Banks

Stray payments sent to your old bank account could be redirected to your new account decades after you've switched, under new plans put forward by the Bacs payment scheme.

Online shoppers are being conned out of £100s after giving up bank details to authentic-looking emails claiming to be from Amazon. Protect yourself online by NEVER providing sensitive information in an email.

Lloyds Banking Group customers are struggling to access their accounts for the second day running due to ongoing technical problems with its online banking services and apps.

A woman who had her bag stolen has told how she was horrified to find all three of her contactless cards being used by fraudsters after she'd cancelled them, while another discovered her card being used five months after she'd cancelled it. Check your bank statements ASAP if your contactless card has been lost or stolen.

Lloyds Banking Group has today announced plans to buy MBNA in a deal that would see it control over a quarter of the UK credit card market - but the banking giant has vowed there will be "no immediate impact" for customers of either firm.

More than four million banking customers benefitted from fee-free basic accounts during the opening six months of 2016, according to Government figures. But if you've a basic account with Lloyds or Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) that you opened before the start of the year, you may still be paying a fee and should consider upgrading or switching.

Savers will be given easy-to-understand information to help them compare cash savings accounts and easy access cash ISAs under new rules launched today, which will also ensure customers are informed of changes to interest rates.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked Lloyds Banking Group about the problem of fraud which affects cancelled contactless cards, MoneySavingExpert.com has learned - in the first sign of the regulator taking action since we revealed the contactless card security flaw.

Eligibility checks for travel insurance sold as part of packaged bank accounts have improved after the introduction of stricter regulations, according to the financial watchdog, but more must be done to improve checks for other forms of insurance.

Just over 1% of the 70 million active current accounts in the UK were switched in the first nine months of this year – although thousands more people switched banks than in the same period in 2015.