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Making payments by a single swipe of a mobile phone could be commonplace by 2012.

The bank has endured a torrid 2008 so far, and has now admitted to suffering large losses over the January-June period.

A bank customer has run into trouble - after changing his password to "Lloyds is pants".

People will find it easier to avoid debt than before - thanks to the advent of banking online.

An ATM machine which deals in £5 notes is to come online in East London.

The UK's second-biggest bank has sustained significant damage from the credit crunch, its new trading figures prove.

HSBC said today that around five percent less is being held in its current accounts than last year.

A record £1.2 billion will be lost by Britain's second-largest bank for January-June 2008, it has been forecast.

Thousands of customers have been reunited with lost or forgotten-about funds, according to Halifax.

The increase in the number of Britons who don't have a bank account comes despite a pledge from ministers to halve this figure.

Online banking customers have risen by 505 percent over seven years, the payments association says.

A man has been arrested in Ocala, Florida, after robbing not just one, but two banks using cheques from his own current account to write the demand notes.

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A student has been charged £800 in fees by her bank after her current account went overdrawn by just eight pence.

The troubled lender has been given the go-ahead for its £400 million rights issue - its third attempt at the sale.

Banks need to be more transparent about rates and charges, it has been suggested.

The bank charge legal wrangle takes a step closer to becoming resolved, as a new High Court hearing begins today.

A special "piece of mind" system is to be offered to internet customers for free by a high street bank.

Hackers are alleged to have remotely accessed customers' PIN details.

A Shropshire teenager has claimed to have been wrongly credited with £2 million in his bank account.

The bank is to create an extra £4.5 billion of new shares, in a capital-raising exercise.

People are spending longer checking their internet bank accounts than on social networking, cahoot has revealed.

The bank is aiming to re-unite customers with funds they have lost or forgotten about.

The bank might sell extra shares to raise money - and has also been working on a "new look" for its branches.

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