Last week, the financial ombudsman (FOS) published, for only the second time, the number of complaints against authorised firms referred to its office.
A third - or almost 30,000 - of all consumer complaints referred to the financial ombudsman (FOS) in the second half of last year were against just three high street banks.
Bank of Scotland received the highest amount of complaints relating to mortgages and home finance in the first six months of the year, Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) figures show.
Bank of Scotland has launched a structured product designed to give customers a high rate of return while guaranteeing their original deposit.
Confidence levels among Britain's small business owners have remained at the same level for two quarters in a row, according to the Bank of Scotland.
IFAs will have access to the new 90% geared £2bn Symmetry Property Fund being launched through a joint venture private equity deal between Bank of Scotland Corporate and property investment company aAIM Group.
THE IGNORANCE of some company pension fund trustees poses a serious risk to the UK's troubled retirement benefits system, according to Sir Bryan Nicholson, former head of the corporate governance regulator, reports the Financial Times .
A MUCH-touted house price crash has failed to materialise in 2005, forcing one of the harshest pessimists in the market to renounce its forecast for a 20% slide in property values, according to the Daily Telegraph .