Coventry Building Society

Coventry Building Society customers have been unable to make payments, transfer cash or withdraw from their savings accounts online after "an internal technical issue" meant some of its services went down for almost two days. See below for all you need to know.

Coventry Building Society is to withdraw debit cards from more than 30,000 customers using its MoneyManager savings accounts in September – and some will also lose overdraft facilities.

Banks will now have to publish how likely their customers are to recommend them for customer service as part of new measures designed to make it simpler for consumers to compare and switch.

Two savings accounts have boosted their interest rates today to beat the previous market-leader, as the savings revival finally shows some signs of hotting up.

The newspapers are full of stories about the Coventry Building Society's 10-year fixed-rate mortgage deal, which at 2.39% – the cheapest ever – is lower than many five-year deals. Certainly it's a great opportunity to lock in with peace of mind, yet there are some buts that Kim Kardashian would be proud of…

ISA season is nearly upon us. That's the frenzied time around the 5 April tax year close, when many desperately scrabble to set up their ISA before the deadline. And the push continues on 6 April when a whole load more people open their new tax year ISA on the first day.

If you accidentally send a payment to the wrong bank account, you'll get more help in getting the money back from next month, under a new code of practice.