News & Information

Sunday 05 February 2012

15th October 2010
55% of current accounts now pay no interest

2nd July 2010
Number of paid for packaged current accounts exceeds the number of standard current accounts

13th June 2010
Call for 'risk-free' bank accounts

25th Nov 2009
Banks triumph in Supreme Court ruling on overdraft charges

8th Oct 2008
British Bank rescue package announced

8th Oct 2008
Bank of England slashes interest rates by 0.5%

27th Nov 2007
Banks to give new cheque clearing guarantee

26th Nov 2007
Refund claims for bank charges build up ahead of court case

10th Nov 2007
Banks face customer exodus if fees are introduced

23rd Sept 2007
Alliance & Leicester abolishes interest on overdrafts

27th April 2007
Office of Fair Trading launches study into bank charges

20th Nov 2006
Another step in the seemingly inevitable move towards the end of free banking

4th Oct 2006
Alliance & Leicester Premier Direct account pays 6.1% AER

10th Sept 2006
Consumer watchdog to target banks on excessive overdraft charges

7th Sept 2006
Lloyds TSB, NatWest and Smile increase overdraft interest rates

27th June 2006
New Halifax current account pays over 5% AER

27th Jan 2006
Massive confusion on cashpoint fees