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Around 200,000 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers are owed payments averaging around £30 each, due to historic administrative errors starting in 2012 which may have led to them not switching to better products.
26 April 2019
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TSB has announced it's cutting the interest rate on its Classic Plus current account from 5% to 3% this summer – and it's temporarily reviving its £75 switching incentive for those who refer friends and family to the bank.
8 April 2019
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Nottingham Building Society has launched a new market-leading online easy-access savings account, paying 1.55% interest on £1,000 or more. 
29 October 2018
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A number of major banks including HSBC, First Direct and Tesco have already raised mortgage rates after yesterday's base rate rise but have kept quiet on whether to pass on the increase for savers, MoneySavingExpert.com has found.
3 August 2018
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The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.5% to 0.75% - only the second rise in over a decade. Here's what it means for your finances, including the very latest on how individual banks' mortgage and savings rates are changing.
2 August 2018
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Some banks will begin raising mortgage rates immediately, in the wake of the Bank of England's decision to increase the base rate to 0.5%.
2 November 2017
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The Bank of England on Thursday raised the base rate from 0.25% to 0.5% - the first rate rise in over a decade. Here's what you need to know, including the very latest on how individual banks' mortgage and savings rates are changing.
2 November 2017
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The UK's key inflation rate hit 3% in September, the highest it's been since March 2012. As a result, there'll be a rise in the basic state pension of almost £5/week next April – and it will mean a number of other changes too.
17 October 2017
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Millions of g raduates will pay more interest on their student loans from September, because the inflation rate these rates are linked to has risen sharply over the past year.
11 April 2017
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A '0% interest on purchases' offer from Tesco Bank in the run-up to Christmas has left many of its credit card customers "furious" after they were asked to pay unexpected interest charges.
12 January 2017

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