A POPULAR restaurant chain has announced that it is no longer accepting cash payments in most of its 135 stores. Italian restaurant Zizzi now exclusively accepts card, Apple Pay and Google pay transactions in the majority of stores. 2 Zizzi is no longer accepting cash payments in many storesCredit: Alamy 2 Many businesses in the
A HIGH street bank with three million customers has issued a major update for anyone with a loan. Metro Bank has agreed the sale of its £584million portfolio of personal loans. 1 The bank has ceased offering unsecured personal loans to new customers back in 2023Credit: Rex The high street bank said the sale of the unsecured
MORE than half of us miss red flags which show a partner is financially struggling, a new poll has found. The research, by Experian, found women are most likely to be victims of economically abusive behaviour with 4.1 million UK women experiencing it in the past year. 4 We reveal eight signs which might mean
STARLING customers should act now to avoid missing out on free cash as the bank axes a key feature from its accounts. From today, the bank will no longer pay interest to customers whose current accounts are in credit. 1 Starling Bank is due to make a big change that could see customers missing outCredit:
BRITSTOL’S first-time buyers have been named the savviest in the UK, making the most of a savings-boosting account to step onto the property ladder. Customer data from Moneybox reveals that the West Country city leads the way in utilising the Lifetime ISA (LISA) to buy a first home – which encourages 18-39 years olds to
Michela Alloca, author of Own Your Career, has shared five things she doesn’t do with her money, including using a traditional savings account and a debit card What you don’t do with your money can be just as important as what you do with it (stock photo)(Image: Ippei Naoi via Getty Images) A savvy financial
Sound as a dollar? getty Is cash trash? Folding green may seem anachronistic. But Rick Kahler, president of Kahler Financial Group in Rapid City, S.D., begs to differ. Larry Light: So is that paper in the wallet hopelessly old-fashioned and best avoided? That sure is an assumption some hold. Rick Kahler: The CrowdStrike software failure
A MAJOR shake up to mortgage rules could help first time buyers get on the property ladder more easily. Banks could be encouraged to offer more loans to people with smaller deposits and loosen limits on how much they can borrow. 1 It is understood that financial regulators are looking at ways to relax mortgage
Cash-Back Credit Card Use Rises Amid Financial Strain More people are switching to using cash-back cards as their primary credit card over miles and points cards amid financial strain, according to a recent J.D. Power study. Credit card users also reported higher use of value cards, which help build credit but don’t offer rewards. Points
Getty Images/Viva Tung/CNET Inflation dropped below 3% annually for the first time since March 2021, strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September. US prices rose 2.9% year over year in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Core inflation, which excludes