Banking

HSBC e-ISA customers should diarise to transfer their cash as the bank has confirmed interest rates will tumble from October.

HSBC and First Direct current account holders who go overdrawn for days on end could be worse off under a raft of fee changes coming into force in November. But the majority of customers will benefit from the overdraft fees revamp.

Over one-and-a-half million Barclays NISA customers will see their rates drop this autumn as the bank will be moving most of its old NISA customers onto a new deal.

Halifax, Lloyds TSB and NatWest have been exposed as being as bad as Wonga when it comes to sending customers misleading debt demands purporting to be from external solicitors or debt collection firms.

Halifax was the big winner from the first three full months of the seven-day current account switching regime, according to new figures released today.

The personal current account market could face a full-scale investigation by the competition watchdog after its preliminary probe found it "lacks effective competition" and "does not meet the needs of customers".

If you've taken advantage of your tax-free ISA allowance every year since the accounts were introduced in 1999, you should check how much you've saved as you may now have breached the UK's £85,000 safe savings limit.

Banks that pay ultra-low interest rates on savings accounts because customers tend not to switch away may face a crackdown from the industry watchdog.

HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS are the latest firms found to have used dubious 'legal' tactics to pressurise indebted customers into paying. MoneySavingExpert.com has received copies of a number of misleading letters from the banking giants.

If you've got a Santander credit card and you've recently paid your balance online with a debit card, check your statement now – the bank's admitted charging people twice following a technical glitch.