The first week of the month brought a raft of changes as numerous banks and building societies either have or are set to refine their savings offerings. HSBC and Nationwide BS are two high street names which announced increases to selected rates this week.
More than 8.4 million(2) customers have switched from branch-based accounts to other types of accounts because the bank or building society they used to
Savers are fighting back against the endless closures of local bank and building society branches by staging a silent but powerful protest. They re making money out of it, too, exclusive new Express.co.uk research shows.
I feel my mother is being discriminated against - not to mention the fact that she will lose hundreds of pounds in interest if I have to switch to another bank.