Savings & Banking News

Subscribers to Barclays Blue Rewards programme must sign up for online or mobile banking by 3 August or potentially have their membership cancelled, as the bank tries to nudge customers toward digital...

Nationwide’s FlexPlus and the Co-operative Bank’s Everyday Extra packaged bank accounts have been named the market’s best by Which?, while premium accounts from digital challengers are failing to...

As normal life ground to a halt last year, many Britons became accidental savers, with cash earmarked for holidays and nights out accumulating in their current accounts. But most of these accounts pay...

A £100 switching bonus from Lloyds elevated the bank to the top of the quarterly current account league tables, but digital bank Starling didn’t need an incentive to come in second place.Lloyds...

Banks tell 77% of fraud victims that they’re partly or fully responsible for their losses, making them ineligible for reimbursement, new figures from the Lending Standards Board (LSB) reveal.A...

Britons will soon be able to receive cash in corner shops, pubs and cafes without having to make a purchase first.The government is supporting an amendment added to its Financial Services Bill in the...

Up to 40% of the UK’s high street banks could shut by the end of the year, prompting calls to turn abandoned branches into hubs shared by banks.Natalie Ceeney, campaigner and former head of the...

Savers must move their money to new accounts after bonus rates end or they’ll earn little interest for their cash, bank and wealth manager Investec has said.The company analysed the 50 best-paying...

The coronavirus crisis has been blamed for a slowdown in current account switching last year, as consumers were distracted by other worries and banks focused on assisting existing customers.Just...

Marcus, the digital retail banking arm of investment bank Goldman Sachs, has ventured into the ISA market, but only existing customers can sign up.Goldman Sachs has been hinting for two years that it...