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MSE News: FCA announces plans to improve current account competition

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The financial regulator is to develop prompts and alerts for customers to review bank account choices and overdraft use...
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'FCA announces plans to improve current account competition'
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  • ceredigion
    ceredigion Posts: 3,709 Forumite
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    Haven't we been here before. At least this time there is no mention of compulsory account fees, be grateful for small mercy's I suppose.
    There is plenty of competition in the market, you can not blame the banks if people are generally apathetic. The market would work even better if the regulator just kept out of it.
  • Churn! Churn! Churn! (To every bank account there is a reason)

    Or how to keep their as*es in a job a while longer whilst stirring up something that's fine just as it is UNLESS people want to spend ALL their time checking up on their bank accounts.

    Hang on a minute:)
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