March 2013

Nearly a million gym members will have improved rights to cancel their contracts, after three major firms were forcefully persuaded to clean up their act by the regulator.

£439 million was paid out to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in January, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed.

A leading MP has urged the regulator to investigate whether Bank of Ireland is guilty of mis-selling after it announced plans to hike 13,500 customers' base rate tracker mortgages, even though the base rate hasn't moved for four years.

Tesco Mobile users will never face mid-contract price hikes, which phone network customers often fall victim to, the supermarket giant has pledged.

Customers of troubled bed specialist Dreams have been saved from nightmares after its administrators promised all orders will be honoured and gift vouchers accepted.

House prices saw their biggest year-on-year growth in more than two years during February, Halifax reported today.

Payday lenders have been ordered to play fair or risk being banned from the sector after a study found "explosive" evidence of irresponsible lending.

Holidaymakers needing medical treatment in crisis-hit Spain and Greece should beware of having their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) unlawfully refused.