Banking
Nationwide sees 85% increase in customers switching accounts online
Nationwide Building Society has seen an 85% increase week on week in the number of customers opening and transferring their main account online.
Charity Bank reports 200% increase in new depositors
Tonbridge Charity Bank, the social savings bank, reports a significant increase in new depositors. Between 1st January and 30th June 2012, 440 new customers have opened accounts, compared with 140 for the same period in 2011. Visitors to Charity Bank’s website and savings enquiries have also doubled in the past week.
Barclays cuts loan rates for current account customers to 5.9%
Barclays has launched its market leading personal loan rate starting at 5.9 per cent APR, giving current account customers the best rate on the market for loans between £10,000 and £25,000.
Lloyds TSB International continues to improve expat offering
Lloyds TSB International has improved its offering for expats by introducing fee-free international money transfers for its new and existing Premier International Account holders.
Students: free £50 for joining Santander - offer extended
Santander is extending its offer of £50 to any student who opens a Santander Student account or switches their existing one to Santander between 1 July and 31 August.
Sainsbury's opens travel money bureau at flagship store in Greenwich
Sainsbury's Bank, this week launches a new travel money bureau in Sainsbury's flagship Greenwich store, taking its total travel money estate to 122 bureaux.
Cash in on Euros with Sterling at a high
AA Financial Services says that with Sterling remaining high against the Euro, now is a good time for holidaymakers to stock up on Euros.
Brits make costly mistake using their credit card abroad
MoneySupermarket reveals holidaymakers using their credit card abroad are making a costly mistake and risk turning their holiday into a financial nightmare, simply by not understanding the charges involved.
Dover petrol station refuelled with Santander finance
The Whitfield Roundabout in Dover has been home to an abandoned petrol station for the last seven years, but the pumps are set to flow again after the site was acquired by three local businessmen with the support of a new financial package from Santander Corporate Banking.
Celtic Holiday Parks moves to HSBC as it prepares for growth
Pembrokeshire-based holiday parks operators Celtic Holiday Parks has moved its banking to HSBC as it prepares to embark on a major renovation programme.
Nationwide simplifies PPI complaints process
Nationwide Building Society has announced several proactive measures to help customers make Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints more easily.
Holidaymakers ‘changing places’ can save £££s
While the UK pound is at its highest rate against the euro in almost four years, a new Post Office Travel Money report reveals that holidaymakers hoping to cash in on their increased spending power could get caught out to the tune of hundreds of pounds if they fail to do their homework and check resort costs as well as package prices.
New charity donation service goes live at all RBS cash machines
LINK, the UK cash machine network, has announced that a new service to enable customers to make charity donations at UK cash machines has gone live with Royal Bank of Scotland as the first participant.
HSBC Business Banking goes android
HSBC's popular Business Banking app, which allows customers to access their business accounts at any time and from anywhere in the world, is now available to hundreds of thousands more of its customers as an Android app, HSBC Commercial Bank announced today.
Lloyds TSB to introduce new interest and fee-free planned overdrafts
Lloyds TSB is set to introduce or increase interest and fee-free amounts on planned overdrafts across its range of mainstream current accounts.