Building societies

- 95% of people won't pay tax on savings interest from 6 April

People who accidentally send a mobile, online or phone banking payment to the wrong bank account will be given more help getting it back, under new safeguards brought in this week.

Record numbers of people are complaining to the Financial Ombudsman Service about mortgages – but it says people in trouble need to see help earlier if they get into money troubles.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed it won't be recommending the Competition Commission investigate the current account market — but warned providers they'll face a probe if they don't get their house in order.

House prices continued to edge lower last month and the market is expected to remain subdued but stable into 2013, mortgage lender Halifax said today.

Squeezed consumers searching for the best deals face a "major risk" of being sold financial products they do not need, the finance watchdog warned today.

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.

The major banks have shunned the launch of junior Isas next week.

Santander is still comfortably the worst bank account provider for customer service, according to a poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users, despite claims it had cleaned up its act.