Money matters online

• Internet mortgage adviser Charcolonline (www.charcolonline.co.uk), set up last year by mortgage brokers John Charcol, has added to its product range and facilities to make it easier and quicker to track down the best mortgage deal. The new service lets borrowers see the total cost of a mortgage, including fees. It also alerts users to the most recent best buy deals.

• Money Supermarket (www.moneysupermarket.com) and a small group of mortgage lenders have joined forces to provide last-minute mortgages. They should be cheaper than standard mortgages because they come from leftover lending money from previous special offers. However, precisely because of this, the funds are limited - so act quickly.

• Want to move house but don't have the time to look into it? Now you can search for a property from your WAP mobile phone when you're on the way to work. The service from Under One Roof (www.underoneroof.co.uk), lets you search a live database of homes while reading the latest property news. The user can also use the site to contact solicitors and surveyors and arrange mortgages, home insurance and home improvement services.

• As of next week, a few clicks of the mouse could help take the hassle out of moving home. Good Migrations (www.goodmigrations.co.uk) will take you through the moving process. Among other things you can search for estate agents, properties, mortgages and insurance online.

• Lastminute.com and fellow internet start-up first-e bank (www.first-e.co.uk) have entered into a strategic alliance to simplify online payments. Customers can buy from the www.lastminute.com site using their account at first-e, which prevents them having to enter their credit card details each time they make a transaction.

• Aberdeen Asset Management (www.aberdeen-asset.com) has launched a service that allows investors to buy an Isa over the internet using a Switch or Delta debit card. Customers can also print application forms and return them by post. And independent financial advisers Inter-Alliance (www.inter-alliance.com) has teamed up with internet portal Freeserve to create an online Isa research centre. It will let customers research and make selections from almost 700 funds from more than 40 providers.

• It's full steam ahead for Abbey National and its bid to dominate TV banking. Not happy with its existing deals with Open and NTL, the bank last week signed an additional deal with cable company Telewest which should result in an extra 500,000 homes gaining access to its "sofa-banking" service when it is up and running later this year. Customers will also be able to order leaflets, request an instant call-back from an Abbey National adviser and browse for information.

• Worldwide Travel Insurance this week announced that it is offering instant cover travel insurance to customers who buy from its newly refined website (www.worldwideinsure.com).