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A major Australian bank will scrap overdraft penalty charges in the autumn, in a move which campaigners hope will help UK bank charges victims.
28 July 2009
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Abbey is hammering many of its current account holders with hundreds of pounds of backdated bank charges this month.
23 July 2009
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Banks have been given a further six months to sit on bank charges claims, pending the outcome of the test case to determine the fairness of these fees.
22 July 2009
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The Tories have today declared bank charges "unfair" in the party's white paper on financial regulation.
20 July 2009
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Millions of consumers stuck in dinosaur current accounts could each be squandering hundreds of pounds a year.
14 July 2009
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A body to instigate mass, group actions against banks and other financial institutions could be established in future.
8 July 2009
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Leading bank charges campaigner Martin Lewis has today urged the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to lift the bank charges reclaiming hold after providers admitted their fees are disproportionately high.
1 July 2009
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Millions of bank charges victims will have to wait until autumn for a result in the latest leg of the test case.
29 June 2009

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