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Interest rates on Club Lloyds and Bank of Scotland Vantage accounts to be slashed
Lloyds and Bank of Scotland customers will earn less interest on Club Lloyds and Vantage accounts from October
23 July 2020
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to charge up to 49.9% interest on overdrafts from April
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will scrap daily fees for arranged overdrafts from April and instead charge an interest rate based on customers' credit history
22 January 2020
Ditch Club Lloyds & Bank of Scotland Vantage – they're cutting interest in October
Lloyds and Bank of Scotland are cutting the interest paid on balances of up to £4,000 on their Club Lloyds and Vantage accounts
8 July 2019
200,000 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers to get payouts after admin blunder
Around 200,000 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers are owed payments of £30 each on average, due to administrative errors dating back to 2012 which may have led to them not switching to better products
26 April 2019
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers unable to make Faster Payments
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have apologised to customers after many reported being unable to make payments today
18 January 2019
Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds and Santander planning to let you block gambling transactions
At least four more high street banks - the Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds and Santander - are working on plans to help customers restrict their spending on gambling, after Barclays became the first to do so last month
4 January 2019
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland now let you track spending via Google Maps
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have started allowing customers to track where they've been spending with a new Google Maps feature
28 November 2018
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to hike overdraft fees for millions
Nearly all customers with an overdraft at Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will see their charges increase from January - and someone with a constant £500 overdraft will pay around £40 a year more under the new system
23 November 2018
Lloyds and Halifax PPI customers could be due refunds after banks failed to send letters
The Competition and Markets Authority has issued Lloyds with legal directions after it failed to send annual payment protection insurance reviews and provided incorrect PPI data to its customers
5 October 2018
First Direct tops first official bank service league table
New rules mean banks have to publish how likely their customers are to recommend them on service
15 August 2018
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