When choosing a financial provider to stash your money with, be sure to check for FSCS protection. This vital compensation scheme means you could get your money back if the provider goes belly up.

Thousands of people have lost their retirement savings in the past five years, with almost £2 billion of pensions and savings wiped out, according to data from the Financial Services Compensation ...

UK banks’ customers will be protected from December by up to £120,000 if their provider fails. The new limit, which will increase from £85,000, was confirmed by the Prudential Regulation Authority ...

ifs ProShare, which acts as the voice of the employee share ownership industry in the UK, has welcomed the fact that over 2 million participants in Save As You Earn (SAYE) share plans are to have ...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) was set up in 2001 to protect consumers’ savings in the event their bank or building society went bust. It can also protect mortgages, investments and ...

The majority of clients are more likely to save, invest or spend more of their money when firms are protected by a trusted compensation scheme. This is according to new research from the Financial ...

Flagstone is an FSCS-protected online savings platform on which savers can compare, open and manage as many accounts as they like in one place. Flagstone is an online savings platform, which enables ...

With savers worried about the safety of their cash due to the eurozone crisis, Mark Neale (right), chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which would issue compensation if a ...

‘Peer-to-peer' lending is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to high street savings with consumers looking for the most competitive rates of interest. In these tough times, it is ...