2013

Santander will axe its packaged accounts from October, affecting hundreds of thousands of customers.

Complaints about packaged accounts are rising, and the majority are being upheld in favour of consumers, the Financial Ombudsman Service says.

Household energy bills will be £240 higher each year by 2020 largely due to the mounting cost of Government green policies, energy giant Npower claims.

Insurance firm Swinton says it will refund thousands of customers after it was fined £7.38 million for mis-selling monthly add-on insurance policies by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Inflation rose last month as rising petrol prices and less generous discounts from fashion retailers intensified pressure on households, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has said.

A cap limiting the amount of benefits households can receive each week has come into force today.

Telephone and broadband customers could pay less for their services in future, following Ofcom proposals announced this week, which would see wholesale charges fall.

NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers should watch out for overdraft fees after the banks today reduced the buffer from which they start charging customers £6 a month for dipping into an authorised overdraft, from £100 to £10.

MPs will today debate whether regulators should have greater powers to tackle payday loan firms.