2019

RBS and NatWest are still including overdrafts when telling customers their 'available balance', despite new rules from the regulator banning this, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

About 730,000 RBS customers are owed compensation worth £40 million after being overcharged on foreign money transfers between 2010 and 2014.

Rules coming into force today mean that a bank can no longer include your overdraft when telling you your 'available balance' or 'available funds'.

Goldman Sachs has today dropped the standard rate on its Marcus savings account to 1.35% for new customers – knocking it off the top of the easy-access best-buy table. Existing customers are unaffected for now, but will also revert to this rate once their 12-month 'bonus' expires.

Mobile phone companies would be banned from selling 'locked' handsets under new plans from the communications regulator, which also aim to make switching broadband network easier.

A claims management firm has been fined £70,000 by the financial regulator for misleading consumers through its websites and printed materials, in a first for the industry.

App-based banks Monzo and Starling are upping their overdraft rates – following similar changes for a range of banks including HSBC, Nationwide and First Direct.

Energy provider iSupply has refunded customers and is to pay £1.5 million into a redress fund after it overcharged about 4,400 people on default tariffs protected by the energy price cap.

Virgin Money has launched its first digital bank account, featuring a slick new app, linked easy-access savings account and branch service – but can it beat Monzo and Starling on their home turf?

The Conservative Party has won a majority in the House of Commons following Thursday's general election – here's what Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on the big issues that could affect the pound in your pocket.