NatWest mixed my parish council employer’s online banking with mine

I have just started work as the part-time clerk and responsible financial officer to a parish council and, as such, am a signatory on the council’s bank account and need online banking access. The council bank accounts are with NatWest, where I happen to be a personal customer of almost 40 years’ standing. However, they … Read more

Thousands of Santander customers unable to use mobile and internet banking due to ‘technical issues’

Thousands of Santander customers are unable to use mobile and internet banking and its app due to ‘technical issues’ Santander says it does not have ‘any timescales at the moment’ to fix problem  Some people are unable to use their debit and credit cards in supermarkets  Internet, mobile and app banking is down and phone … Read more

Thousands of Santander customers unable to use mobile and internet banking due to ‘technical issues’

Thousands of Santander customers are unable to use mobile and internet banking and its app due to ‘technical issues’ Santander says it does not have ‘any timescales at the moment’ to fix problem  Some people are unable to use their debit and credit cards in supermarkets  Internet, mobile and app banking is down and phone … Read more

Britons are still banking on Staycation Summer! Bookings for UK holiday lets are up 136% on 2019

Staycation bookings have risen by 136 per cent for next month compared to the same time before the pandemic, an expert has revealed. Matt Fox, CEO and Founder of Rest Easy Group, said there was a ‘stark increase’ in demand for cottages in Cornwall and Devon for the May bank holiday weekend this year compared … Read more

Britons are still banking on Staycation Summer! Bookings for UK holiday lets are up 136% on 2019

Staycation bookings have risen by 136 per cent for next month compared to the same time before the pandemic, an expert has revealed. Matt Fox, CEO and Founder of Rest Easy Group, said there was a ‘stark increase’ in demand for cottages in Cornwall and Devon for the May bank holiday weekend this year compared … Read more

‘Entitled’ daughters of banking boss LOSE court battle with stepmother over his £7m estate

A pair of ‘entitled’ daughters who called their millionaire banking boss father ‘The Chequebook’ have today lost their court battle with their step-mother over his £7million estate after he left them nothing.  Tony Shearer, the former head of merchant bank Singer and Friedlander and finance governor of Rugby School in Warwickshire, died aged 68 in … Read more

‘Entitled’ daughters of banking boss LOSE court battle with stepmother over his £7m estate

A pair of ‘entitled’ daughters who called their millionaire banking boss father ‘The Chequebook’ have today lost their court battle with their step-mother over his £7million estate after he left them nothing.  Tony Shearer, the former head of merchant bank Singer and Friedlander and finance governor of Rugby School in Warwickshire, died aged 68 in … Read more

Three in four Britons don’t trust online banking

Three in four Britons don’t trust online banking as threat from scams escalates  76% said they ‘lack trust towards using their banking services online’  81% say that ‘trust is the most important factor in their purchasing journey’ It comes as banks continue to close branches By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:21 … Read more

Warning for Android smartphone users over sophisticated banking trojan

Britons with Android smartphones and tablets have been urged to watch out for fake software updates that could give away passwords, financial information and even let criminals take control of their devices. Computer security company McAfee warned it had noticed a spate of malware trojans originally from Brazil targeting the Google Play Store and trying … Read more

Banking boss widow says daughters’ lack of ‘respect’ and ‘gratitude’ made him feel like King Lear

The widow of a top banker who is locked in a legal battle with his two daughters over his £7million fortune said their lack of ‘respect’ and ‘gratitude’ made him feel like Shakespeare’s King Lear, a court has heard. Tony Shearer, the former head of merchant bank Singer and Friedlander and finance governor of Rugby School, … Read more