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The Post Office is now offering day-to-day banking services after launching three new current accounts today.
13 May 2013
Proposals to give more people access to bank accounts have been announced by the European Commission.
9 May 2013
Banks should set minimum standards for basic bank accounts, which are used by one in five customers in the UK, a new report from Consumer Focus says.
2 November 2012
Debit and credit card fraud has increased as criminals turn to old-fashioned scams to swipe people's plastic, an industry body says.
28 September 2012
The Government wants banks and credit unions to create new current accounts to help benefit claimants better manage their money when its universal credit comes into force next year.
10 July 2012
Banks must be told to stop offering free current accounts if Britain wants to stamp out mis-selling scandals, a senior regulator said today.
24 May 2012
Major banks are making changes to their basic accounts that could push more consumers out of the banking system, a consumer lobby group has said.
8 December 2011
Lloyds TSB basic bank account holders will soon get access to more ATMs after it announced a partial U-turn over its controversial blocking of withdrawals, following pressure from MPs.
2 December 2011
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