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Many major providers have announced how much their Help to Buy ISAs will pay in light of their launch tomorrow, with one offering 4% interest.

Fourteen banks and building societies have now signed up to offer Help to Buy ISAs ahead of the scheme's launch next month, the Chancellor has announced.

Over 10 million Barclaycard credit card customers will have their interest rates linked to the Bank of England base rate from February next year, while the same is also happening for some Lloyds Banking Group customers.

A Halifax and Bank of Scotland (HBOS) online security flaw meant balances and transactions were left exposed for others to view – which could have led to a privacy breach for millions, or worse, a risk of fraud .

Lloyds Bank is yet again the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.

The pound's hit it's best rate against the euro for eight years, meaning holidaymakers tripping to Europe find it far cheaper than in recent memory. Currently it's hovering around £1 buys €1.43 - €1.44, a year ago it would've bought you just €1.24.

More than 90% of First Direct's current account customers rate its service as 'great', so it's little wonder it has yet again secured the top spot in our biannual banking poll.

Lloyds Bank is the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.