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Spanish Banking
Can any one tell me how safe the spanish banks are?:j
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alliance & leicester email?
does anyone know an email address to contact alliance & leicester? i cannot find one on their website. i want to transfer my funds from the direct saver to the esaver but cannot do this because i have to have a minimum of £1000 in the direct saver
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Northern Rock decrease Silver Savings Interest
E Mail just received. Sign of things to come? Our Savings Pledge states that we will always keep you informed of any changes to your Silver Savings Online account. In line with this, I would like to inform you that the interest rate on your account will decrease by 0.25% with effect from 4 April 2008. The new annual rate…
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Savings account that won't pay interest until 2009/10 tax year?
Does anyone know of an instant access savings account (with a decent rate) that, if we open it after April 6th this year, won't pay the interest until the anniversary of the opening ie. in the 2009/10 tax year? I know Sainsbury's Internet Saver pays interest on the anniversary, but we already have one of those. Everyone…
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1000 pounds- where do i put it??
I have just had a nice tax rebate of 1300 pounds, and i hace decided to put 1000 away. Im really new to savings!! I currently have a lloyds tsb online saver, but its not a great rate! I want to put 10 a week into any savings account with the 1000, (i get paid weekly) and i dont want it to be instantly accessible (im…
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Halifax Childrens Regular Saver Account
I've just had my first statement for my son's Halifax Childrens Regular Saver Account which is supposed to get interest of 10%. It has a balance of £120 and the interest was £6.46. When I complained to Halifax they gave me a long winded explanation about the interest being charged on a daily basis on the amount that is in…
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FirstSave
Anyone know anything about this bank, i was looking at transferring some of my savings across, so i havent got over 35 with anyone bank, cheers:beer:
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Cash ISA 2007/2008, is it possible to add to it during 2008/2009??
Hi everyone, I am pretty new to the forums, so my apologies if this has been discussed in any other thread. My situation is this. As I am out of town for 2 more weeks and I left my documents at home (or at least those needed to apply for a Cash ISA), I am only left with the option to apply for a Cash ISA with halifax as I…
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ICICI login
I haven't been able to log in since monday anybody know whats going on?
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Nationwide BS Fixed Rates Increased From Today
They may not be best buy rates. :( At least its nice to see Fixed Rates being increased rather than decreased. :j One Year E-Bond Fix Now 6.3% One Year Branch Based Fixed Rate Account Now 6.20%
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Managing Savings
Hi, I have had an ISA for 2007/2008 which I used the full £3000 limit. I have about another £6000 worth of savings which is currently just sitting in a savings account. My question is, what would be the best waste to maximise savings on all this money? Should I leave the 2007/2008 ISA where it is, open another ISA for…
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help about savings for kids
Hi I have a 2 year old who has the £250 bond the goverment gave her etc, ( put in in abbey kids savings) I also have a 10 year old who I haven't put any money away for, I would like to start putting about £5 each a week maybe more but which one is best? Would an ISA be ok or kids savings?????? I am confused about the…
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Best savings account?
I've currently got just over £11k saved in a Online Bonus Saver HSBC account, which earnt £40 interest yesterday (I don't understand interest much!) 01 AprCRADDED NET INT 20.44 01 AprCRNET INTEREST TO 31MAR2008 20.11 Are there any banks etc that offer a better rate or is this around the best I will get? Don't want to go…
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NS&I Index-Linked Certificates - New Issue
The new issue of Index-Linked Savings Certificates is now online (but I haven't got an email yet, despite being signed up for 'alerts'). But don't get too excited. The 3-year now only pays 0.25% above the RPI, and the 5-year 0.35%, so not quite as good as before. However, it's still tax-free, so still has to be a pretty…
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How will this effect savings rates?
First Direct has temporarily stopped offering any of its mortgages to people who are not already its customers. "Rather than increase interest rates dramatically to discourage new applications, we've decided to withdraw temporarily from offering mortgages to non-customers until we've cleared the backlog." The problem being…
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cash investment
Hi everybody, been a long time since i posted, Basically i had a breakdown, got ripped off by my business partner and now reside in the philippines, I have put my small pension into drawdown and bought an enhanced anuity with my opted out of serps fund, I have just sold a property i had hoped to live in one day in france…
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FSA Guarantee scheme
Hi I'm new to the forum and hope someone can answer this: The FSA guarantee scheme: is it per individual in a household or is it per household? for example if I put £30K in a bank and my wife put £30K in the same bank and then the bank went under, would we both be guaranteed or is it only 50% each as we are in the same…
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Halifax standing orders
Does anyone have any recent experience of standing orders from a Halifax current account to a Halifax Regular Saver? I was wondering when transactions appear on each account, especially at weekends. Looking at old posts it seems Halifax did date transactions at weekends, but changes may have occurred due to the transfer to…
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how do you transfer multiple ISA's
i plan on transferring my wifes and my own isa's from the last 4 years (with 4 providers) to the LLOYDS 6.5% ISA. can i simpy hand over the details of these accounts and get them to do all the work, or do i need to transfer seperalty each one from my seperate providers to the new account once opened. ?
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Can I open an internet-based savings account for my 83 year-old mother-in-law?
Hi, Just trawling through the various comparison webistes to find a top-paying savings account for my mother-in-law. She does not have access to the internet or have an email address. Does anyone know if she would be able to open an account in her own name (providing ID as req'd) but use either my (or my wife's) email…
