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Further details of plans to make sure bank customers can switch accounts within seven working days from September were announced by the Payments Council today.
11 June 2013
Banks are making the current account switching process too difficult, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
25 January 2013
A growing number of people in Britain are struggling to remember their passwords, a new report shows.
14 December 2012
Some Hotel Chocolat customers have had payments taken from their accounts this month for purchases made a year ago.
16 August 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland crisis is now into its ninth day and could last into next week, though the group claims it has solved most of the problems for its 17 million beleaguered customers.
28 June 2012
Think Banking customers are among the hard-up victims of the RBS/NatWest IT meltdown, but the bank says the problem has been fixed this afternoon.
27 June 2012
Plans for a new payment system allowing people to use their mobile phone as a "digital wallet" were outlined today.
23 February 2012
Most money transfers will go through within one working day from this week, under a new EU directive.
4 January 2012
Cheque guarantee cards will not be re-introduced, the body which oversees payments said yesterday, after finding the scheme's closure has had a "minimal impact" on consumers and businesses.
21 December 2011
MPs kept up the pressure for the return of cheque guarantee cards today by suggesting that the Government could consider stepping in with legislation.
16 November 2011
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