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Almost half a million Lloyds customers had personal data exposed in IT glitch https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/27/almost-half-a-million-lloyds-customers-had-personal-data-exposed-in-it-glitch #LloydsBankingGroup #Banking #Business #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #UkNews #ConsumerAffairs
Almost half a million Lloyds customers had personal data exposed in IT glitch

People’s payments, account details and national insurance numbers visible to other users overnight into 12 March, MPs say

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
NS&I preparing to repay hundreds of millions of pounds over missing savings https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/26/national-savings-investments-preparing-repayments-missing #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Savings #Business #Politics #UkNews #Money #Banking
NS&I boss replaced as bank faces record payout over missing savings

Pensions minister promises the ‘full truth’ as external advisers are hired to identify the scale of the errors

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
UK mortgage interest rates will rise four times this year to 4.75%, markets predict https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/23/uk-mortgage-interest-rates-markets-bank-of-england-iran-war #InterestRates #Economics #Business #Property #BankOfEngland #MortgageRates #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Mortgages #Money #UkNews
UK mortgage interest rates will rise four times this year, markets predict

Investors believe Bank of England is likely to act amid sustained rise in inflation from Iran war

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World news | The GuardianMar 19
UK banks keep £100 limit for contactless card payments despite FCA scrapping it https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/19/uk-banks-keep-100-limit-for-contactless-card-payments-despite-fca-scrapping-it #ContactlessPayments #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #ConsumerAffairs #Business #Money #Banking #FinancialConductAuthority #CreditCards #DebitCards #BorrowingDebt #Regulators #UkNews
UK banks keep £100 limit for contactless card payments despite FCA scrapping it

Banking lobby group says lenders are holding off changes as there is no widespread consumer demand for now

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
New mortgages up by £800 a year amid ‘Trumpflation’ from Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/17/uk-new-mortgages-trump-inflation-iran-war-deals #Mortgages #MortgageRates #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Property #Money #Banking #Business #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews
New mortgages up by £800 a year amid ‘Trumpflation’ from Iran war

Nearly 700 deals pulled in two weeks and only a few fixed-rate products below 4% are available, says Moneyfacts

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
UK housing costs rise 41% over five years for renters and owners, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/16/uk-housing-costs-rise-renting-ownership-costs-savills #Property #HousingMarket #RealEstate #Money #Business #MortgageRates #Mortgages #UkNews #Savills #Inflation #InterestRates #Economics #RentingProperty #BanksAndBuildingSocieties
UK housing costs rise 41% over five years for renters and owners, study shows

Borrowers coming off fixed deals hit hard as Savills says big spike in interest payments made up half the overall rise

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How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?
By Rupert Jones and Zoe Wood

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/iran-war-middle-east-affect-finances-energy-bills-inflation-interest-rates

#UKcostoflivingcrisis #USIsraelwaronIran #Financialsector #Business #Inflation #Interestrates #Economics #Worldnews #Petrolprices #Energybills #Money #Householdbills #Motoring #Stockmarkets #Pensions #FTSE #Mortgagerates #Mortgages #Banksandbuildingsocieties #Property #Housingmarket #Familyfinances #Consumeraffairs #RupertJones #ZoeWood

How will war in the Middle East affect your finances?

Surging energy prices and tumbling stock markets are threatening a new UK cost of living crisis

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World news | The GuardianMar 12
‘Convincing’ AI scams drove UK fraud cases to record 444,000 last year https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/12/ai-scams-uk-fraud-artificial-intelligence-mobile-bank-online-shopping-cifas #Scams #IdentityFraud #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #ConsumerAffairs #Money #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Banking #Business #UkNews #Crime
‘Convincing’ AI scams drove UK fraud cases to record 444,000 last year

Criminals using artificial intelligence tools to take over mobile, bank and online shopping accounts, says Cifas

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
British fintech Revolut gets full banking licence https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/11/british-fintech-revolut-gets-full-banking-licence #Revolut #FinancialSector #Business #Fintech #UkNews #BanksAndBuildingSocieties
British fintech Revolut gets full banking licence

Group lodged application in 2021 but had to overcome accounting issues and reputational concerns

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
Average UK mortgage rate tops 5% as lenders scurry to reprice loans amid Middle East crisis https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/11/uk-mortgage-rates-lenders-reprice-loans-middle-east-crisis #MortgageRates #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Money #Mortgages #Property #HousingMarket #RealEstate #Business #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #FinancialSector
Average UK mortgage rate tops 5% as lenders scurry to reprice loans amid Middle East crisis

More than 500 lending products pulled in biggest single upheaval since Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022

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