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Portman accounts
I had a phone call from Nationwide today saying that they were transferring my ex-Portman account into a Nationwide account that earns less interest. This isn't really satisfactory considering it's the main chunk of my savings. They tried to give me the hard sell on their e-savings accounts, stating that they paid the same…
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Quidco - A & L Direct
Opened 2 (self & OH) Direct Saver Accounts in December. There was supposed to be an incentive payment of £20ea. via Quidco. So far 1 account has been tracked but not validated - since January. Other account was validated in early March but now appears dormant as presumably A&L haven't paid across to Quidco (nb both…
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Russia?
Whats your thoughts on investing in russian markets? Is it too late or is it the perfect emerging economy? Any good funds that you could recommend?
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Dividend Cheques?!
hi, new to the site, not sure where to post this?? and hopefully somebody can help here... i was wondering, can you get cash straight away on a dividend cheque or do you have to deposit it and wait a few days for it to clear like with a normal personal cheque? thanks in advance!
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Help in investing some money
Hi guys can someone please advice me how to invest some money into gold bars and where and also any idea guys how to invest into money buying and selling. Thanks
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Fidelity Investments ?
Looking for advice Have recently invested some money with fidelity in a invesco perpetual high income account/Stocks and shares individual savings account. We were advised by a financial advisor to do this, however we are worried with the current credit crunch that this is a bad idea as the investments can go down as well…
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Is it open or not?
A mate has opened an isa with abbey, but is very unimpressed so far with customer service and the delay in fully opening. He has deposited NO MONEY. Is he in his rights to open another isa elsewhere and effectively forget about the abbey one. Like I said, he hasn't put any money in it yet. Am I right in telling him, he can…
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Difference between placing money in a Barclays ISA and Kaupthing Edge Savings
Dear All, could anyone tell me what the difference is between placing money in a ISA to the Kaupthing Edge Savings? thank you in advance for your answers...
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sorry, posted in error, but my account doesn't seem to let me delete posts (only to edit them)
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Managed fund price downloads
Does anyone know of a website that will allow me to download the historical value of managed funds in to a spreadsheet? I do this for my BT shares to keep a track of my finances, but wondered whether there was one site that I could download my other funds from? Many thanks, Pete
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Joint account but not living together
Hi there My longterm boyfriend and I want to set up a joint savings account to save for a 6 month travel trip we're doing at the end of next year. The problem is that we don't live together and a few banks I've contacted won't let us apply. How do I find out which banks offer a joint savings account without needing to live…
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A&L Esaver
Hi Guys I have an A&L eSaver account currently paying 6.50% interest. I had to make a withdrawal this month for something important.. now I know I don't receive any interest in a month when a withdrawal is made, however it states on their site 'The AER will be lower if you withdraw. ' can anyone elaborate on what this…
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Halifax Regular Saver - closed by Halifax
My partner's just received a letter from Halifax informing her that the 7% Regular Saver account opened back in November 2007 has been closed as it hasn't received funds of between £25 & £250 in the last month. They have transferred the funds to a Web Saver account and paid it a lower rate of interest. The account from…
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Cake and eat it...
Would there be anything stopping me opening the First Direct £100 account, getting my sallery moved into this to get the £100, then using a Standing Order to move the money into an Alliance and Leicster 8.5% account, and getting the high interest rate?
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Nordic banks step in to back Iceland
In today's FT online: "Three Nordic central banks unveiled an unprecedented €1.5bn emergency funding package on Friday to support Iceland’s troubled currency and stabilise its banking system as the tiny north Atlantic nation tries to fend off the effects of the global credit crisis." How will this affect Kaupthing Edge…
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a worry for INTERNET banking
Just a thought for people who have a large amount of money In a INTERNET only based account. If there is a Northern rock crises again, could the INTERNET banks website crash under the weight of people trying to get there money out? And if that is the only way to get at your money you would be stuck. At leased queuing…
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Using a savings account to add interest to Cash ISA
Ok, well I've been having a think and I reckon I've worked out a way to maximise the amount of interest I would be paid from my ISA. The ISA pays 5.8% annually, so really I could have my money elsewhere for the majority of the year in a savings account which pays interest monthly etc... earning some extra interest. I know…
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Bad journalism at thisismoney.co.uk
Late yesterday an article was posted on the thisismoney.co.uk site entitled "The best - and worst - new cash Isas" in which it listed the best available cash ISAs and contrasted them with a couple of low paying ISAs. It said of one of them You might think that the standard of journalism from this site must be quite high,…
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Icesave Fixed Term Account
I have just open this account but bit apprehensive sending the cheque. Can i pay directly via my own RBS bank?
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Halifax ISA Backlog ?
Is anyone else waiting for their new Halifax fixed rate ISA to be changed from the initial opening ISA Saver to the fixed rate one ? My money was received from HSBC on 1st May and yet they still haven't amended it to show the fixed rate. They tell me they have a large backlog !! How long can this process take ?
