Banks throw money at customers to entice them to switch
Smaller banks are willing to try anything to get customers to switch - including just throwing money at them in a bare-faced attempt at bribery.
View ArticleTreasury waters down HMRC’s ability to rob bank accounts
The furore over the plan to let Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs to simply raid personal and business bank accounts has resulted in the Treasury stepping in.
View ArticleBanks to offer free basic accounts to customers
Chalk up a victory for the Government: banks have decided to comply with plans put forward to provide basic bank account access to Brits despite the cost.
View ArticleBarclays joins 21st century with new online banking tools
Welcome to the 21st century, Barclays customers: your bank now accepts cheque deposits via smartphone cameras. Just like most other non-Stone Age banks.
View ArticleNine banks fall in line, offer fee-free basic bank accounts
Nine British personal and business bank account providers have fallen in line with Treasury demands by offering fee-free basic bank accounts to Brits.
View ArticleOnline banking booms big on Christmas Day, says Nationwide
The UK's biggest building society says that online banking activity on Christmas Day shoots through the roof every year, just like clockwork.
View ArticleFraudsters targeting bank account holders
If you've got a personal or business bank account - and who doesn't? - you need to look out for fraudsters looking to scam you out of your hard-earned cash.
View ArticleBanks slash interest rates on savings accounts across the UK
Banks and building societies across the UK have given it to the nation's savers on the chin once more, with interest rates being slashed on scores of products.
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News that the inflation rate in the UK has dropped like a defunct Russian satellite from orbit have done little to assuage those with awful savings accounts.
View ArticleBrits found to be switching accounts in greater numbers
Last year saw a record number of Brits switching personal and business bank accounts to new providers, according to new data from the Payments Council.
View ArticleOnline banking for kids: why let adults have all the “fun?”
In a move that must surely be the result of some febrile mind somewhere, Halifax has come up with a new service: online banking for children.
View ArticleBarclays forces current account switches on its customers
Countless Barclays customers are furious after being informed that they're being forced into an unwanted and unsolicited switch to a different current account.
View ArticleTwo RBS banks join the 21st century with thumb print sensors
Two Royal Bank of Scotland group banks, RBS and NatWest, have forged ahead into the 21st century by adopting thumb print reading technology from Apple.
View ArticleYorkshire BS complains new switching rules not doing enough
Yorkshire Building Society complained this week that the new rules put into place to make it easier for customers to switch bank accounts aren't doing enough.
View ArticleFearful, cowardly banks freezing accounts of charities
British charities working in conflict zones are having their business bank accounts closed left and right thanks to fearful, and cowardly banking providers.
View ArticleNearly 2m Brits going without any sort of bank account
Business banking news review: week ending 12 March 2015 If the Financial Inclusion Commission is to believed, nearly 2 million Brits are going without any sort of personal or business bank account...
View ArticleHSBC shutters bank accounts of UK nationals in Jersey
Because the Universe decided that HSBC isn't quite hated enough by the world, the bank has decided to begin shuttering accounts of UK nationals in Jersey.
View ArticleFCA says seven-day switching needs more support
The new seven-day switching rules that allow consumers to give one bank the boot and join another need more support, says the Financial Conduct Authority.
View ArticleThieving bank teller avoids jail time after stealing £2,000
A thieving former bank teller caught stealing nearly $2,000 from branch customers somehow avoided bank time, instead being hit with 300 hours of unpaid work.
View ArticleScammers siphon off £15k from pensioner’s bank account
An elderly pensioner ended up losing a massive £15,000 from their bank accounts after criminals scammed the victim over the telephone.
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