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HSBC is launching a new app that can show you your bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages and loans from 21 different banks in one place.

First Direct has become the latest bank to offer cashback incentives when you use its credit or debit cards at selected retailers – just a month after sister bank HSBC launched an identical scheme.

Almost 40% of UK adults now use banking apps, with about 30 transactions taking place every second.

Tesco Bank has launched the new lowest five-year fixed-rate mortgage on the market – at 1.68% with a £995 fee if you borrow 60% of your home's value when you remortgage.

High street giant HSBC has launched the new lowest five-year fix rate mortgage on the market - at 1.69% with a £999 fee if you borrow 60% of your home's value.

If you haven't switched to the best bank for you yet, with two hot deals ending from First Direct & HSBC, go quick

One hundred thousand Norwich & Peterborough customers whose current accounts will be closed on 31 August can earn up to £200 switching to a different bank, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal, after at least two banks agreed to offer a switching incentive lifeline.

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 three market-leading regular savings accounts are cutting their interest rates from 6% to 5% for new account-holders - but if you've a current account with HSBC or First Direct, open a regular saver TODAY and you can still lock in 6% for a year.

Students at several major UK universities have been targeted by 'phishing' emails which claim to offer them a Government bursary - and some have lost £100s as a result. As students get ready for the new academic year, here's what to watch out for.