Barclays

Barclays has offered 10,000 of its PPI customers the opportunity to cancel their policies and receive refunds on payments plus interest, after it breached an order by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

First Direct’s current account customers have once again voted its service the nation's best. More than 90% rated it as 'great' as it comfortably held on to top spot in our latest banking poll.

If you're a Barclays current account holder and haven't yet signed up to its Blue Rewards scheme, join by 31 Jan and you'll get double rewards for the first month. This means you can earn at least £55 in your first year on the scheme. Meanwhile, Co-op Bank's also launched a new reward scheme which can pay at least £48/year.

Fourteen banks and building societies have now signed up to offer Help to Buy ISAs ahead of the scheme's launch next month, the Chancellor has announced.

More than 250,000 customers with Barclays fee-charging package accounts that come with insurance will see prices hiked by up to £138/year from today, unless they actively opt out.

Bespoke Offers, the deals website run by Barclaycard, is being axed on Monday – but the provider says "all transactions will be honoured".

NatWest and RBS – both part of the RBS Group – are launching a new current account next Monday, which will pay 3% cashback on household bills for a £3/month fee.

If you bank with Barclays and pay to get insurance 'extras' – for example via its Barclays Additions account – you should urgently check if you've activated these; otherwise you won't be covered if something goes wrong.

First Direct's current account customers have given its service glowing feedback in our latest banking poll with more than 90% rating it 'great', so there's no surprise it's yet again held on to the top spot.