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Many leading banks, insurers and energy companies are making existing customers pay to phone them while offering free numbers to new customers, consumer group Which? has found.
21 June 2012
The Co-op and its sister bank Smile have become the latest current account providers to announce a rise in overdraft costs.
20 June 2012
The retail prices index (RPI) rate of inflation fell to 3.1% in May compared with 3.5% in April, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal today.
19 June 2012
Record low interest rates and multi-billion-pound emergency support measures from the Bank of England are costing savers nearly £18 billion a year, research showed today.
18 June 2012
Lloyds TSB and Bank of Scotland (BoS) will scrap overdraft charges for many customers who slip into the red this autumn. However, they are raising fees for customers who pay for an overdraft facility.
16 June 2012
Plans for a multi-billion pound emergency bank funding scheme to kick-start lending to households and businesses have been unveiled.
15 June 2012
Banks will be forced to ring-fence savers' cash from their risky casino-style investment arms to protect deposits and avoid a run like that which brought down Northern Rock in 2007.
14 June 2012
Mobile phone payment technology took another step forward with the launch of a scheme allowing people to take cash from an ATM without using their debit card.
13 June 2012
Nationwide savings customers should sign up to a free service to make sure they're alerted when their rate drops, or in the less likely event the building society boosts returns.
13 June 2012
It may sound like weirdy-beardy nonsense, but many savers can more than double their interest using my savings fountain concept.
13 June 2012
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