Whistleblower wins out over HSBC charges; plus, Sky ditches the dishes

Sky will offer its first full TV service without a dish as it reports falling profits due to Premier League rights costs. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Hello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed.

Money news

Yorkshire building society to close 48 branches and ditch current accounts

The Yorkshire will ditch its Norwich & Peterborough brand on the high street and concentrate on mortgages and savings. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA

‘Zero tolerance’ for pregnancy discrimination in workplace – minister

Link ATMs: last-ditch bid to keep cash machines free

HSBC to close 62 more branches this year, blaming online banking

Sky to offer full TV service without a dish for the first time

Feature

Whistleblower wins 13-year campaign against HSBC

Thousands of customers will be compensated for excessive charges thanks to 59-year-old Nicholas Wilson. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

In pictures

An eco home with a real buzz about it

A one-bedroom home for sale in Pays de la Loire, France. Photograph: Leggett

In the spotlight

Customers are getting caught up as banks de-risk due to money laundering laws, and the consequences can be disastrous, Anna Tims writes.

‘Barclays took my £440,000 and put me through hell.’ Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Consumer champions

Nothing is what we got for volunteering to help out easyJet

We were promised hotel expenses and £300 for disembarking, but there’s no sign of the money. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Wrong information on Google flight card meant we missed our flight

Help solve a 15-month battle with extraenergy following a bereavement

Halifax is chasing a debt on a house my wife left 20 years ago

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