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Faster payments - who can send and receive
It's been suggested that a list of which banks and building societies can send and/or receive faster payments would be a useful resource. I thought I'd start a new thread with this and keep the first post updated with the latest comments (in the same way that the Regular Saver thread works). These are only listed where…
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How doy you pick an Independant Financial Advisors
I have now met with a few IFA's most give "Free advice" but i am worried that they are pushing certain products. I have now gone to a large company who are charging me for their advice and claim full independance from the products they are recommending. I feel i am getting good advice but have still the niggling feeling…
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Selling Coins
Sorry if im not in the correct place, I have a small tin of various old coins, Victorian pennies, farthings, old threepenny bits etc. Please can you advise me is it best to try and sell them on Ebay, although when looking on Ebay I really dont think for the amount they will get its worth the effort. Is there a website that…
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what do i do?
hi i wonder if i can do anything to claim my - intrest back? we opened an account with the HSBC who are normal bank with, some time ago. which to my knowledge had no money in it for a long time, we then moved in nov05 and put in about 5,000 this amount was added to over time and is still being used... a couple of weeks ago…
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Investment for a 15 year old
My daughter was left £5000 from her father 4 years ago which I put into a black cat bond with the cheshire building society at that time ( daughter is now 15). The bond has now come into fruition and she has £6500 to re invest. At the moment it is in the Abbey youth account but she said she would like to re-invest again…
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If
Could someone tell me if I am able to move all of the money in my current ISA (Natwest - 5.5%) into another one with a better rate? I've put about £1000 in it this financial year, I don't know if
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Investing In Silver
I like the idea of investing in silver via "unallocated funds", e-silver. Does any one have any advise on the matter. I started buying silver coins last year but the tax and premiums are not making it cost effective. Any one had any dealing with Kitco or Perth Mint? Any Advise? Cheers LVH
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need a decent drip feeder account
Hi I need a decent drip feeder accouint to pay two lots of £500 into my newly created Halifax Regular Saver fro myself and the wife. All I want to do is make a deposit of £11000 and arrange 22 direct debits of £500 over 11 months into the 2 accounts. Can anyone help? Best wishes Mindovermatter
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New to share dealing
Hello all........ I am relatively new to share trading..and wud like to open a share trading account in UK. which is the best one to open from hundreds of available one.? Is the commission only for selling the shares or do we need to pay whenever we buy shares too ? Would be great if some one replies .. Thanks Roshan
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Maximising Interest for Regular Savers
Hi fellow MSEs, Like me, some of you savers may have recently opened both a Barclays Monthly Savings (7.75% AER) and a Halifax Regular Saver (10% AER) account. I would be grateful if someone could help answer a few questions I have relating to both of these accounts. 1) What is the earliest date that money can be…
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Market Crash Predicted
Who else agrees with this view of the markets: http://truemors.com/?p=30066 This the text at the above url If you thought the worst is already here, financial experts in Europe are predicting that we are going to see a severe downturn in global stock and credit markets. Is this true? Nobody likes bad news but are we…
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inheritance nightmare?
Hi, I have just been over to canada from the uk looking after my dying father, who died while I was there. We are now starting to settle the estate. he has left each of the siblings money and 3 of us are to split the house. one of my sisters and family want to buy the house off myself and brother. They are getting a…
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Would my money be better off in high interest a/c instead of ISA if I dont pay tax?
As I am a student and work part time, I don't earn enough to be paying tax, so would my savings be better off in a high interest savings account, like Kaupthing Edge, as I currently have most of it in an ISA which pays 5.50%, and some in an account which pays 4.30%, although I have moved some into Halifax's Web saver, as…
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Premium Bonds, ISAs & Savings Accounts - help?
I have a garunteed tracker (saving account) with Lloyds TSB. I got a letter from them this morning, that said - the rate I'm currently getting is garunteed until July 31st 2008. Then there's some stuff about Bank of England & Base Rate. (I don't have a clue how any of that works!) My dad has advised me to look on the…
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Best way to invest £80,000 without tying it up for too long
We've always been very slap-dash with savings in the past, placing convenience and lack of hassle over return on investment. But nowadays it seems that we get non-stop hassle on our poor performance accounts so we've decided to make an effort to ensure that our time spent on admin pays off! We've got around £80,000 in…
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Egg savings asking for employer's address
I've been an egg customer for since they first launched, although I've left both the savings account and credit card dormant for a while as there were better deals elsewhere. Then I was tempted back - by the egg money card for advanced stoozing, for which I applied online and was accepted. They asked for my income, as I…
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Alba Life - Policy Matured HELP needed
Not sure if in right place so apologies. Bare with me on this too... My Mum & Dad took a policy of some kind out for me (when I was born) with Alba Life. My parents divorced and I have not spoke to my Dad properly for around 15 years. The policy matured in 1994 it seems. My Dad contacted me via Friends Reunited back in…
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Kaupthing Edge
Hello! I know there's a huge KE thread below which is very interesting. I just wanted to check a people's thought on the product itself. It seems very good. We've remortgaged for house improvements and now have 50k to spend/save. We'll need instant access to pay builders etc over the next 12 months or so. Basically, do…
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Abbey Guaranteed Growth PAln 10 (5.5 Year) - A bad investment?
I lost both my parents last year in separate and tragic circumstances and amidst all of the chaos and upset I had to deal with their affairs. My dad died first and I had to deal with his estate and look after my mums interests (she was in a nursing home). Later mum died and I'm still in the process of winding up her…
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10,000 to save
Any advice..£10,000 to save..only want access once or twice a year ?
