‘It leaves me with a sour taste’: My elderly mother gave our cousin $800 for a car repair. Should I be worried?

Personal Finance Published: Sunday, August 23, 2026, 10:29 [IST] After a stunning three day rally, gold prices have paused for a breather on sunday. Gold prices today made no major movement after a back to back surge brought the rate near record levels. This week has been exceptionally bullish for the bullion market, as the…

Unlike Dell, HPE focuses on enterprise and sovereign customers, which one analyst noted have a better profit profile.

Monmouthshire Building Society reported lower new mortgage lending in its latest financial year after temporarily withdrawing from new originations to support the implementation of a new mortgage platform. Gross new lending fell from £219m in 2025 to £197m in 2026, while total mortgage assets declined slightly from £1.38bn to £1.36bn. Underlying profit before tax…

One CEO in the private lending technology space said the shift is accelerating faster than most lenders recognize, and that building systems capable of catching it before a bad loan closes is now a competitive requirement. Sourabh Chirimar (pictured top), CEO of The Mortgage Office, said what he is seeing in private lending is not…

Nationwide Building Society is cutting by up to 19 basis points tomorrow. The lender’s latest round of reductions apply across its first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage ranges with its lowest fixed rate falling to 4.52%. The move has been welcomed by brokers as it follows weeks of rate increases across the market in response…