Banking
Another green award for Britannia
Britannia Building Society has scooped the prestigious title of Green Business of the Year at the Staffordshire Green Awards.
Halifax to open 20 new branches in 2007
Halifax announces it will open 20 new branches primarily in the south of England next year. The first of the branches to open next year will be in Basingstoke in mid February.
£2.8 billion in dormant accounts
There may be as much as £2.8 billion worth of dormant accounts in UK banks and building societies belonging to people who are alive and could potentially reclaim the money, according to a survey by Experian.
Society welcomes action on transparency and financial inclusion
Nationwide Building Society has welcomed the real progress made by the ATM taskforce in tackling the key issues of transparency over cash machine charges and financial inclusion.
Over 600 new free cash machines in low income areas
A ground-breaking deal has today been struck between a Parliamentary Working Group, chaired by John McFall MP, including leading banks and cash machine operators and HM Treasury to provide over 600 new non-charging cash machines in Britain’s lower-income areas.
Cash machine report ‘is great news for the poorest people’
Banks and other cash machine operators have recommended measures to get more free cash machines into low-income areas which is ‘great news for the poorest people’ says national charity Citizens Advice.
Fool.co.uk comments on reclaiming unlawful bank charges
Ahead of the BBC’s programme on penalty charges, The Motley Fool actively supports customers reclaiming unlawful default charges from their banks, but also urges them to consider the long-term implications.
Lloyds TSB says Witajcie to Polish customers
From today, new arrivals to the UK from Poland will find opening a current account with Lloyds TSB easier than ever before.
Alliance & Leicester nets six of the best
Alliance & Leicester’s drive to prevent internet fraud and safeguard its online banking customers has seen it clinch a roster of awards from the notoriously competitive computing industry.
Brits believe they manage personal finances well
Britons are confident about managing their finances, according to new research from Abbey.
Sainsbury’s Bank offers identity theft protection cover
Sainsbury’s Bank is offering protection cover against the growing problem of identity theft, which has increased by over 500% since 1999.
Loughborough keeps its customers and grows its assets
Loughborough Building Society has unveiled another set of strong figures for the past financial year with its highest growth in assets for a number of years despite uncertainty in the property market and increases in the base rate.
Woolwich customers to move to Barclays during 2007
Following Barclays announcement in June about the closer integration of Woolwich, all Woolwich savings and current accounts will gradually be moved into Barclays accounts during 2007.
Threadneedle's outlook for the US Fed, and analysis of BoE and ECB
There were no surprises from either the Bank of England or the European Central Bank today, when both announced interest rates.
uSwitch.com: NatWest's second increase to authorised overdraft rates in three months
Following NatWest’s latest announcement to increase authorised overdraft interest rates for the second time in just three months by more than double the average increase announced by Lloyds TSB earlier this week, Nick White, Director of Financial Services at price comparison and switching website uSwitch.com comments: