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Contactless limit now £100: Good or bad?
From 15 October this year you'll be able to tap and pay up to £100 on your debit and contactless cards without a PIN.
I've taken a look at some of the concerns people have about the increase and ways to reduce their impact.
Chip’s new savings account: Is it any good?
If you're with the savings app Chip you might already have been emailed about a new "market-leading" easy-access savings account. If not, it'll be open to all in a few weeks.
But is it any good? Here's my full analysis and how it compares to the Chip+1 account.
YouTube: First-time credit cards
One of my most popular videos is about getting your first credit card, and there have been so many follow-up questions I thought I'd answer them in this video from my YouTube channel.
Ask Andy #26: Your money questions answered
This week's questions answered include:
- Is Amex's travel insurance any good?
- Why is Amazon charging me £7.99 a month?
- Are mortgage comparison sites worth using?
- & more
You'll also be able to watch last night's live Q&A video in full.
CASH CHATS PODCAST
#216: Contactless limit increase, time to remortgage & cheap gigs
One more I've got three topics for the price of one in this week's episode.
In this latest episode of the pod find out:
- Whether the £100 contactless limit is good or bad
- How to get below face value tickets for gigs
- Why now is a great time to remortgage
You can listen via all the normal podcasting routes or over on the blog.
Friday's news review episodes will be back in the Autumn.
NEXT LIVE Q&A: Tuesday 14 September 7pm
The next live will be in two weeks on Tuesday 14 September. You can join in on Instagram and my YouTube channel. Put a reminder in your diary now!
THIS WEEK'S TOP DEALS
I only share deals and special offers on the blog which I think are really good value. Click the titles or links for more information.
I'll also share a quick update on Instagram on Saturday morning.
1. NOW: 50% off cinema passes
This is a new customer deal, charging just £4.99 a month for six months. There have finally been some bigger releases recently (Wonder Woman 1984 for example) so it's a decent price to give it a try. Plus you can cancel anytime if you find you're not using it enough. More here.
2. Cinema: Shang-Chi savings
The latest Marvel film - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - opens Friday, and if you're planning on going there are so many ways you can avoid paying full price. This includes two Odeon tickets for a fiver, or two Vue for £7. Check them out here.
3. Freetrade: Free share worth up to £200
This trading app gives new users a free share worth between £3 and £200.
It's completely random what you get - I received one worth around £13.
You can just sign up and deposit £1 to get the free stock, then withdraw all the cash. If you do want to use Freetrade for further investing then I'd recommend you do more research.
4. Bother: £15 off first household supplies order
Buy store cupboard essentials and other items from this online supermarket with a decent discount on your first order. More here.
5. Cocktail: Free "hard seltzer" via cashback apps
There are offers on the Green Jinn receipt app right now for free cans of alcoholic hard seltzer drinks at WH Smiths, Majestic, Morrisons and Planet Organic. Details here.
6. Amex: £200 restaurant credit for some
This offer is only for people with the full Platinum Amex (not the cashback Platinum cards), and since that has a huge £575 annual fee I imagine it won't be many of you.
But if you do have this card, then you can get 100% back selected restaurants (mainly London) up to £200. More here.
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MORE DEALS!
Here are a few ongoing and recent offers you might have missed:
Banking offers
- Top bank switch: £125 cash bonus
- Top reward account: £5 a month from Halifax
- Top cashback account: Up to 3% back with Santander 123 Lite
- Top ethical bank: £60 voucher or donation via Triodos
- Monese: Free £15.05 bonus
Savings & investing offers
- Top regular saver: 3.04% from Natwest
- Top current account interest: 2.02% from Virgin Money
- Top easy access account: 0.65% from Tandem
- Freetrade: Free share worth up to £200
Cards and bills deals
- 0% Balance transfer: 18 months with no fee & £20 cashback
- American Express: Up to £186 welcome bonus
- Three: SIM-only 12GB of data for £5.50 a month
- Curve: Free £10 welcome bonus
- Currensea: £10 back from £150 spend
- Airtime Rewards: £2 back with £8 spend
- Snoop: Free £5 Amazon voucher
- PayPal: Refer friends for £10 credit
Shopping vouchers and other deals
- Amazon: Up to £10 off for some
- Music Magpie: Free £5 credit when you trade in old CDs, books, DVDs or game
- Holland & Barrett: Free £3
- Lidl: Coupon Plus promo
- Flowers: £10 off Bloom & Wild
- LNER: Free £5 train travel credit
- Uniqlo: £5 off voucher
- B&Q: Save £5
- Waitrose: Up to 50% off sale
- Free cashback: Earn more than £30
Entertainment deals
- Spotify: Including 12 months for the price of 10
- Apple Music: Four months free streaming
- Odeon: Two tickets and a £10 Turtle Bay gift card for £9.99
- Disney+: Save £2 a month
- Netflix: Inc Netflix & Chromecast bundle
- Ethical Consumer: Free issue of the magazine
- Theme Parks: Two for One tickets
- English Heritage: 50% off tickets
Food and drink offers
- Tastecard: 90-day free trial
- Pret: Free coffee for one month
- Leon: Unlimited coffee for £15 a month
- Gousto & Hello Fresh: More than 90% off your first boxes
- Asda: Up to £15 bonus to spend
- Pringles: Free pack
- Uber Eats: £10 off your first order
- Honest Brew: £10 off craft beer
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Recent content you might have missed
I know it can be tricky to read, watch and listen to everything I create each week, so here are some articles, videos and podcasts from the last few weeks you might have missed.
- Cheap Direct Debits for bank switching and rewards
- Cheaper alternatives to Sky TV and Virgin Media
- M&S Club Rewards review
- Ask Andy #25: Your money questions answered
- Podcast #215: Lifetime ISAs & inflation, top cinema deals & M&S’s Club Rewards
- Nationwide’s new bank switching offer – how to get up to £125
- The best student bank accounts
- Have you still got any old banknotes and coins?
- Ask Andy #24: Your money questions answered
- Podcast #214: Savings rates up, a new switching deal and hidden ways libraries save you money
- Energy price cap explained: Will you actually save money?
- The cheapest ways to watch Premier League, EFL and other football on TV
- Ask Andy #23: Your money questions answered
- Podcast #213: Beat the energy price cap hike, a dodgy Nectar/Esso deal and the return of roaming
- Is it worth going the extra mile to save money on petrol?
- Ask Andy #22: Your money questions answered
- Podcast #212: Bad Direct Debits, Lloyd’s new cashback card & free water refills
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