March 2021

M&S Bank customers whose current accounts are being closed this summer can now apply for the top cash switching incentives from its sister banks HSBC and First Direct no matter how long they’ve had their account.

A new plastic £50 note featuring the inventor and codebreaker Alan Turing has been revealed by the Bank of England today. It will launch into circulation from 23 June and will eventually replace the current paper design featuring entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt.    

Millions of Vodafone customers will be hit with price hikes of up to 4.5% next month, the telecoms provider has confirmed. But only those who are out of contract can cancel penalty-free. Here's what's happening.

The largest guarantor loan lender Amigo Loans has admitted the financial regulator does not support its proposed new redress scheme. But it says it's been told the regulator doesn't plan to take action to stop the scheme if it's agreed on by borrowers and sanctioned by the High Court. 

Teletext Holidays may face court action if it fails to refund customers whose package holidays were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said.  

Santander is to close 111 branches - around 20% of its 563 UK branches - by the end of August, with the bank blaming the move on customers increasingly banking online. We've full info on which outlets are closing and what to do if your local branch is affected.

A MoneySaving couple have received a £3,500 council tax refund after taking their local authority to a tribunal and forcing it to backdate a discount to 2009 - and their success story shows how others may be able to win refunds for previous years too. 

Asda Mobile customers have been urged to request a new Sim card by September in order to keep using their phones. It comes after the company switched to piggybacking off Vodafone's mobile network this month. Until now, Asda Mobile had used EE's signal.  

MoneySavingExpert.com's 'Academoney' course - prepared and written by the Open University - is going bilingual, giving Welsh-language speakers the skills and knowledge they need to master their money, in their choice of Welsh or English.

Mae cwrs 'Academoney' MoneySavingExpert.com - a baratowyd ac ysgrifennwyd gan y Brifysgol Agored – bellach ar gael yn ddwyieithog, gan roi'r sgiliau a'r wybodaeth sydd eu hangen ar bobl yng Nghymru i feistroli eu harian, yn eu dewis nhw o’r Gymraeg neu Saesneg.