“Self-Care” or Self-Sabotage? New Loqbox Research Reveals the Top Excuses Brits Give for Not Saving
- 9 months 2 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
As UK Savings Week (22-28 September) kicks off, Loqbox, an award-winning credit-building business, has revealed the most popular excuses we tell ourselves when it comes to saving money. Topping the list for over a quarter of adults (26%) is the classic: “I’ll start saving next month.”
DailyPay Creates New "Perks" Offering To Help Workers Save Money on Large Recurring Bills
- 9 months 3 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
DailyPay is rolling out a new "Perks" offering on its platform featuring a number of discounts and opportunities sourced exclusively for the DailyPay user. Anchoring the new Perks offering is Stride, which addresses the need for affordable, low-cost health insurance. Stride makes it easy to find the best health insurance plan for your needs at the lowest possible price, in 10 minutes or less.
Over Half of Brits Lack Retirement Confidence as Cost-of-Living Bites
- 9 months 3 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals that September is a pinch point for household budgets, with rising bills leading many to reconsider their long-term savings. A nationally representative survey of 1,000 UK adults found that utilities and energy bills (26%) and food (20%) top the list of September money worries, followed by back-to-school costs (16%) and rent or mortgage payments (15%).
Fintech Startup Chest Set to Launch New Pension App That Turns Savings From Everyday Spending Into Future Retirement Funds
- 9 months 3 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
New fintech startup Chest, a cash rewards-to-pension app, is inviting young people to join its 1200-strong community lining up to be amongst the first to open a Chest pension when it launches this Autumn.
PensionBee’s Pension Landscape 2025: South-East Savers Outperform Other Regions, While Gender Gap Remains Widest Outside London
- 9 months 4 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, has released its annual Pension Landscape for 2025. Based on analysis of more than 285,000 PensionBee customers as at June 2025, it reveals the substantial differences in average pension pot sizes, depending on a saver’s age, gender and location.
Plaid’s 2025 Fintech Effect: Consumers in the U.S. and U.K. Turn to Fintech as Economic Pressures Mount
- 9 months 4 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
Plaid today released its annual Fintech Effect report, revealing that while consumers in the U.S. and U.K. continue to feel the weight of inflation and economic uncertainty, fintech has become a trusted lifeline—helping people save, build confidence, and make smarter financial decisions.
Gen Z and Millennials Boast Strongest Appetite to Invest Compared to Older Generations
- 10 months 9 hours ago
- Personal Finance
Younger generations are demonstrating much greater appetite to invest compared to their parents’ generation as they look to beat inflation and low returns on cash savings, according to research from new personalised wealth management platform, Stratiphy.
Checkout.com Data Release: Wet Weather Pushes Late-August Clothing Spend to Yearly Highs
- 10 months 3 days ago
- Personal Finance
New data from Checkout.com, leading global digital payments company, reveals significant peaks in online clothing spending, with August emerging as the most notable month of the year for consumer fashion purchases. Transaction data shows a clear spike at the end of the month, with the last week of August (ending 31st) seeing an astonishing 70.8% surge in spending compared to the average week for the year to date.
Fiserv Small Business Index Holds Steady in August as Consumer Resilience Meets Spending Caution
- 10 months 5 days ago
- Personal Finance
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for August 2025, with the seasonally-adjusted Index holding steady at 149. Year-over-year sales (+3.9%) and transactions (+3.7%) remained strong, as resilient consumer spending continued. Average ticket sizes (+0.3%) also grew compared to 2024.
School Costs Leave Parents’ Pensions Short-Changed, New PensionBee Survey Finds
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
As UK children prepare to head back to school, a new survey from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals the stark financial trade-offs parents are being forced to make – with saving for retirement often one of the first casualties.
FCA Seeks Boost to Workplace Savings to Help People Navigate Their Financial Lives
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
The FCA is providing clarity around workplace savings schemes so employers and savings providers can offer them with greater confidence. To help more employees benefit, the FCA has worked with partners to provide clarity on the rules around schemes. This includes setting out how employers can avoid breaching National Minimum Wage requirements and explaining how providers can meet financial promotions requirements.
New Global Research Reveals AI's Role in Student Money Management
- 10 months 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
2 in 5 Brits Have Used AI for Personal Finance Advice
- 10 months 2 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
2 in 5 Brits (40%) have used a generative AI tool such as ChatGPT or Gemini for personal finance advice, according to research by personal finance comparison site Finder. That’s an estimated 21.3 million people in the UK.
Students Say Managing Bills is the Hardest Part of Being an Adult at University
- 10 months 2 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
With over half a million UK students expected to head1 to university for the first time this Autumn, a Visa study reveals that more than a third (39%) of current UK university students say managing bills is the hardest part of adulting* at university. This ranks higher than other struggles including eating healthy meals (31%), maintaining a clean home (29%) and doing laundry (26%).
Happy Money Study Reveals Gap Between Consumers’ Financial Stress and Their Debt Management Strategies
- 10 months 3 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering individuals through responsible lending, today released The Credit Check-In, a new report exploring how Americans are managing debt and financial stress in 2025.
