Two MoneySavers who were tricked into transferring £10,000s to fraudsters were wrongly refused refunds – despite their banks being signed up to a new code designed to protect customers from 'authorised push payment' scams.
Tonnes of standard-sized aerosols and perfumes had to be dumped at UK airports last year because passengers tried to take them through security, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. If you're going abroad this summer, make sure you know the rules to avoid wasting products and cash.
Consumers are being warned to look out for automated phone calls pretending to be from their bank or card company, after a wave of reports of similar scams.
Lloyds and Bank of Scotland will be cutting the interest paid on balances of up to £4,000 on their Club Lloyds and Vantage accounts from this autumn – but as the rates can be beaten elsewhere, if you only have the accounts for the interest you could earn more by ditching and switching.
Gas and electricity supplier Green Star Energy has been ordered to pay £350,000 after it failed to update its records and issue welcome packs to 1,829 new tenants, meaning they were unable to move to cheaper tariffs or access their accounts.
Birmingham Midshires is paying compensation to some customers after wrongly calculating their monthly mortgage payments, and one customer has already received over £1,600. Here's what you need to know.
2 July 2019
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