Banking

The base rate has today been held at its 0.5% historic low once again, the Bank of England has announced.

Three years of rock-bottom interest rates will pass today with little sign that the Bank of England is set to ease up on its emergency support.

Banking giant Santander is ditching the £100 sign-up bonus and 0% overdraft on its market-leading current account, replacing it with a new deal offering cashback.

A limited number of customers of failed currency firm Crown Currency Exchange who sent back unspent overseas money they'd bought from the firm will be refunded. The cash will be returned in full in sterling at the current exchange rate.

Students hoping to use Tesco Clubcard points to fund study at The Open University should consider applying soon as the scheme is set to end this July.

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Santander has once again been voted the worst bank account provider for customer service, while First Direct has retained its position as top dog in a poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users.

Web users are increasingly looking to sites such as MoneySavingExpert.com as they are getting bored with traditional social media such as Facebook, according to a YouGov poll.

Santander has been fined £1.5 million by the City regulator for failing to clearly tell customers how safe their investments were.