by Steve | Sep 6, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
As of September 14th, new rules will come into effect meaning that payments made online will require additional authentication from the customer. Winning no prizes for creative titles, this is called Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), and it has been on the cards...
by Steve | Jul 26, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
At the start of the year, financial guru Martin Lewis made a lot of noise about dangerous financial scams appearing on Facebook, after he became aware of fake adverts using his name and image to try and lend credibility to their cons. Although he started his campaign...
by Steve | Jun 14, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
In the coming months, you’re likely to start noticing that making certain transactions online takes longer than it used to, with added security steps asking you to prove your identity in new ways. This is because new regulations are forcing all banks to take...
by Steve | Apr 1, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
If you bank with major financial institutions such as HSBC, Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest then you should now be able to get an overview of all your main accounts from one app. That’s because these high street chains now allow you to add accounts from other...
by Steve | Mar 15, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
Could scanning your fingerprint every time you go to make a contactless payment finally be the convenience and security combo that we’ve all been waiting for? Right now, contactless payment technology continues to grow in popularity for the sliver of time that...
by Steve | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
‘Get rich quick’ schemes are usually the preserve of wily TV chancers and big-screen con men, but that hasn’t stopped Instagram users from losing on average almost £9,000 each in these types of scams. Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud...