Halifax

Bank switchers looking to take advantage of Halifax's £100 switching incentive will need to act fast after the company confirmed it will cut the introductory offer to £75 from 1 March.

High street bank Halifax has today launched two new best-buy balance transfer credit cards, offering the joint-longest 0% period and the longest-ever fee-free deal.

We always tell you about top deals but this week we're focusing on those that also pay you to grab them. We're not suggesting you get all of these but in total there's £300+ worth of free cash and vouchers, which shows the breadth out there.

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.

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.

The last bastions of decent interest rates - high interest accounts - are disappearing fast. Lloyds, First Direct, HSBC, M&S and TSB have all followed Santander's lead and decided to cut their rates, either immediately or in the next few months. Plus Halifax has also slashed its monthly reward.

Halifax will once again chop the interest rate offered on its Help to Buy ISA to as low as 2% for new customers from 8 December this year, but this time existing customers will also feel the pinch.

Fraud procedures at Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have been placed under review after a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation revealed lost and stolen contactless cards can be used by crooks months after they're cancelled – with some banks failing to spot dodgy payments.

Mortgage lenders that have not yet passed on Bank of England (BoE) base rate savings to their customers could attract the attention of the regulator as it carries out a study into mortgage competition.

Bank customers whose lost or stolen contactless cards have been cancelled may need to comb through months or even years of statements to check for fraudulent transactions, an MSE investigation has found.