Banks step up current account lures

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Incentives for new and existing customers

Merryn Sommerset Webb

Why suffer current account incompetence?

Switching banks is about to become easier

NS&I cuts rates on older accounts

Government’s savings arm moves to ‘modernise’ certificates

Lower credit card rates for longer

Competition drives better balance transfer deals

Workers stick with pensions

Take up exceeds expectations

Childcare scheme ‘doesn’t go far enough’

Critics say voucher system is inadequate

Carney lifts homeowners but not savers

Bank pledge will keep interest rates low for another three years

Mark Taber
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Unlikely crusader mounts third campaign

Mark Taber is taking on the financial industry, one bank at a time

Soap company failure hits crowdfunding

One of first companies to raise money via industry ceases trading

Risk and reward in the p2p revolution

The returns look great – but the industry is too young to know what the risks may be

Mortgage market set for another boost

Government schemes have made loans cheaper

Families at war over inheritance

One in five millionaires hides true worth

Fixed-term savers face sharp drop in income

Bonds are 2.47 percentage points down from 2010

False economy of pension tax relief axe

Big changes to pension saving can easily backfire, writes Josephine Cumbo

Santander closes packaged accounts

Customers will be transferred to basic Everyday account

Aim-Isa move from August 5

Government moves quickly to allow Isa wrapper

Consumer finance complaints soar 179%

Most disputes about mis-sold payment-protection policies

Digital finance lending set to hit £1bn

Peer-to-peer loan market trebles as banks retreat

The hidden costs of investing

Millions in the dark about how much they pay

Savings rates boost

Halifax, Kent Reliance and Britannia raise fixed-term savings rates