Banking

NatWest has launched its first switch incentive in almost a decade and is offering £125 to new and existing customers.

Customers will be given more information to help them choose a bank by its service, under new rules which come into force next year.

Disgruntled Tesco Bank customers have had their credit cards cancelled as part of "fraud protection measures" – leaving them without their cards just two weeks before Christmas.

The charity Mental Health UK has set up a new debt advice service for those with money and mental health problems, with financial backing from Lloyds Banking Group.

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland stopped sending customers text alerts warning them their balance was low in the wake of a huge shake-up of its overdraft charges because of "technical difficulties", MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

Lloyds Bank customers who have an Avios Rewards American Express credit card are being urged to check their statements following a spate of fraudulent transactions targeting the rewards card.

Victims tricked into transferring cash from their bank to a fraudster's account may be reimbursed from next year under new rules to tackle a surge in so-called 'transfer scams'.

Millions of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers have seen their overdraft costs rise this month, some by hundreds of pounds a year.

Some banks will begin raising mortgage rates immediately, in the wake of the Bank of England's decision to increase the base rate to 0.5%.

You'll soon be able to clear a cheque by the next working day thanks to a new image-based system being rolled out from today.