Many leading banks, insurers and energy companies are making existing customers pay to phone them while offering free numbers to new customers, consumer group Which? has found.
The retail prices index (RPI) rate of inflation fell to 3.1% in May compared with 3.5% in April, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal today.
Record low interest rates and multi-billion-pound emergency support measures from the Bank of England are costing savers nearly £18 billion a year, research showed today.
Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland (BoS) will scrap overdraft charges for many customers who slip into the red this autumn. However, they are raising fees for customers who pay for an overdraft facility.
16 June 2012
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