January 2014

UK hotels and online travel agents will have more freedom to offer discounts on rooms following an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into deals struck by Expedia and Booking.com .

Games firms have been given two months to clean up their act, in an attempt to prevent children racking up huge bills when playing online on phones and tablets.

Theatre and concert-goers buying tickets from seven popular online sellers will soon see delivery and booking fees displayed upfront, following a crackdown on the industry.

Update: 18 February 2014: We tried to contact HotCrazyDeal on numerous occasions in January, but received no response. It eventually sent us a statement on Monday 17 February, which we have added below.

If you're a customer of Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland or TSB, and were hit by this weekend's IT glitch which left many unable to withdraw cash and use debit cards – complain now if you've been left out of pocket.

Payday loan firm Speedy Cash has been accused of "preying on children" by MoneySavingExpert.com, after handing out leaflets enticing families into payday loan shops with the promise of "free photos with Santa".

If you're thinking of getting BT broadband to watch BT Sport on your TV at no extra cost, you should do it today before prices rise this weekend.

O2's eight million pay-monthly customers will be hit by a price rise of 2.7% from March – and if you're one of them, there's little you can do to leave your contract penalty-free as the firm has sneaked around new Ofcom rules.

Car insurance rates fell by a record 14.1% over the last year, while home insurance premiums are also still falling, according to the AA.