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Three online games could be investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following concerns they may encourage children to buy extra game features when playing.

Games firms have been given two months to clean up their act, in an attempt to prevent children racking up huge bills when playing online on phones and tablets.

As the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announces it will investigate whether mobile and tablet games encourage children to spend hefty sums, MoneySavingExpert.com has found a host of iPhone games which charge up to £70 a pop for virtual items.

Update, 28 March, 12.30pm: The RBS Group says all of its mobile banking apps are now up and running as normal.

Millions of NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers will be able to send payments to anyone with a Visa card by using their mobile phones.

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.

A "revolutionary" app enabling people to send and receive money just by using mobile phone numbers has been made available to UK consumers.

BlackBerry users will be given a selection of free apps as compensation for blackouts last week that left millions unable to access emails, BlackBerry messenger and the mobile internet.