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Santander to shut almost 100 branches in huge high street cull putting 750 jobs at risk

The bank said the decision was made after it has has seen “a rapid movement of customers choosing to do their banking digitally”

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Peers working for City firms dominate Lords panel scrutinising financial sector

Committee criticised regulator’s proposals to name and shame companies under investigation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

Barclays says services ‘back up and running’ after online banking outage

The bank said it has resolved an issue which left customers unable to access their online bank accounts.

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2025

Santander users hit by outage affecting banking app and other services

The firm said it was aware of the issue and was working to fix it.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Cash Isa providers fail to offer savers benefits of more flexible rules

While they offer attractive interest rates, many providers won’t let savers open a second Isa account in the same tax year

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Households to suffer raft of bill increases from April as energy price cap rises

The Bank of England has forecast higher-than-expected inflation this summer due to rising bills.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Thousands of anxious London first time buyers in race to beat stamp duty deadline

London property debutantes face extra bills of up to £11,250

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025

Mortgage deals becoming more accessible in good news for first-time buyers

In the early months of 2025, lenders are racing to give the best deals to first-time buyers as the sales market gets off to a strong start. Latest data from Zoopla shows the year has kicked off with higher demand that in 2023 or 2024, as property value growth also…

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

Some sub-4% mortgages will vanish from the market from Friday

One mortgage broker said market movements ‘look to be enough to put some of the very lowest rates in peril’.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

Mortgage wars kick-off as banks launch sub-4% deals

More sub-4 per cent mortgages have started appearing on the market from Thursday

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025