3 d. ago Lloyds Bank explains fastest way to save money and 'what you should calculate'

Making small but important lifestyle changes may help grow your savings pot - here's what you should know

Economics

3 d. ago I’ve saved £125k from scratch in just eight years – you can too by investing and using ‘sinking pots’

WHEN Lamar Mangal was just nine-years-old growing up in sunny Jamaica, his grandma made him a promise that for every bit of pocket money he saved in the bank, she would double it. He had no idea at the time, but it was the first step to building a huge pot of £125,000 from scratch...

Economics

5 d. ago Savers boosted by new bank launch promising ‘a service that feels human’

A new digital-only offering will be called thisbank

Politics

6 d. ago I'm 83 and a bank won't open a savings account without photo ID

I am 83 and recently tried to open a savings account. The bank said I couldn't as I don't have a passport or photo driving licence, nor access to a smartphone.

Economics

7 d. ago Bank would not open a savings account for me without photo ID

I am 83 and recently tried to open a savings account. The bank said I couldn't as I don't have a passport or photo driving licence, nor access to a smartphone.

Economics

7 d. ago Palestinian refugees’ West Bank football pitch saved after Uefa president lobbies Israel

Ceferin, as well as Fifa, intervened with the Israeli FAAida facility was set to be removed by security forcesA football pitch used by refugees in the occupied West Bank has been saved from demolition after an intervention by the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin.A decision to stop plans to remove the pitch in the Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem was taken by Israeli security forces on Tuesday after an international campaign for its preservation. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Barclays Bank's 'vanishing trick' saves you money 'without noticing'

The UK bank has recommended a 'smart' method that customers can use to boost their savings

Economics

2 w. ago Starling Bank shares simple money habit to help people save an average of £1,600

Being good with money is Britain’s number one goal for 2026 - above fitness and wellness.

Economics

4 w. ago ‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm

For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made a move considered more than unusual at the time. He bought a 42-hectare stretch of farmland on the slopes and valleys of Wadi Salem, and formally registered the purchase with the Ottoman authorities, who then ruled the region.A few years later, after transferring the title to his son, Nassar did something even more extraordinary. He re-registered the deed under each successive administration – the British mandate, then the Jordanian government, and finally, after 1967, under Israeli occupation. Continue reading...

Politics