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Surviving spouses can inherit their deceased partner's ISA, and it will stay as an ISA, so they won't pay tax on any gains, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
3 December 2014
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to pay fines totalling £56 million following an IT meltdown in 2012 which locked millions of customers out of their accounts.
20 November 2014
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Several financial firms have agreed to improve the way they deal with customer complaints and it's hoped others will follow suit, following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
17 November 2014
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Children as young as four are being encouraged to join savings clubs as part of a bid to prevent them relying on payday loans or racking up heavy debts later in life.
13 November 2014
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Ulster Bank has been fined almost £2.75 million (€3.5 million) over an IT failure that prevented thousands of customers from using their accounts for more than a month in 2012.
12 November 2014
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Three million Barclays customers will be moved from old savings products to the firm's Everyday Saver in February 2015 as the bank culls off-sale products.
12 November 2014
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The limit for transferring money by Faster Payments with your bank is £100,000, yet many banks set the limit much lower – sometimes as low as £10,000.
10 November 2014
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Santander debit and credit card users can earn up to 15% cashback on spending from today, but customers will have to activate each cashback deal before they spend.
5 November 2014

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