Banking News

Barclays has announced that it is making changes to its overdraft fees that will see many of its customers with an arranged overdraft fee better off.

TSB has increased the amount customers can earn through its ‘refer a friend’ offer and is now offering £100 for each referral.

Existing TSB customers can earn the £100 – which increased from TSB’s previous offering of £75 – when they refer a friend or family member who switches from their current bank to TSB’s Classic or Classic Plus account. Customers can refer up to five friends and earn up to £500 through this offer. Friends and family members who are referred will also receive £100 when they join TSB.

Those wanting to take up this offer will have to act quickly as it ends on 28 February 2020.
Commenting on the increase in the ‘refer a friend’ offer, Craig Bundell, director of everyday banking at TSB, said: “Giving something back to our customers has always been important to us and with only a few weeks left before the offer ends, we want to give more back to our customers – particularly at this time of year when most are recovering from Christmas and New Year finances.

“Since the launch of the offer in April 2019, we’ve given customers and their friends and family over £1m, so I’m delighted that we can continue to reward our existing and new customers in this way.”

Moneyfacts.co.uk has found that consumers could be paying over twice as much for arranged overdrafts following our review of new overdraft charges announced by eight banks and building societies.
These new charges are in response to the rules announced last year by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which forbids interest rates for unarranged overdrafts to be higher than arranged overdrafts. The new FCA rules come into force on 6 April 2020, but some providers have already introduced or announced updated overdraft fees.

With many customers being reticent to move their current accounts providers realise that they have to to make their banking services more attractive to lure consumers away from their current bank or building society.

One of the ways they do this is through cashback offers – literally paying customers to move to their current account.

We’ve looked at the best deals in the marketplace where customers can benefit from a ‘golden handshake’ in the form of cash rewards for switching.