MPs slam banks over cash machine 'con'
Press Review 31 March 2005
Operators of cash dispensers with hidden charges have been urged by MPs to stop deceiving consumers or face harsh penalties.
Committee slams banks over ATM charging
News Article 31 March 2005
MPs have warned banks that they are drinking in the last chance saloon over the charges levied on cash machine withdrawals.
Finance & Leasing Association
Government Affairs Website
Banking Practices (Protection of the Elderly) Bill (Failed Bill 2004/05 Session)
Legislation 25 February 2005
Treasury 'blocked key banking report'
Press Review 18 February 2005
London Stock Exchange chairman Donald Cruickshank says the Treasury "did pretty much everything" to block his report into banking competition, released in 2000.
MPs slam Post Office cash charges
Press Review 11 February 2005
MPs on the Treasury select committee have questioned the Post Office's policy of charging up to £1.50 per transaction at three quarters of its in-store cash machines.
Fee-charging cash machines
Policy Consultation 10 February 2005
Comment from Which? and Nationwide
ATM charges
Policy Consultation 2 February 2005
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, Nationwide, Which? and the National Consumer Council.
MPs warn of free cash machine demise
Press Review 22 December 2004
Britain's network of free-to-use cash machines could disappear if the number of ATMs that charge fees carries on unchecked, MPs warned yesterday.
Treasury talks tough on 'financial exclusion'
News Article 14 November 2004
Banks may be forced to agree targets for cutting the number of families without basic accounts, according to the Treasury.
Banking code
Policy Consultation 12 November 2004
Comment from the National Consumer Council and Which?
Institute of Financial Services
Government Affairs Website
Which
Government Affairs Website
Consumer debt hits record high
Press Review 30 July 2004
Consumer borrowing has now exceeded £1,000 billion, according to new figures.
Forum of Private Business
Government Affairs Website
