Anyone who received a gift card for Christmas should be aware the clock is ticking to spend the funds – or they could be eroded by ‘inactivity fees’. It is a common peril with prepaid currency cards, but customers are now being caught out by fees on inactive gift cards. These monthly charges eat into … Read more
‘Merry Christmas from PayPal’: Irregular users of the payments platform will be charged a £12 ‘inactivity fee’ from 16 December – but it’s easy to avoid PayPal will start charging some customers an inactivity fee The US-based company said it will not be closing inactive accounts There are ways you can act now and avoid … Read more
Holidaymakers whose travel plans were dashed this year need to watch out for sneaky ‘inactivity’ fees on prepaid currency cards By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 October 2020 Holidaymakers whose travel plans were dashed this year need to watch out for sneaky ‘inactivity’ … Read more
Forget trendy standing desks! Kneeling at your desk or squatting on the floor ‘may protect office workers from the harmful effects of inactivity’ A sedentary lifestyle, such as an office job, is considered to be bad for the heart But a study suggests the effects can be offset by kneeling instead of sitting Squatting is … Read more
A ‘wasted decade’ of inactivity and slow political progress mean nations must now do four times as much work to meet climate change targets, a new study claims. Nations must quadruple their efforts, or do the same in one-third of the time, to comply with the climate pact they made as part of the Paris … Read more