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Tory leader David Cameron says victims of "unfair" bank charges must be compensated "quickly and fairly". He'll also consider automatic payback of all charges, which could total over £10 billion.
25 August 2009
Fraudsters are increasingly targeting the public by stealing their card details to pay for illegal mobile top-ups. Such crimes are normally a pre-cursor to much larger raids on victims' accounts.
24 August 2009
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has pledged legislation on bank charges to back the MSE campaign to ensure everyone who's had an unfair charge will get their money back without having to ask.
12 August 2009
American Express cardholders risk being hit by late payment fees from this autumn because the plastic provider is bringing forward the direct debit (DD) due date.
5 August 2009
Hundreds of thousands of students are graduating this summer and now is the time to choose the best current account.
29 July 2009
A major Australian bank will scrap overdraft penalty charges in the autumn, in a move which campaigners hope will help UK bank charges victims.
28 July 2009
Abbey is hammering many of its current account holders with hundreds of pounds of backdated bank charges this month.
23 July 2009
Banks have been given a further six months to sit on bank charges claims, pending the outcome of the test case to determine the fairness of these fees.
22 July 2009
The Tories have today declared bank charges "unfair" in the party's white paper on financial regulation.
20 July 2009
Nationwide will pay its FlexAccount customers £50 to make the product their main current account.
16 July 2009
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