Banking
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Hundreds of thousands to escape mortgage crisis in boost for house prices
More than one in 10 borrowers will escape the mortgage crisis unscathed, analysis suggests.
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British high street installs 'smart window poster' which allows contactless donations to be made to homeless
Each tap on the poster donates £3 directly to homeless people in the area.
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Bank makes £1.5 million error plunging family-of-five into poverty
A family-of-five from Worthing have been forced into poverty after their bank froze all their accounts - when an error left them £1.5 MILLION overdrawn. The Livermore family have been forced to go to food banks and live off hand-outs from friends
1-min read - BusinessAOL
Should you switch to a Sharia account?
So here's a conundrum: you can currently get higher returns by investing in a Sharia savings account that can't pay interest because it conflicts with Islamic law. We've written a five-minute guide to Sharia accounts, explaining
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Local bank branches - a thing of the past?
High Street banks are shutting more than 10 branches a week, with around 550 closures planned this year alone. The banks claim the closures, which save them millions of pounds in operating costs, are in response to customers choosing to do their
2-min read - NewsAOL
Santander launches talking ATMs right across the UK
Santander has become the latest bank to launch talking ATMs, rolling them out right across its entire branch network in the UK. Customers can now plug into the earphone socket on the front of the ATM to be guided through their transaction by
2-min read - BusinessAOL
Card companies have cunning plan to outlaw cash
Card companies have declared a war on cash. Visa is trialing a scheme in the US, where it pays shops and restaurants to refuse cash transactions. If it is successful, the scheme could be rolled out - and Visa has confirmed that it is interested in
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