Banking

The new plastic £10 note enters circulation today – and will be the first British banknote to feature raised dots for blind and partially sighted people.

App-based Monzo Bank has announced it is to scrap or severely limit free overseas ATM withdrawals on its popular prepaid card, and has launched an online poll asking users to vote on a number of different charging options.

First Direct has become the latest bank to offer cashback incentives when you use its credit or debit cards at selected retailers – just a month after sister bank HSBC launched an identical scheme.

The amount of new money saved in cash ISAs has dropped by a third in the past year, with almost £20 billion less saved in the 2016/17 tax year compared with the previous 12 months.

One in five people with debt problems have had their credit card limit increased without requesting it, new research from Citizens Advice has found – a higher proportion than for cardholders overall.

Barclays has become the first UK bank to let you send payments by asking Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant Siri.

Barclays customers will be locked out of online and telephone banking once a month during upcoming five-month maintenance work.

The former financial services ombudsman behind a £14 billion lawsuit against Mastercard on behalf of 46 million consumers hopes to appeal its dismissal.

Royal Bank of Scotland has taken the wooden spoon in our biannual banking poll with just 37% of its current account customers rating it 'great' for customer service, while First Direct has kept its crown with nine in 10 giving its service top marks.

High street banks NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have raised the daily fee charged to customers who go into an unarranged overdraft despite cutting the maximum monthly charge.