Football fans will already be salivating at the prospect of the next world cup this summer in sunny South Africa. And so are spread betters.

Would you like to save over several years, earn a tax-free bonus, buy shares at a big discount and avoid market crashes? Alas, not everyone can join this super scheme…

Post offices will start offering mortgages, children’s savings accounts and a range of other financial services as part of a plan to return the postal network to more successful times.

Once again, the Government is going for the jugular as it attacks your income and your wealth. But there are ways to fight back.

The British public would rather have Richard Branson as chancellor of the exchequer than Alistair Darling or George Osborne, according to a recent poll conducted by MSN Money UK.

830 million bank notes worth around £11.4bn are destroyed in the UK every year. Notes are usually destroyed because they are of poor quality, or because they are no longer legal tender.

If you are in debt, or have money problems, take a little comfort in the knowledge that it is not just mere mortals who can have sticky moments with cash.

After months of wrangling, the government finally announced a new set of guidelines to tackle the unfair practices credit card companies use to take our money.

Moody’s has warned that 80% of UK mortgage holders could face a payment shock if interest rates increase in 2010. In its latest Credit Insights report it compares potential rate shocks in the UK, Netherlands and Spain.

Robert Kelly, than man behind online sourcing system Orbiter has launched a mortgage comparison tool for the iPhone.