Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

Savings are an essential part of any financial plan. No matter how well you budget for day-to-day expenses, life has a way of surprising you. A savings account is a safe place to build an emergency ...

All the banks we mention are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), meaning up to £120,000 of your savings are protected should a bank go bust. Cash savers looking for the ...

If you’re scrolling through the best savings accounts on the market, chances are the ones with the highest interest rates are regular savings accounts. For example, First Direct and the Co-operative ...

Banks and building societies are climbing the best-buy tables with attractive regular saver accounts, so should you sign up for one? Savers can get rates of up to 7% on a regular saver account, which ...

Regular saver accounts offer some of the best returns on the market. But, on the flipside, they come with stringent restrictions. Most of the top deals, for example, are only available to current ...

If you're a Skipton Building Society mortgage or savings customer you can now access its new 7.5% regular savings account. The eye-catching rate is one of the highest we've seen on this type of ...

First Direct is doubling the interest rate on its regular savings account from 3.5% to 7% on Thursday 1 December. It's the highest rate we've seen on this type of account since 2012. But there are a ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The account aims to help young people form positive savings habits by ...