Abbey positive about savings announcement

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Abbey positive about savings announcement

A recent government announcement that child trust funds (CTFs) will be used to teach maths has been welcomed by Abbey.

The bank recently conducted research which found that a full ten per cent of Brits would do poorly in a personal finance exam, scoring beneath 40 per cent.

A survey conducted by the bank discovered that 86 per cent of Britons were unaware that they had six weeks to pay back money borrowed on a credit card before interest starts to be racked up.

Barry Naisbitt, chief economist at Abbey, commented: "Using CTFs as a way of encouraging interest and learning about financial education is a clever initiative that will help to both educate and maintain a strong level of long-term interest in CTFs."

As a result of the scheme, children who see their CTFs pay dividends will realize how to save and make a "nest egg work in their favour", he added.

Currently, the overall level of debt in the UK is over one trillion pounds, according to statistics from the debt charity Credit Action.

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