Halifax/Bank of Scotland (Hbos) customers will be entitled to £17 million in compensation after the bank was fined £3.5 million for shoddy complaints handling.
The Government's official inflation measure jumped to its highest level in two-and-a-half years last month, tightening the squeeze on household spending power and increasing the challenge for savers.
The 1.8 million fans who applied for London 2012 Olympic tickets must ensure they have sufficient funds in their account by next week or risk getting hit with bank charges.
Banks have lifted their unilateral hold on complaints about the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) following their crushing defeat in the key judicial review.