Most people decide to get married or to start living together for romantic reasons (you’d certainly hope so!) You might think they’re pretty similar in terms of your legal and financial rights, but they’re not
Money & Your Partner
Economic abuse is to be recognised as a form of domestic abuse
The draft Domestic Abuse Bill has been published today and, for the first time, it recognises economic abuse as being a form of domestic abuse
Episode 19 – Cohabiting couples: Money rights if you live together but aren’t married
Lots of people now live with their partner without ever getting married, but few unmarried couples sharing a home stop to consider what would happen to their finances if they were to split up
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The SavvyWoman Podcast 16 – Economic abuse – what banks need to do
It’s estimated that one in five adults have been the victim of financial abuse, where a partner is controlling about money – or worse
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Can you close a joint bank account without the other person?
If you have a joint bank account, can you close the account without the other person
Joint bank accounts – what information are you given when you open one?
If you have a joint bank account, what information will you be given upfront and how clear will this be
Do you think joint bank accounts are a good idea?
Three quarters of people don’t know the rules on joint bank accounts
Research for SavvyWoman and M&S Bank has found that three quarters of people don’t know the rules on joint bank accounts
Who should pay for a first date?
Do you think the man should pay, the woman, or that the bill should be split
Married and maiden names on your bank accounts – can you do this?
If you’re married and you want to keep your maiden name for, for example, work, but use your married name the rest of the time, how easy is it to get bank accounts in both your names
SavvyWoman’s Women & Money report 2015 – how are women managing their money?
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Do you tell your partner everything about your money
Are you affected by financial abuse? What can you do if your partner is controlling over money or abusive?
Is your husband, wife, partner or civil partner controlling about money
How the marriage allowance works – £250 a year for some married couples
The marriage allowance gives some married couples and those in a civil partnership an extra £250 a year
What your bank should do if you have a joint account and you split up – and why they may not
If you and your partner have a joint account with an overdraft, a joint loan – or even a joint savings account — beware
Over half of adults don’t know who’s responsible for debts on joint accounts
I regularly get emails from women who signed up to a joint bank account or a joint personal loan with their partner where the bank is pursuing them for the whole debt after the relationship has broken down
What are the extra costs of being single?
What do you think the main extras are that you have to pay if you’re single
Talking about money with your partner
by Neil Denny, author of Conversational Riffs
A court ruling could change the way property is divided for thousands of unmarried couples who split up
A Supreme Court judgement passed in 2011 could affect thousands of couples who own property together
Guest post: why materialism can be bad for your marriage
When I was doing the research for a book I wrote aimed at helping couples make better money decisions, called Financial Bliss, I spoke to a number of people (and used their quotes anonymously) about what they wanted from their money and how that affected their relationship
Understanding the risks of using the family home as security for a business loan
I wrote this article after I received an email from someone who’d split up with her husband and who discovered that her husband’s bank wanted to repossess the property to pay off a charge taken out against a business loan
About Sarah Pennells
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It’s the brainchild of Sarah Pennells, who is a well known personal finance journalist and broadcaster. SavvyWoman has been named as 5th in ‘The Times’ newspaper list of ‘50 top websites to save you money’.
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Sarah specialises in explaining complex subjects in an accessible and engaging way.
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