Are you a financial secret keeper?
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Are you a financial secret keeper?
Research1 has shown that nearly two in five people in a relationship in the UK are committing ‘financial infidelity’ which includes ‘deceptions’ such as having secret credit cards or savings accounts and hiding purchases from partners. Although just over two thirds of couples (67%) have a joint current account and 51% have joint savings accounts, 38% of those surveyed have ‘money stashed away’ that their partner is unaware of. For 32% of respondents, their motivation for having a secret account is because they want to keep some control, or maintain some independence of their finances, while a quarter (25%) want to be able to treat themselves without their partner knowing.
1Aviva, 2023
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