Banking

If you're calling a financial service firm's customer service helplines to ask for assistance or to complain, you soon won't have to use a costly premium rate number under a crackdown by the regulator.

Interest rates could begin to rise from their historic lows at the turn of this year, the Bank of England Governor predicts.

Individuals and businesses who owe more than £1,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) may have their funds raided for the money owed.

What would you tweak about the UK? Your first instinct may be 'a flat rate of income tax', 'independence for Cornwall', or 'free university education for all'. Yet I'm not talking about big contentious change – this is about quick fixes for life glitches.

NatWest, RBS, Coutts and Ulster say hundreds of thousands of delayed customer payments, including wages, benefits and other transfers, have now been paid following last week's problems. But if you've been hit with fees as a result, complain and ask for your money back.

Users of certain Apple devices will soon be able to pay for goods at some UK retailers including Boots and Starbucks and for travel on Transport for London simply by touching their handset or watch to a contactless reader.

Martin Lewis, founder and editor of MoneySavingExpert.com, has joined a 'challenger panel' in a bid to make radical improvements to the Money Advice Service (MAS), after an independent review criticised the way it is run.