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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has delivered its long-awaited report into the future of bank charges but it's seen as a "flaccid" attempt to help consumers avoid huge fees.
16 March 2010
15 March 2010
Complaints about financial firms to the independent Ombudsman Service were up by 18% during the second half of last year, after many banks and other providers wrongly rejected consumer gripes.
25 February 2010
Over £480m of bank charges could still be reclaimed by those in hardship.
24 February 2010
Financial firms with excessive numbers of complaints against them are to be named and shamed under new Financial Services Authority (FSA) rules.
29 January 2010
Computer glitches mean many customers of three major banks cannot access their accounts online today.
4 January 2010
HSBC bank customers who've had cheques paid into their accounts over the past two weeks could face delays in their cash clearing due to the bad weather.
30 December 2009
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given up its fight against banks over unauthorised overdraft charges.
22 December 2009
It’s depressing, disappointing, but not a complete disaster. The Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to drop the bank charges case is a blow, yet there are still other legal avenues.
22 December 2009
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