Banking

TSB has apologised after it cancelled some former customers' direct debits and mistakenly told the firms they were paying that they had died, MoneySavingExpert can reveal.

Ulster Bank has revealed the UK's first vertical banknotes, which are due to enter circulation next year.

A ction Fraud has had more than 300 reports of fake emails, texts and calls from fraudsters pretending to be from TSB this month in the wake of the bank's IT meltdown - and a further 51 reports of TSB-related fraud where victims say they have actually lost cash.

A cancer patient has had her £29,000 critical illness insurance payout stolen, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal, as yet more cases emerge of TSB customers being targeted by fraudsters in the wake of its IT meltdown. But the bank has refunded her and pledged that others who've been scammed WILL get their cash back.

A vet who was called by a fraudster pretending to be from TSB has told how she lost almost £17,000 in a matter of minutes, amid mounting concern that TSB customers are being targeted by conmen taking advantage of the bank's recent IT meltdown.

TSB customers have hit out at the bank after thousands of pounds was apparently taken from their bank accounts - and they had to spend several hours queuing on the telephone before they could report it.

More success stories from TSB customers who've claimed compensation after being hit by the bank's IT meltdown are trickling in – almost three weeks after it started.

TSB has admitted it's been deluged with 40,000 complaints from customers over the IT meltdown which has gripped it for more than a week - and only half of them have even been acknowledged so far.

TSB customers are complaining that standing orders are bouncing back into their accounts as the bank's IT meltdown continues into its second week.