Barclays

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.

Lloyds Bank is yet again the worst of the major banks and building societies for wrongly rejecting both payment protection insurance (PPI) and other banking complaints, new figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service show.

MoneySavingExpert.com and Which? have submitted a joint letter to the financial regulator expressing "serious concern" at media reports it's considering introducing a time bar on PPI complaints.

The financial crisis in Greece and ensuing euro worries mean the pound is currently buying €1.41 – a seven year record high. This would've been unthinkable this time last year when you'd have done well to get €1.25 and two years ago when €1.17 would've been worth whooping about.

Users of certain Apple devices will soon be able to pay for goods at some UK retailers including Boots and Starbucks and for travel on Transport for London simply by touching their handset or watch to a contactless reader.