NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland are being investigated for allegedly dumping customers' financial details in bins. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is looking into claims that data protection rules have been breached, following a complaint from the campaign group Scamsdirect. It said it had found customers' personal details in bins near two bank branches in Hampshire.

Banking giant Barclays is set to increase its number of high street branches in prime locations, a report said today. As part of a shake-up of its UK retail banking arm, Barclays is also considering reducing the number of UK processing centres and increasing the number of offshore jobs. Read full story below ...

A recent report shows that supermarket banks are still small players in the UK financial banking sector, despite their direct contact with customers. The report identifies one of the main reasons for their limited impact in the banking sector, current accounts. Read full story below ...

ABBEY sent a 19-year-old into a desperate spiral of debt after taking more than £700 in charges from her account in just one day. Andrea Beaton, who earns £800 a month as a shop assistant, is facing a bill of more than £1,320 because she cannot cope with mounting bank charges. Full story below ...