While the banks' plans to scrap cheques may be just another form of cost-cutting, not everyone will be sad to see them go; one reader's broadband success, and promises of eye-watering returns draw a 'gobsmacked' response
Tips from seasoned home-brewers, how to work out what Lloyds investors are really paying for the bank's £13.5bn rights issue, and why graduates ought to support their old university
Buying shares by phone ... that's a laugh, age is not a barrier to car insurance, how Lehman-backed savings misled ordinary risk-averse people and a final word on vets
How old do you really have to be to stop paying national insurance? Banks aren't off the hook over phishing. Try getting a bank receipt for your cash and forget fine art – invest in celebrity pants