The ten biggest money wasters and how to avoid them

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Overpaid utility bills top the table of the nation's biggest "money leaks", according to a new study.

This article first appeared on Your Money. Paying ATM fees to withdraw cash, avoidable credit card interest and charges, club memberships and TV channel subscriptions also feature in the list of the top 10 money wasters that leach funds from Brit's bank accounts. The research by website Gocompare found that most of the top money wasters are linked to our tendency to set-up and forget financial arrangements, or by things we do not get round to like shopping around for a better deal or cancelling an unwanted subscription.   Rank The UK's Top 10 Money Leaks  % 1  Credit built u...

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