Bank of Scotland

34 results about this entity

Period: 29 Sep 2006 - 10 Mar 2023

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Bank of Scotland introduces personalised gambling spend limits

Bank of Scotland is the latest UK lender to offer customers the ability to set a limit on how much they can spend each month on gambling using their debit card.

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Bank of Scotland unveils design for £50 polymer note

Bank of Scotland has today unveiled the design of its new polymer £50 note which will enter circulation on the 1st of July 2021.

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Lloyds and its subsidiaries fined £64 million for shabby treatment of distressed mortgage customers

Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland and the Mortgage Business have been hit with a £64 million fine by the Financial Conduct Authority for the unfair treatment of up to a quarter of a million customers in mortgage arrears.

Bank of Scotland first to implement Confirmation of Payee scheme

Bank of Scotland customers have become the first in the UK to benefit from a new name checking service designed to prevent the spread of unauthorised push payment scams.

Lloyds app now lets customers see savings and credit card accounts from other banks

Lloyds Banking Group has stepped up its Open Banking game, enabling customers to see within it app their savings and credit card accounts from other providers.

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Most UK banks failing to protect online customers with two-factor authentication

UK consumers' association Which? has hit out at much of the banking industry for failing to protect online customers with two-factor authentication (2FA).

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Lloyds Banking Group customers hit by Faster Payments outage

Customers of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have been affected by a Faster Payments glitch that has left them unable to transfer money.

Historic artefacts re-created for the contactless era

Scotland's National Trust has embedded contactless technology into replicas of a couple of its most important artefacts in a bid to halt a slide in cash donations at two of its historic locations.

Bank of Scotland embeds virtual agent in iPhone

Bank of Scotland is piloting the use of a virtual assistant to answer common customer queries over the bank's iPhone app.

Android Pay launches in the UK

Google's Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets.

Lloyds Banking Group switches on support for Apple Pay

From today Lloyds Banking Group will offer its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers access to Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay.

Bank of Scotland commits to polymer banknotes

Bank of Scotland today announced that its next £5 and £10 banknotes will be printed on polymer, and the first of these will be issued this November to celebrate the bank’s partnership with BBC Children in Need.

More UK banks to roll out Visa online wallet

Visa has signed four of the UK's largest banking brands for the full-scale commercial roll out of its V.me digital wallet for online shopping.

UK's Paym P2P mobile payments service set for 29 April launch

Person-to-person mobile payments service Paym will be rolled out by Britain's banks at the end of this month.

UK banks gear up for launch of Paym P2P mobile payments service

The person-to-person mobile payments service being prepped by Britain's banks for a launch later this year has been christened Paym.

TSB chief uses Twitter to blame HP server for IT meltdown

The CEO of TSB Bank has blamed an HP server failure for the meltdown which left Lloyds Banking Group customers unable to use debit cards and cash machines for several hours yesterday.

Bank of Scotland streamlines app login

Bank of Scotland has revamped its mobile app in a bid to make logging in a hassle-free three click process.

UK's first online banking service Homelink hits 30

30 years after the launch of Homelink, the UK's first online banking system, software house Intelligent Environments is setting its sights on the future of digital financial services by developing a smartwatch app.

HSBC tops UK bank social media customer service table

HSBC is Britain's most engaged bank on social media, using the likes of Twitter and Facebook to provide prompt customer service, according to research from IMGroup.

Bank of Scotland fined for faxing customer details to wrong numbers

The Bank of Scotland has been hit with a £75,000 fine for repeatedly faxing customers' account and personal details to the wrong recipients.