Nationwide abandons plans to enter business banking market

Nationwide abandons plans to enter business banking market amid coronavirus outbreak and record low interest rates By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 3 April 2020 Nationwide has abandoned plans to enter the business banking market amid the coronavirus outbreak and record low interest rates … Read more

Roll-out of vital banking fraud check delayed again due to coronavirus

Roll-out of vital banking fraud check delayed again due to coronavirus disruptions By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 23:41 GMT, 24 March 2020 The roll-out of a vital banking security check that could prevent millions of pounds being lost to fraud has been delayed yet again.  … Read more

Banking with Lloyds for 40 years helped it uncover my £12k PPI payout

When it comes to big banks it is often said that loyalty doesn’t pay. However, in an unusual case, 40 years of sticking with Lloyds Bank was the main reason behind a Hertfordshire man obtaining a £12,000 mis-sold PPI payout. But Richard Harvey’s case also highlighted how the banking giant stung him for worthless insurance … Read more

Lloyds and Halifax banking apps go down

Lloyds and Halifax banking apps go down leaving customers locked out of their accounts Customers of both banks have been locked out of their banking app and website Around 1,200 Halifax and 800 Lloyds customers have reportedly been affected Annoyed users took to Twitter to report the problem, which is being ‘worked on’ By Jonathan Chadwick … Read more

ASK TONY: I was banking on my ISA to buy a house but Skipton closed it

I opened a Lifetime ISA (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.  I was told that the National Insurance number I had given did not match the one held by HMRC. Skipton had not contacted me about … Read more

Customers think Santander’s new online banking log in is less secure

Some customers of Santander have accused the bank of making its online banking less secure after it revamped the way customers log on. At the end of January, the banking giant made changes which would make it ‘easier’ for customers to log into their account, requiring them only to enter their personal ID and a … Read more