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Current accounts

February 2024

  • Christopher Warren-Green conducting the London Chamber Orchestra.

    Musicians walk away after London orchestra leaves them unpaid for months

    Emergency backup is called to enable London Chamber Orchestra event at Cadogan Hall to go ahead after protest over payment delays

January 2024

  • Money Hacks Piggy WEB Jamie Wignall

    Slash your overdraft costs and get ‘free’ cash: how to get your bank and savings into shape

    Switch to a better current account, revive your Isa and pick a savings best buy to make the most of your money

August 2023

  • Intelligent Finance website

    ‘It’s a white-knuckle ride’: UK bank customer reveals how switching accounts is far from simple

    Attempts to move current account from Intelligent Finance led to hours of admin

June 2023

  • A general view of the Bank of England building in London.

    UK’s biggest banks urged to increase ‘measly’ savings rates

    MPs question why some savers are receiving only 0.25% despite 12 consecutive Bank of England interest rate rises

October 2022

  • TSB branch

    Current accounts: customers urged to switch to pocket up to £200

    Several banks and building societies are offering deals – and some have deadlines this month

August 2022

  • A pile of banknotes

    Britain’s growing dormant cash pile set to be a windfall for charities

    The government is expanding a scheme that channels unclaimed money to good causes
  • A Visa debit card for a Nationwide FlexAccount

    Time to switch your current account? Banks up rewards to lure new customers

    This summer is unusually awash with generous incentives to make the change but beware the catch
  • Barclays is withdrawing some customers' overdraft facility.

    Barclays pulls financial safety net as cost of living crisis bites

    Current account holders are being told their arranged overdraft facility will be withdrawn

May 2022

  • A woman holds a cup of coffee and a smartphone in a cafe

    Cash in on cashback: shop around for the best deals

    There are plenty of options if you want to switch current accounts or your phone or broadband provider

November 2021

  • Someone withdraws money from an ATM.

    Switch bank accounts now if you want best freebies, consumers told

    Financial data firm Moneyfacts says some of the £100-£130 cash incentives are ending soon

September 2021

  • Some looks at Chase's digital banking app

    JP Morgan launches digital-only Chase current account in UK

    Analyst believes offering from US bank ‘will blow the competition out of the water’
  • A branch of Lloyds Bank

    Lloyds offers £100 to tempt new customers to paid-for current accounts

    Qualifying accounts are £3-a-month Club Lloyds or Club Lloyds Platinum, costing £21 a month but with benefits
  • Sort your finance Main

    Four weeks to financial fitness: 28 steps to get your money into shape

    From pensions to savings, and broadband to energy bills, check if you have made the right choices

August 2021

  • Nationwide logo outside a bank branch in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

    Nationwide to pay £125 to existing members who switch current account

    Existing customers to receive larger reward than new ones, in move that follows HSBC and Virgin Money

July 2021

  • GoHenry’s new debit card for teenagers

    What are the best debit cards for your kids to spend safely?

    From the new HyperJar service to 1.5m member-strong gohenry, pocket money apps are booming. We assess how they stack up

March 2021

  • M&S Bank app on an android tablet

    M&S Bank to shut all current accounts and in-store branches

    Customers will have to look for new bank as focus turns to credit cards and other services

February 2021

  • A new £20 note.

    Banks are back with handouts to lure in new customers

    If you are tempted to switch accounts for the promise of free money or wine, weigh up the costs

January 2021

  • A woman, her phone and a document

    Budgeting apps: the best options for tracking your money on the go

  • Roy and Becky Francomb from Sussex

    'We didn't want our pensions invested in anything that was causing harm'

October 2020

  • Customers outside an HSBC branch in the City of London

    HSBC could be first big UK bank to charge for current accounts

    Lender to accelerate restructuring as it tries to make up for record low interest rates
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