It is to be hoped that the banks will be sympathetic in maintaining cash flows particularly for small businesses that can ill afford to incur extra bank charges. “It is natural for elderly and mobility impaired people to stay indoors at this time …
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County council must help isolated communities now says Harvey – Politics.co.uk
The sketch is of a knight on horseback going to the castle to rescue two ‘damsels’ in distress – stricken banks Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley. Such symbolism is welcomed by Horta-OsÛrio, whose Spanish parent company Santander emerged …
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The City Interview: Beating the Brits in their own backyard – This is Money
The sketch is of a knight on horseback going to the castle to rescue two ‘damsels’ in distress – stricken banks Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley. Such symbolism is welcomed by Horta-OsÛrio, whose Spanish parent company Santander emerged …
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The City Interview: Beating the Brits in their own backyard – This is Money
Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood has backed a campaign to save the humble cheque. The Liberal Democrat signed up to a cross-party motion amid concerns that high street banks are planning to stop using the traditional form of payment. The campaign has …
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Cheltenham MP joins bid to save cheques – This is Gloucestershire
Foxtons is to appeal against a High Court ruling that millions of pounds of fees it has charged landlords are unfair, after the banks’ overdraft charges victory gave the estate agent hope that it could win a renewed legal battle against the Office …
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Banks’ victory in Supreme Court spurs Foxtons to fight fees ruling – Times Online
THE Office of Fair Trading yesterday pledged to continue its fight with banks despite giving up its legal battle on unauthorised overdraft charges. The trading watchdog said it would not be taking any further legal action against the banks over the …
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OFT vows to continue battle for fairer bank charges despite blow – Scotsman
Martin Lewis has promised to continue the fight against bank overdraft charges after the Office of Fair Trading abandoned its action. Photograph: Katherine Rose Banks will no longer face a legal challenge over their use of punitive overdraft charges …
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OFT gives up unfair bank charges fight – The Guardian
Martin Lewis has promised to continue the fight against bank overdraft charges after the Office of Fair Trading abandoned its action. Photograph: Katherine Rose Banks will no longer face a legal challenge over their use of punitive overdraft charges …
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OFT gives up unfair bank charges fight – The Guardian
In the words of the OFT: ‘Banks earn around a third of their personal current account revenues from unarranged overdraft charges that are difficult to understand, not transparent and not subject to effective consumer control.’ And this leads to the …
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Are bank charges a victory for usury? – This is Money
The OFT today announced it was abandoning its legal fight against Britain’s banking sector over unauthorised overdraft charges, after the supreme court ruled in favour of the banks last month. Millions of bank customers and consumer groups had been …
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Q&A: Bank charges – The Guardian
