Metro Bank cuts interest it pays on its savings accounts

Metro Bank cuts interest it pays on its savings accounts – and experts advise customers to shop around By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 Metro Bank has taken an axe to the interest it pays on its savings accounts.  In a … Read more

Former Lloyds Bank boss Antonio Horta-Osorio is knighted 

Former Lloyds Bank boss Antonio Horta-Osorio who turned around its fortunes after 2008 financial crisis is knighted Banker knighted for services to financial industry, mental healthcare and culture Antonio Horta-Osorio ran Lloyds Bank for decade before stepping down in April Father of three turned around Lloyds’ fortunes after the 2008 financial crisis  By Daily Mail … Read more

Sunrise host Natalie Barr reveals the ridiculous ‘refund’ she got from her bank

She received a big pay rise when she was promoted to Sunrise co-anchor in March, after Sam Armytage quit the Seven breakfast show. And now Natalie Barr has received another unexpected windfall – although perhaps not as big as she would like. The 53-year-old revealed on Wednesday she’d been given a whopping ‘one cent refund’ … Read more

Is your bank ripping your business off with costly foreign exchange mark-ups?

UK businesses which make regular overseas payments are losing out on hundreds of pounds per transaction thanks to inferior foreign exchange rates charged by Britain’s biggest banks. The likes of Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC, which calls itself ‘the world’s local bank’, levy currency conversion mark-ups which effectively act as stealth charges on overseas payments and … Read more

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer

Four-day bank holiday CONFIRMED for next summer! The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee plans are set in stone as UK will enjoy extended break to celebrate her 70 years on the throne in 2022 By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:40 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 10:42 BST, 2 June 2021 Britons will enjoy a four-day … Read more

Investment bank Peel Hunt looks for ideal office-home work balance

Bank looks for ideal office-home work balance: Peel Hunt hopes to ‘heal the scars that the pandemic left behind’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 31 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 31 May 2021 Peel Hunt boss Steven Fine plans to let his 250 staff choose a ‘balance that works for … Read more