Protection shake-up hits Northern Rock and Santander savers

24 May 2010

Customers with the banking giants will see major changes to the way their cash is safe-guarded were either to go bust

Santander savers' FSCS protection could be halved

18 March 2010

The compensation limit for those with cash in the Spanish giant and Alliance & Leicester will drop in May

FSA chief executive to step down

9 February 2010

The man who led the City regulator during the worst financial crisis of modern times will quit this summer

Government-run lenders slash mortgage switching costs

25 January 2010

Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley will allow some borrowers to move lender without the usual four-figure penalty

Abbey to vanish from high street

9 January 2010

Some 300 branches in the South East will be renamed Santander, the bank's Spanish owner, on Monday

Reclaim excessive mortgage arrears fees, borrowers urged

7 July 2009

Some mortgage lenders are levying "extraordinary" fees on those who miss payments. Find out how to fight back

Abbey offers summer holiday spending boost

10 June 2009

Most of the bank's cardholders will pay no overseas spending fees during June and July

Lenders slashing borrowers' mortgage debt by thousands

9 June 2009

Homeowners with mortgages from a sub-prime provider could see a portion of their debt wiped off if they switch lender

Abbey & A&L to rebrand – savers' protection unaffected for now

27 May 2009

Abbey, A&L and Bradford & Bingley will soon become known as Santander but this won't change current savers' protection