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The competition watchdog today said it is investigating potentially misleading pricing practices to help protect consumers.
15 October 2009
Current account customers will be given much clearer information on the charges they can expect to pay after an agreement was reached between providers and the authorities.
7 October 2009
25 September 2009
Halifax and Bank of Scotland (HBOS) are to cut overdraft penalty charges on their current accounts by the end of the year.
17 September 2009
Natwest and RBS are slashing their bank charges for customers who go overdrawn without permission.
7 September 2009
Tory leader David Cameron says victims of "unfair" bank charges must be compensated "quickly and fairly". He'll also consider automatic payback of all charges, which could total over £10 billion.
25 August 2009
Budget airline Jet2.com has been forced to make its list of additional booking fees much clearer to holidaymakers.
14 August 2009
Indebted consumers are being lured into agreeing loans with annual interest rates of well over 2,000%.
29 July 2009
A major Australian bank will scrap overdraft penalty charges in the autumn, in a move which campaigners hope will help UK bank charges victims.
28 July 2009
Banks have been given a further six months to sit on bank charges claims, pending the outcome of the test case to determine the fairness of these fees.
22 July 2009
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