Money through time
How Chip and PIN changed the checkout
The change in payment habits behind Britain's switch from signatures to PINs.
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Retirement and pensions
Britain's first State Pension
The story of a pension that began with five shillings a week.
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The birth of the Bank of England
The government loan and subscribers behind the bank's beginnings in 1694.
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