I have just started work as the part-time clerk and responsible financial officer to a parish council and, as such, am a signatory on the council’s bank account and need online banking access. The council bank accounts are with NatWest, where I happen to be a personal customer of almost 40 years’ standing. However, they … Read more
Thousands of Santander customers are unable to use mobile and internet banking and its app due to ‘technical issues’ Santander says it does not have ‘any timescales at the moment’ to fix problem Some people are unable to use their debit and credit cards in supermarkets Internet, mobile and app banking is down and phone … Read more
Three in four Britons don’t trust online banking as threat from scams escalates 76% said they ‘lack trust towards using their banking services online’ 81% say that ‘trust is the most important factor in their purchasing journey’ It comes as banks continue to close branches By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:21 … Read more
Would you want your bank to know how many steps you’ve walked today, or whether you got around to going for your weekly jog? You’d probably think it was none of the bank’s business – but what if it was promising you vouchers or cash to reward you for taking a certain number of daily … Read more
Millions of savers were unable to access their money yesterday after a meltdown at beleaguered National Savings & Investments. A ‘power outage’ hit the systems of the Treasury-backed bank meaning many of its 25million savers could not access its website, while its customer services could not help them over the phone either. Savers trying to log … Read more
HSBC shakes up its top team ahead of a major strategy update that will see it ‘pivot to Asia’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 HSBC has shaken up its top team ahead of a major strategy update today that will … Read more
At the start of September, buried in an otherwise nondescript update about changing terms and conditions, the digital bank Starling made an unusual announcement. From 4 November, the bank would ‘introduce an interest rate of -0.5 per cent on deposits over €50,000’ held in its euro account. Starling had become the first British bank to … Read more
Roadside recovery firm AA banks on £218m private equity rescue: Stock crashes 86% since listing By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 The AA looks set to end its disastrous run on the stock market after bosses said they were prepared to … Read more
Boss of Lloyds Banking Group on track to receive shares windfall just as he bows out of lender By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 The boss of Lloyds Banking Group is on track to receive a shares windfall just as he … Read more
Blow for loyal savers as plan for minimum interest rates is scrapped by banking regulator Plans to protect loyal savers with a minimum interest rate have been shelved FCA announced earlier this year that it planned to shake up the savings market Move would have required every bank and building society to pay a blanket … Read more