State pension payments worth billions of pounds being sacrificed because people don’t know they’re entitled to claim them: Eight ways to boost yours By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 21 November 2020 State pension payments worth billions of pounds are being sacrificed because … Read more
CVS becomes first US retailer to support PayPal and Venmo QR codes for checkout payments, allowing customers to avoid touching keypads amid the coronavirus pandemic CVS now accepts PayPal and Venmo QR codes for payments at all its US stores Customers open either PayPal or Venmo on their smartphone and click ‘Scan’ Then select the … Read more
My pension was rescued when an old employer went bust, but why don’t the payments ever rise with inflation? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:54 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 07:54 GMT, 9 November 2020 For a number of years now the Pension Protection Fund has paid my … Read more
Sainsbury’s tipped to restart dividend despite row over it receiving huge tax break and a second national lockdown By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 31 October 2020 Sainsbury’s is tipped to restart dividend payments this week despite a row over it receiving a huge … Read more
Channel 4 will repay £1.5million in furlough payments as it reports a ‘significant financial surplus’ after rebound in advertising revenues and 54% rise in viewers for its on-demand platform All 4 Channel 4, which is publicly owned but commercially funded, said it will end 2020 with a ‘significant financial surplus’ and planned to reinvest in … Read more
Venmo launches physical credit card backed by Visa with a scannable QR code for contactless payments and an individualized cash-back program Available in five designs, the no-fee card comes with a QR code on the front The rewards program gives cash back on your most popular spending categories An RFID-enabled chip allows users to tap … Read more
More than 80,000 employers return £215million to the government in furlough payments which was no longer needed or received in error HMRC figures say 80,433 firms have returned money received under furlough Companies and other bodies have handed £215,756,121, back to the Government It’s a fraction of the £35.4billion handed out under the tax-payer funded … Read more
Katie Noonan has been relying on JobKeeper payments to stay afloat as coronavirus pandemic left singer ‘crippled by enormous financial loss’ By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:39 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 06:39 BST, 20 August 2020 Katie Noonan has been relying on the government’s JobKeeper payment scheme to stay financially … Read more
Terrorists excluded from Troubles cash: Anyone convicted over Northern Ireland conflict should not be eligible for victims’ compensation payments, Government guidance states People convicted of terrorism offences in Troubles ineligible for compensation Details of delayed scheme to support victims of the conflict published yesterday Sinn Fein boycotting initiative as approach ‘excludes’ thousands of injured people … Read more
Government plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to unmarried couples who live together By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 The Government said last week it had a plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to couples who live together Unmarried parents … Read more