Banking

Pennies and 2p coins are to remain in circulation after the Government announced there will be no changes to the current make up of coins and notes for years to come.

Almost 1,700 free ATMs have started charging for cash withdrawals between January and March this year, with 1,250 becoming fee-paying in March alone.

Santander will let customers use voice recognition technology instead of security numbers to prove their identities when using telephone banking.

Around 200,000 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers are owed payments averaging around £30 each, due to historic administrative errors starting in 2012 which may have led to them not switching to better products.

App-only bank Monzo has launched a premium service, with the option to pay more for features such as travel insurance and extra fee-free cash withdrawals while abroad – but is it any good?

Scores of TSB branches will be open for fewer hours from July this year – with dozens set to open for just two or three days a week.

TSB has promised to refund customers who lose money through any type of fraud under its fraud refund guarantee.

TSB has announced it's cutting the interest rate on its Classic Plus current account from 5% to 3% this summer – and it's temporarily reviving its £75 switching incentive for those who refer friends and family to the bank.

Santander customers will receive tailored warnings about different types of fraud when they transfer money through their banking app, as part of anti-scam measures being rolled out this month.

Old paper fivers and tenners worth some £220 million have been returned to banks in the last six months and swapped for new currency, new figures obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com reveal – but a further 222 million old bank notes worth £1.6bn are still out there. If you've got one, here's how to make it spendable again.