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Interest payment day today!
The true sadness of being a savings bore! Interest payment day today. I'm looking forwards to seeing the numbers. I worked out the other day that I'm earning 80p a day in interest. Nice to know that.
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Icici customer service?
I made a mistake with my password (used my clue and then forgot that it was all numbers). I made this three times so my password was suspended. I phoned up and asked for a new passnumber to be sent to me. Three days later I missed a call from them. So I phoned them up but noone knew anything about the call I'd missed. I've…
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Which savings account??
Hi, My children's grandparents (I'm divorced) live in Spain, as my eldest is turning 14 soon they have been told they can no longer keep a savings account in her name. They want me to open an account here for her. There's 2000 € to invest somewhere (preferably where she cannot get it). I can't find much out about…
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ING - Drops to 4.5% AER from 1st Jan 2006
http://www.ingdirect.co.uk
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Am I making the most of my saved cash?
I currently have been saving for a mortgage deposit as my salary isnt huge I need more deposit.Have about £11000 saved and anticipate to save another £9000 by next Oct 2006.I have accounts like a Halifax websaver (4.65% Gross p.a.), Halifax mini cash ISA(5.00% Gross p.a.) and other smal savings accounts like a bonus cash…
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Ybs To Charge Me £91 For Their Mistake
I've just had a letter from the Yorkshire Building Society about 4 cheques to the value of £91 I paid into my savings account in July - 4 months ago. The letter reads that unfortunately they have lost the cheques in processing. Further if I can't provide them with the cheque number, account number and sort code of the…
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National Savings certificates - a question?
My mother-in-law wants to buy £15,000 worth. Are there any discounts she can get (for example rebated commission from an IFA)? The only thought I have had so far is that if she had the Halifax moneyback current account (which she does not) she could buy them with a debit card and get 1% back as a rebate (actually only on…
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Can I get back the tax paid on my savings?
Hi there, I am currently a student getting a grant each month to maintain me. I do not have any form of paid work so dont get anywhere near my tax free allowance. I do however, have savings. The amount earned from my savings is nowhere near the tax free income allowance, yet I still end up paying tax on it. Is there any…
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Shares problem
When my son was a little lad he wanted to buy some shares....lol So my hubby took him to the bank and bought the shares with sons birthday money as requested, which had to go in my hubbys name re my sons name. Since then my hubby and i divorced and I have no idea of his wherabouts~havent seen him for years :rolleyes: Each…
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Best company for long and short term savings
Im looking to start 2 savings accounts. I would need 1 where i can access the money online, preferably one with online banking as well. The other i would like a high intrest savings, but i wont need access to. I plan on using the short term, to put any money in for things like doing up the house. The long term for just…
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passbook savings accounts
can people tell me a list of about 5 to 10 buliding societies/ banks that have reasonable interest on passbook savings account please?
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My topic seems to have disappeared!!!
Just wondering where the thread was I started yesterday. I went on last night to review the answers and it was gone!! :eek: Any info as to where it has went would be great.....
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Shares question
I'd like to start by saying that i know very little about shares and sharedealing, so if i'm talking rubbish at any point, please do correct me, and my apologies in advance for sounding like a complete dunce. I've had a hunt around on the net for the answer to this, but can't find anything (cue link to an identical article…
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CIS Platinum Plus Plan
Hi I have recently become aware of this site and have started to take more notice of my financial affairs and wonder what I should do about the following My wife has a CIS platinum plus plan that she started in Oct 1999 and have just had her yearly statement. Since it started up until the 5th April she has paid in £1,650…
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!Your saving goals!
Just wondered what other peoples saving goals/targets are? mine personally are to have 20k by the time i am 25 (21 now) as well as getting myself on the property ladder! I thought this might help others with there saving as it gives great motivation when you have your amount down on paper.
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Fidelity direct or via a broker?
Hi all For some months now I have been paying into a Fidelity Special Situations account. I have now heard that it may be cheaper to use a broker such as Chelsea, Hargreaves Landsdown, etc, as the charges may be less than by going to Fidelity directly. I've had a look on the sites but it's not exactly crystal-clear! It…
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Banks Messing with my Account!! advice please
Hi All, :mad: Wondered if anyone can help please. I set up a weekly standing order, from my bank to a savings account I have. In August I amended the weekly payment, but my bank cancelled the old instruction, without implementing the new one.. with the result that the payments to the savings account stopped... As the…
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Child Trust Funds
Where is the best place to put the £250. Shares do better than savings accounts but am unsure what the diference is between stakeholder account and accounts that invest in shares.
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Advice please for stocks & shares
I wonder if anyone can give me any info about stocks and shares and where to start to invest. As a complete novice to this I am interested in any books (comprehensive!!!!) that helped anyone else in the same situation. Many thanks.
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Power of attorney how to make best interest..
I asked a question yesterday but did not give anough info.I have just been given power of attorney for my Aunt. She as just turned 100 years and is in a nursing home I need to top up her fees by £140 per week. I have just sold her house for £160.000. I know it sounds awful but i don't want to tie it up long term and need…
