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August 2017

Vanquis Bank is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority over its credit card repayment offer.
23 August 2017
About 150 parents have reclaimed more than £45,000 after encountering technical difficulties when applying for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme. If you've been left out of pocket, here's how to claim.
22 August 2017
MoneySavingExpert.com has launched a new monthly Bills Tracker which uses official data to show how a typical household's bills and expenses change each month – and the first figures show average costs increased by 2.1% in the 12 months to July 2017.
22 August 2017
Thousands of South West Trains commuters hit by disruption at Waterloo station are on track for refunds worth £100s after a U-turn over compensation.
22 August 2017
O2 Priority customers will no longer be able to grab a £1 lunch after next Monday (28 August).
21 August 2017
An advert for a 'Martin Lewis tax-free loophole' – which has nothing to do with the MoneySavingExpert.com founder – has appeared alongside a Yahoo news story about scam sites misusing Martin Lewis's name.
18 August 2017
Holidaymakers paying by card are being hit with hideous exchange rates because some card machines allow foreign shops, hotels and restaurants to rip off customers by switching the currency AFTER they've entered their PIN, a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.
17 August 2017
Northern Ireland's largest energy supplier Power NI is to hike electricity prices by 5.6%, meaning the typical bill for those on its standard tariff will jump by £27/year.
17 August 2017
Barclays customers will be locked out of online and telephone banking once a month during upcoming five-month maintenance work.
16 August 2017
Mobile network iD Mobile has been wrongly charging customers for using their phones abroad since the introduction of free roaming calls in the EU, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
16 August 2017

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