UK Finance

First-time buyers typically borrowing for 31 years

Mortgage lengths have stayed above 30 years despite some falls in interest rates.

What made the US step back from the system that it profited handsomely from for decades?

London Capital & Finance (LCF) raised £237m from more then 11,600 investors before collapsing.

Fraud cases rise by 16% in the first half of the year, but total losses are down slightly, new data shows.

Rules allowing banks to delay payments to investigate fraud will come into force at the end of October.

But young shoppers are far more likely to use their phones to pay for things, despite stretched budgets.

The new financial centre is planned for a vacant former travel agent in the centre of Darwen.

Working class women from an ethnic minority also have a "double disadvantage" the study said.

Banks say around 200,000 people could fall victim to some of the most common scams over the festive period.