HSBC

Hundreds of thousands of people who could have missed out on their wages after 275,000 payments were delayed following a HSBC technical glitch on what was the last payday of the month, and just hours before the long bank holiday weekend begins, should now have been paid the bank says.

Lloyds Bank is yet again the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.

Users of certain Apple devices will soon be able to pay for goods at some UK retailers including Boots and Starbucks and for travel on Transport for London simply by touching their handset or watch to a contactless reader.

With the end of the tax year ISA deadline fast approaching, many providers have upped their cash ISA rates for savers who also have a current account with them. But does loyalty really pay? MoneySavingExpert.com investigates.

More than 90% of First Direct's current account customers rate its service as 'great', so it's little wonder it has yet again secured the top spot in our biannual banking poll.

Lloyds Bank is the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.

The euro has weakened even further over the past week. It now sits at a paltry £1 buying €1.33 at the spot rate (and £1 buys €1.33 at the best travel money rate too). This would've been unthinkable last year when you'd have done well to get €1.20 and two years ago when €1.15 would've been worth whooping about.

Some customers of the bank have received a post-Christmas surprise worth thousands of pounds after it started paying out compensation over a mistake it made in the information included in annual statements.