Banks

Pet owners have been left worrying about their animals' future after Lloyds TSB stopped renewing pet insurance policies this month.

Sir Richard Branson has vowed to improve British banking for customers during his visit to the first newly re-branded branch of Virgin Money.

Bank customers who were mis-sold paid-for current accounts can reclaim any money they've shelled out, watchdogs say.

Most money transfers will go through within one working day from this week, under a new EU directive.

The Co-operative Bank is suspending interest charges on agreed overdrafts for the next three months.

Cheque guarantee cards will not be re-introduced, the body which oversees payments said yesterday, after finding the scheme's closure has had a "minimal impact" on consumers and businesses.

A number of banks will end the controversial practice of charging their debit card customers to take out foreign currency from a bureau de change in the UK, following an agreement with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Banks are to be required to "ring-fence" their retail operations from risk-taking arms and to hold increased levels of capital to protect the UK from a repeat of the crash of 2008, Chancellor George Osborne announced today.

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed plans to sell 632 branches to the Co-operative Bank, so what does this mean for customers?

Bank of Cyprus savers in the UK could get better protection for their cash, as the firm plans to formally become a UK bank .