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The major banks have shunned the launch of junior Isas next week.

Consumers with a current account that offers insurance or other extras could be left without any cover if they fail to register first.

The eurozone crisis threatens to destabilise some of the Continents' top banks, so what does that mean for savers with cash in Spanish giant Santander, which has become one of the UK's largest institutions?

Confidence in the UK's financial sector was dealt a blow today after an agency slashed the credit ratings of some of Britain's biggest financial institutions to reflect reduced Government support.

Barclays was the most complained-about bank during the first half of the year, figures from the regulator today show.

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) gripes boosted the number of complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the first half of 2011 by a massive 54%, compared to the amount of cases in the second half of 2010.

Santander is still comfortably the worst bank account provider for customer service, according to a poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users, despite claims it had cleaned up its act.

Savers need to be quick to get the market's top easy-access cash Isa, as from Monday it'll be gone.

Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group has become the latest bank to announce a hit to its financial performance due to compensation payouts for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).

Barclays reported a 33% drop in half-year profits to £2.6 billion after it took a £1 billion hit to cover compensation for customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance.