22 h. ago Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers

Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousandsMastercard and Visa are processing payments for illegal gambling websites accused of scamming UK customers out of thousands of pounds.An investigation has found that the payment giants are failing to stop their networks being used to make transactions on unlicensed sites despite a previous pledge to do so. Continue reading...

Economics

44 h. ago Full list of 56 NatWest and RBS bank branches shutting for good in 2025

NatWest will pull down the shutters on 54 branches this year, while RBS will close two, one of which was shuttered last month

Politics

62 h. ago Major bank making huge change to its accounts that could affect millions

Santander is making a huge change to account updates that will affect millions of customers across the UK

Economics

68 h. ago Cheaper mortgage payments for some homeowners after major bank cuts rate

HSBC UK has reduced its standard variable rate from 6.99% to 6.74%, in an announcement made on Friday.

Economics

3 d. ago Major bank to pay millions in compensation to customers after outages

Major bank has revealed its compensation estimates after a system outage in January caused payday mayhem for customers

Economics

3 d. ago Major bank is hit by outage as angry customers suffer glitches to mobile and telephone banking with branches and card payments hit too

Santander users have been unable to access their accounts with the bank confirming a number of service issues.

Economics

3 d. ago Santander bank goes down as users hit by major outage fume 'I've never been so let down'

Customers are bombarding the bank on social media after they have been left unable to make simple transactions

Events

3 d. ago Santander users hit by outage affecting banking app and other services

The firm said it was aware of the issue and was working to fix it.

Events

3 d. ago Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland to scrap key service on December 31

The service is being axed by Lloyds Banking Group from December 31 - so customers will need to travel to their nearest branch or use mobile banking instead

Politics

3 d. ago Martin Lewis says it's ‘bad news’ as major bank makes huge change to spending rules

Currently, Chase banking customers can earn 1% cashback on all debit card spending worldwide - up to £15 a month. However, from April, both new and existing customers will only earn cashback on certain grocery, transport and fuel purchases

Economics

3 d. ago Major bank set to pay customers £12.5m compensation after IT outages

A major bank is set to pay £12.5million in compensation after IT outages left millions of customers unable to access their bank accounts.

Economics

3 d. ago Barclays: bank to pay £12.5m compensation for online app outage and login glitches over past two years

Frustrated customers faced major payments disruption - now the bank is paying up 💰

Economics

3 d. ago Bank of England boss warns UK faces 'substantial' risk from Trump's trade war

Governor Andrew Bailey said there is a 'major shift going on in the US' which the Bank would have to 'take very seriously'

Events

3 d. ago Barclays could pay up to £12.5m in compensation to customers hit by tech outages

Customers were affected across pay day this year by tech outages at banks

Economics

3 d. ago Barclays to pay up to £12.5m in compensation to customers hit by outages

There has been more than 33 days’ worth of unplanned tech and system outages in the last two years for nine of the UK’s biggest lenders.

Economics

4 d. ago Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland axing important service for 28 million customers

It means Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers will need to travel to their nearest branch or use mobile banking to cash their cheques

Economics

4 d. ago Santander the latest major bank to axe its handy text message alert service

Santander has told customers it will stop sending text message alerts notifying them of account changes from 12 May.

Events

4 d. ago Major bank issues last chance warning for free £175 as deadline announced

Nationwide is paying £175 if you move your existing current account to a FlexDirect, FlexPlus or FlexAccount - but the deadline for this incentive is March 31

Events

4 d. ago Major bank is making huge change to accounts and says 'we'll stop sending them'

Santander is scrapping its text alerts service from this spring.

Economics

5 d. ago Major bank to reduce mortgage rates from Tuesday including five

The lender said it would reduce some of the rates it was offering by up to 0.48 percentage points

Economics