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Santander customers with its 123 current account will have to fork out more for the account from 11 January 2016, while the bank is also upping the fee on its 123 credit card and capping the amount of cashback new card holders can earn.
14 September 2015
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TSB Classic Plus customers can now earn up to £60 cashback a year on spending, on top of the 5% interest they can already earn on balances of up to £2,000. But is the deal any good? MoneySavingExpert.com evaluates.
2 September 2015
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Hundreds of thousands of people who could have missed out on their wages after 275,000 payments were delayed following a HSBC technical glitch on what was the last payday of the month, and just hours before the long bank holiday weekend begins, should now have been paid the bank says.
28 August 2015
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First Direct's current account customers have given its service glowing feedback in our latest banking poll with more than 90% rating it 'great', so there's no surprise it's yet again held on to the top spot.
26 August 2015
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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.
25 August 2015
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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.
23 July 2015
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Interest rates could begin to rise from their historic lows at the turn of this year, the Bank of England Governor predicts.
17 July 2015
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Individuals and businesses who owe more than £1,000 to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) may have their funds raided for the money owed.
10 July 2015

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