Having a good credit score is vital when it comes to being accepted to borrow and getting the best rate. A new tool claims to be help improve your credit history by saving instead of spending.

Last year 71,000 people used an IVA to become insolvent, a record. But are they being driven by firms looking to make money off debtors looking for advice, regardless of whether it's the right choice?

Nearly three quarters of women said they'd think twice about someone if they debts, compared to 69 per cent of men, according to research from comparison website Finder.

High street giant NatWest denied it was reneging on a five year old pledge to no longer offer 0 per cent balance transfer credit cards to customers, as it announced today it was re-entering the market

Future Finance does recommend students go through Student Finance first, but the cost of repayments should be a red flag for any students considering this option.

Paying a £3,000 credit card bill over two years could cost £1,979 more in interest to an appliccant with a bad credit rating, according to data from TotallyMoney and Moneycomms.

The Royal Mint announced it has teamed up with card providers Mastercard and Accomplish Financial to create 'Raris', aimed at high net worth individuals after something exclusive.

A large number of buy now, pay later users do not know the full implications of missing payments while a large chunk don't believe the terms and conditions are clear enough.

UCAS will stop sending out emails advertising private student loan provider Future Finance, the student charity announced today, following a backlash over the promotions

Buy now, pay later has become the way for the younger generation to pay. Is it a dangerous form of credit or a useful way for shoppers to pay flexibly?

The white plastic-looking 'K ring' (pictured) - which also comes in black costs £99.99. It is both waterproof and scratch-resistant and can be used to make contactless purchases.

The Foreign Office has now advised against all overseas travel, it's likely cancelling holidays is further up people's priorities than booking new ones - so what can air miles be spent on?

The FCA today brought in measures which offer consumers struggling with their finances bigger fee-free overdrafts and the ability to freeze credit and loan repayments for three months.

Next to a picture on social media app Snapchat of Ryan Reynolds teasing news about upcoming superhero film Deadpool 3, is a 'sponsored' post with its own teaser: that you can write off debt.

Interest on tuition fees is now more expensive than some commercial loans. Here are four more reasons why this isn't fair on this cohort of graduates.

Filling out a simple application form can feel like running a gauntlet of spam. One wrong move and you could be pelted with ‘special offers’, junk mail and interrupting text messages for eternity.

With about three clicks of the mouse I have just transferred another free £20 into my bank account. A welcome boost.

Economics and comedy. Not a conventional pairing.But after spending a weekend at the world’s first economics and comedy festival, I can tell you they’re a match made in heaven.

Walking down the high street with friends on Saturday, we heard an elderly gentleman at a cash machine shout: ‘My card! They’ve taken my card!’

I've been monitoring an online sale for over a year now and it never reverts back to its standard price. I've been taking screen grabs and now it's time to fight back.

I don't have a Vanguard account, but if someone said they wanted an easy and cheap way to build their wealth, opening one and picking a Lifestrategy fund would be near the top of my list of things to try.

A microadventure doesn't involve an expensive expedition, but just getting out of the rut of the daily grind and exploring the world around us on a shoestring. It's the perfect antidote to gloomy politics.

Those hoping that we might celebrate the start of a new decade with the base rate above 1 per cent for the first time in 11 years, look likely to have their hopes dashed at the moment.

The financial watchdog was right to crackdown on costly daily charges and even more expensive unauthorised borrowing. Its mistake was to trust the banks and not cap rates.

Arguably, the best thing that could happen over the next decade would be for homes to get less expensive, preferably through house prices stagnating and wages rising.

The little-known salary sacrifice tax break for electric cars combined with a new zero rate benefit-in-kind rate could be a game-changer for green motoring.

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.

The top rate of income tax is officially 45p, yet the removal of the personal allowance means the real top rate is effectively 60p - and those who pay it are not Britain's top earners.

What is galling for me and many of my fellow Britons due to fly, is quite how awkward airlines are being in allowing us to get our money back.

Whenever I see such rates I feel compelled to ask: 'Why if you have money that you don't need for seven years would you not invest it for a better return?'

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, that quintessentially British question is inevitably being asked: what will happen to house prices?

On 23 March, things were looking about as gloomy as they could get for investors, but shares have rebounded strongly since. What next?

The presenter, 31, donned a blonde wig and a funky leopard print ensemble as he impersonated Tiger King's Carole Baskin in a hilarious TikTok video.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will go on, with organizers swapping a late April date for one in August, the White House Correspondents' Association announced.

Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has gone viral in Australia.

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.

An Australian man currently living in 14-day quarantine has shared an ingenious hack for streaming Netflix and YouTube on a hotel TV, and it only requires two pieces of technology.

She stars as Ruth Wilder in the Netflix hit comedy/drama series Glow. And Alison Brie opened up about how training for her character and the physical element of the role 'helped.'

From working from home to lounging on the couch and binge-watching another Netflix show, the right robe and slippers can make life in quarantine a lot better.

'When I've been in a really serious depression, I'll drag myself to a yoga class - even if I don't want to be around people - tears streaming down my face,' said the star.

Porowski has developed the story, called Girls And Boys, alongside Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Internet usage has skyrocketed in America over the last decade, with the average home consuming more than 38 times the amount of data that it used in 2010, going from 9GB to 344GB.

Joel McHale suited up with a mask and gloves while maintaining at least six feet distance at a farmers market in Los Angeles. He's fresh off hosting the Tiger King aftershow for Netflix.

Patton Oswalt sneered at coronavirus protesters in a snarky tweet on Saturday, tweeting in part: 'There are people risking viral death by storming state capital buildings & screaming, ''Open Fuddruckers!''

Tiger King's Doc Antle revealed on Monday that he sleeps with an AK-47 gun following various death threats. Doc Antle rose to fame on the recent Netflix show, Tiger King.

Too Hot To Handle's Francesca Farago and Kelechi 'Kelz' Dyke shared the only NUDE scene of Netflix's newest dating series. And Harry Jowsey has revealed how he reacted to the racy tryst.

The Democrat, main, quickly removed the post, inset, on Monday but still used the economic collapse to plug her Green New Deal.

The cost to have a barrel of US crude delivered in May fell to minus $37.63 on Monday as demand dried up and storage tanks neared capacity, meaning traders paid to have barrels taken away.

Sex expert Tracey Cox reveals why forbidding sex could actually help your relationship and says a ban on intercourse could make it more appealing to both you and your partner in the long run.

Speaking to Zoe Ball on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Theroux said that Joe Exotic, star of Netflix series Tiger King, had told him he thought arch rival, Carole Baskin, had killed her former husband.