Britons with more money to save over the last 12 months have piled £20billion into Premium Bonds since the first full month of lockdown last year, new figures from National Savings & Investments revealed today. The latest prize draw results from the Treasury-backed bank said there were 109.2billion eligible bonds in this month’s draw, which … Read more
Football fans have been dealt a double blow before the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament, as their tickets were cancelled at short notice for games in London and Glasgow and they lost money on refunds calculated at a worse exchange rate. A huge number of British fans who had tickets for any of the eight games … Read more
Tide may be turning for savers as some providers start to nudge up rates ‘Best-buy’ two-year fixed-rate bond from Zopa pays 1% interest The best rate on a one-year bond is now 0.86% That’s higher than 0.7% at the start of the month and 0.59% in April By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: … Read more
More than £2 in every £5 saved into Britain’s best-loved savings product has been provided by fewer than 1million savers, This is Money can reveal. Despite 21.4million savers collectively holding £107.4billion in Premium Bonds at the start of this month, £46.1billion of that is held by just 920,000 people who hold the maximum £50,000, according … Read more