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Egg Money Manager and Northern Rock?
I have a tracker savings account with NR and have no problems accessing via their website but cannot get Money Manager to even register it. Anyone else having problems?
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Free 2000 tesco points when you open an online account
I have just had this email from tesco saying open an account online and you get 2000 clubcard points worth £20 in store or £80 in deals! you can open an account with as little as £1!
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Best rate on a Business Savings account??
Hi - wonder if anyone can answer my question... Does anyone know what Business Savings account is paying the best interest rate at the moment? Best I can find is 5.6% for Business Reserve account at Northern Rock. Thanks
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Child savings accounts and £100 interest limit
Hi, My wife and I are thinking of opening a savings account for our 1 year old daughter. I have read that we can earn up to £100 interest each per year without it becoming liable to tax. So we have a total interest max of £200 between us. At today rates of around 5.7% that means we could deposit around £3,500 between us,…
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NatWest e-Savings Account - Interest
Hello, This is my first post so please forgive me if it has been added in the wrong place. Basically I am wondering if anyone can explain (in simple terms) how the NatWest e-Savings account works - in relation to the interest made. What I tend to do is pay in a large amount each month (to the e-Savings account) and then,…
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Help with Office Xmas Saving - Which account to put it in?
Can someone advise me please. In January my collegues all start to put £10 a month into an envelope to get back in December for our Xmas outing. I have been given task to look after the money this year and would rather put it into a savings account to earn a bit of interest on it over the months and also so it is safer…
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Safe place for 2007/08 Stocks & Shares ISA allowance?
Hi - I've fully used my 2007/2008 Cash ISA allowance, but haven't used the £4000 of my Stocks & Shares ISA allowance yet. I don't want to "lose" the latter when the tax year rolls around, but given the volatility of the current equity market (which I'm already quite heavily invested in) and myself with only a medium term…
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Seeking alternative account
Hi everyone, I'm currently using a nationwide flex account (Interest rates between 0.10% and 4%, depending on how much is paid in that month). However, I keep the majority of my money in the attached e-savings account (5.55%). I'm looking for an account which will enable me to earn more interest than this (About 9/10th of…
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Maxi ISAs vs Mini ISAs
Hi all, I currently have a mini cash ISA account. I can put £3K a year on it, and in the last few years, I'd estimate that it averaged %5.6 ish gross interest rate . I just talked to a finance adviser who said that the Maxi ISA makes my money work harder. However, this involves share markets, and thus there is risk.…
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Short term £20k savings, UK or Germany?
We have (hopefully) sold our house in the UK, and will have £20k left over. We will be renting over here until we find a decent prperty to buy in Germany. We want to save the money, is it best to put it in a savings account over here, or in Germany? We need instant access, interest rates seem to be better over here, but…
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How Do I Invest In Water?
Jim Puplava is always going on about water being one of his key investments. How do I get exposure to it? How do I make sure that a firm in water doesn't go under? BOOM BOOM! :D
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AA bank
Anyone know whether the AA bank is independent of the HBOS group or not or are they simply allowing HBOS to use the AA brand as a front? I see on the site that it says Birmingham Midshires, part of HBOS, does the banking for them. Just wondering whether they lie with regards to the 35K FSA guarantee.
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Money to save
:confused: I am a very (!) mature student who will be starting Uni in September to complete a three year course. I firstly need advice on the best student current accounts around (I wont be getting student loan but will be getting NHS bursary) and also advice on where is the best savings account I can put approx £7k for…
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Money Manager
I have an Egg account which provides a "money manager" facility which allows me to securely access all my other bank and B/Society accounts avoiding the bother of logging on individually. Does any other banking institution provide this facility ? :beer:
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isa or not
I have retired recently and am now a non tax payer with two cash isa's. I currently earn 6.41% with ICICI, is it worth while keeping these isa's or might I be as well putting the money in this or any other high interest account?
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HSBC number / email for possible account breach?
Don't really know where to put this, hope it's ok here, anyway... This morning my eBay account was hijacked, along with possibly my email account. PayPal so far seems fine, and I've since recovered access to my email and informed MS / eBay and changed passwords to any and everything i can think of. I've a feeling I should…
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Coventry Bs new over 50 a/c
cancel please
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BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha Class P Acc. BOUGHT at SELL PRICE!?
Hi.. I bought into the above mentioned fund yesterday through HL (ISA), and the deal went through at the stated SELL price. The Last valuation as at 26-02-2008 (when my purchase went through) according to Hargreaves Lansdown, was ..... Sell : 114.60p | Buy : 120.60p Surely I should have paid 120.60p.... shouldn't I…
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Jar full of change to exchange for notes
My partner and I have been collecting £1 and £2 coins in a jar for the last 18 months and now have approximately £500 worth. This has been earmarked for a new TV. However, the fun part is now changing it into something that is acceptable to spend (rather than watching the guy in the electrical shop running out of fingers…
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a little about me
have an appointment with a financial advisor in a weeks time, and before i go, he suggested i sit and collect some ideas about how i feel i should approach my financial future. although, this is much more difficult than it sounds. I'm 30 years old, I work on a contracting basis, and earn around 90k per year. my wife stays…
