't know about.

Aunts, uncles and family friends can buy Premium Bonds for children aged under 16 from today, after the rules were relaxed.

Over 180,000 Premium Bond prizes which were sent as cheques but never arrived in the post are waiting to be reclaimed, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.