All news on the topic: Virgin Money

HSBC apologised after some were left locked out of their online banking on what is commonly payday for workers across the country - services at Virgin Money, Nationwide, Barclays and Lloyds also seemed to be experiencing difficulties on Friday morning

Just over three-quarters of parents give pocket money, according to the survey of 2,000 parents of children aged from eight to 16-years-old

Children are richer than ever thanks to the cost of living crisis

Virgin Money reported an 18% rise in pre-tax profits to £279million for the six months to March 31, but it said it is braced for its net interest margin to be lower over the second half ahead of expected interest rate cuts

The Virgin Money bonus interest rate of 10% gross/10.47% AER (fixed) is available on balances worth up to £1,000 for a year, so this would generate £100 in interest

Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for Nationwide Building Society to give its 16 million members a vote over its decision to buy rival lender Virgin Money

Scam victim Roberto Mobile was left with just £500 to his name after a pickpocket stole his phone twice within a matter of seconds at a pub in Stockwell, South London

The move took the City by surprise and is set to catapult Nationwide into second place in the mortgage and savings market

If the deal is agreed, Virgin Money would initially run as a separate business within Nationwide, before then being integrated within the next six years

Major bank and lender HSBC has today pulled its 3.99% five-year fixed rate remortgage deal, meaning the last sub-4% offering has now disappeared from the market

Passbooks or bankbooks were the original savings accounts before electronic banking, and have fallen out of favour as banking moved online - however they're still used by older banking customers

The banks began assessing the impact of every branch closure from February 2022 - and since then, almost 1,000 sites have closed, sparking concerns for the elderly and vulnerable

Nationwide Building Society and Skipton Building Society topped the results, both receiving overall scores of 78% - just pipping Yorkshire Building Society, which scored 75%

The study conducted by Which? and the independent security experts at Red Maple Technologies looked at 13 of the biggest account providers to assess their security when it comes to online and mobile banking

The top savings rate for easy-access accounts currently sits at 2.9% with rates having climbed again over the last few weeks - but you might be able to do better through your bank