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Article: Squash some bank charges and others rise up in ...
The Independent on Sunday;  October 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... reams of information about bank charges. It plans to report back ... November, it ushers in current account changes that will punish ... the biggest slice of the current account market, with millions of ... investigation. With the current account inquiry, banks are getting ...

Article: Watchdog holds its fire on current account charges ...
The Independent on Sunday;  April 1, 2007 ;     376 words ...The Office of Fair Trading has launched a formal investigation into "the fairness" of current account bank charges. After a six-month review of the default charges, which range from [pound]25 to [pound]40 for those who go over their ...

Article: Tips to avoid extra bank charges.
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 12, 2000 ;     526 words ...A quarter of current account holders will be hit by bank charges this year, a survey this week predicted. Often ... and maximises interest because surplus money in a current account is automatically swept into a higher interest savings ...

Article: Banks failing to pass bulk of base-rate rises to ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  May 7, 2007 ;     450 words ... ... since October to current-account customers in the ... increase. The typical current account now has an interest ... day were switching current-account provider in the face ... public scrutiny over bank charges. Mr Gardner added ...

Article: Probe into bank charges.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  April 26, 2007 ;     540 words ...The charging of customers for having a current account will be part of an investigation into bank charges announced today. The Office of Fair Trading said ... banks charging customers for opening or having a current account.

Article: More than half of consumers effected by bank ...
Financial Adviser;  June 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... consumers have paid bank charges. More than 50 per ... people are effected by bank charges, according to a new ... customers have paid bank charges. Almost a quarter of respondents with a current account said they had an agreed ...

Article: The battle over bank charges; With the Office of ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... pounds 12 cap, bank charges were clearly next ... finding exercise on current account fees began in ... Suisse analysis of current account charges last month ... people incurred bank charges at some point ... reckons that if bank charges had used the pounds ... to ...