Revolut has given 50,000 people a £20 free credit after users of the banking app experienced delays in making purchases and carrying out transfers during the Black Friday sales.
Aldi, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s are among the major retailers bucking trends by closing stores this Boxing Day.
It means cyclists in England will no longer be able to get their hands on a £50 voucher to help towards the cost of future bike repairs.
The bank says it is trying to resolve the problem, which means there is currently a delay on outbound and inbound faster payments.
Tens of thousands of borrowers with high interest loans are set to see their remaining debts cleared as doorstep lender Provident and short-term lender Satsuma officially shut shop and stop collecting payments.
Affected leaseholders’ ground rents will now remain at the amount charged when they first bought their home. Doubling ground rent clauses will also be left out of any future Taylor Wimpey leases.
The bank says it is trying to resolve the problem, which means there is currently a delay on outbound and inbound faster payments.
Businesses that have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic could receive a grant of up to £6,000 under a new £1 billion support package.
HSBC customers who use the company’s app should carefully check the value of any transfers they make after the bank changed the way people enter payments, with some warning they nearly transferred thousands of pounds by mistake.
Ticket prices will rise by 3.8% from 1 March, the Government has announced, which is the steepest increase since January 2013, according to industry body the Rail Delivery Group.
