Editor's Blog

New research was published this week which suggests that tourists are being over-charged by credit and debit card companies when they use their plastic abroad. The often complex charges were causing travelling Brits to fork out extra sums in order to make a payment abroad or to withdraw cash from a foreign ATM.

While the Office of Fair Trading has promised to look into the matter ....

It's begun - the adverts on the television, the decorations in shops and the special chocolates in supermarkets. However much we might disagree with it - after all it is only September! - Christmas has crept up on us already and for many of us the time has come to start thinking, and perhaps worrying, about how we are going to fund this year's holidays. In the current economic climate, Christm....

With the price of everyday items constantly increasing, financial pressure is becoming more of a burden on the UK public and many parents are calling for the government to provide children with an education that will equip them with the knowledge necessary to deal with any potential economic hardships.

Following this, T Mobile conducted a survey of 2000 teenagers to find out just ....

While going about my day-to-day business I am continually astounded by the number of people relying on their credit or debit cards in order to make the simplest and cheapest of purchases. Customers in shops express shock and horror when the kindly clerk explains that, no, they won't allow a card payment for a 35p pack of chewing gum, but really, is this so surprising?

So many of u....

With hundreds of thousands of teens receiving their A Level results this week, the number of soon-to-be students has soared, and youngsters across the country are now preparing for their first term in higher education. For many, it will be their first real stint away from the safe comfort of their homes. University is an exciting and new challenge, a rite of passage that gives young people the....

Budgeting - particularly in the current economic climate - has become a vital part of our day-to-day lives. Whether you simply cannot afford to over-spend or you just want to keep better track of your finances, it's likely that you have tried, at least once in the last few months, to follow a stricter monetary plan. I have recently been following the escapades of tweeter @PennyGolightly who ha....

You've popped to the shop for a pint of milk, a packet of biscuits or perhaps just a cheeky chocolate bar and, upon arrival at the till, you glance into your wallet to find nothing but a spare 1p piece.

Sighing, you reluctantly hand over your debit or credit card, glancing over your shoulder at the ever-increasing queue.

The clerk takes your card and shakes his head....

It seems that the age-old stereotype that Brits love to queue is finally being reassessed as people are becoming increasingly less inclined to waste their time waiting at a check-out.
Research shows that two-fifths of us refuse to queue for longer than two minutes and 51% of shoppers won’t even enter a store if they spy a queue. Even more revealingly, the survey showed that two-thi....

From where I’m sitting, the excitement about contactless debit cards seems to be a lot of fuss over nothing. Although banks have invested billions in telling us how great contactless technology is, it seems as though all this ‘swiping’ is simply an attempt to make cards more superficially attractive. With that in mind, let me say this – if you are signing up for a co....