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• Warning on packaged bank accounts
  Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits such as insurance may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned.
  
  
• Man charged over money laundering
  A 42-year-old man is arrested and charged following a crackdown on money laundering and fraud in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
  
  
• Your recession story
  Money Watch wants to hear from you
  
  
• Smaller losses at Northern Rock
  Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.
  
  
• Hailing the arrival of alien predators
  Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.
  
  
• House price rises 'to ease off'
  Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.
  
  
• Worker jailed for defrauding firm
  A woman is jailed after admitting fraud offences totalling £450,000, including siphoning off more than £60,000 from her employer.
  
  
• Bovis turns profit on thin sales
  Homebuilder Bovis returned to profit in 2009, but sales were far below pre-recession levels, the company says.
  
  
• Mortgages 'more easily available'
  The number of mortgage deals on offer to borrowers rose by 6% in the past month, according to Moneyfacts.
  
  
• Fixed-rate energy deals 'unfair'
  Millions of energy customers lose out on price cuts as they are locked into "unfair" fixed tariffs, a consumer website says.
  
  
• Metro Bank gets official go-ahead
  A proposed new High Street bank, Metro Bank, has been given a banking licence by the Financial Services Authority.
  
  
• Timeline: United Kingdom
  A chronology of key events
  
  
• UK house prices 'dropped by 1.5%'
  UK house prices recorded their first monthly fall since June, with a 1.5% drop in February, according to the Halifax.
  
  
• Foster care professional pay call
  The BBC's Chris Buckler meets one foster family in Cheshire following claims more than three-quarters of foster carers in the UK earn less than the equivalent of the minimum wage.
  
  
• Motivating young voters
  Young voters are the most disengaged and mistrusting people of politicians in the UK, according to a new report. What would make them change their mind?
  
  
• Home ownership 'set to decline'
  The proportion of people who own their own homes is likely to keep on falling, the Council of Mortgage Lenders says.
  
  
• Are credit rating agencies worth the fees they command?
  Investors are fretting over the credit rating of countries like Greece and the UK - but can the ratings agencies really judge credit risk?
  
  
• Hey big spender
  Are you still spending a lot despite the recession?
  
  
• Home buyers 'younger in North'
  First-time buyers in the north of England were the youngest and paid the smallest deposit compared with other areas of the UK in 2009.
  
  
• Mixed picture for European homes
  Property prices will continue to fall in vulnerable economies in Europe but other nations are showing signs of recovery, a report says.