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The G-20’s Secret Debt Solution
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/the-g-20s-secret-debt-solution-27996 Currency Devaluation, savings worth half what they are now, 50% purchasing power of your savings, asset price inflation re-started? Talk about !!!!!! Turpin, Brown is just about to say to all us savers! "Stand and deliver" Its your savings that i now want?…
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FSCS/Icesave claim nightmare!!
Got my second e mail account yesterday so excitedly went in to initiate my claim and nothing -told me to wait for my 2nd e mail! Phoned them "oh this is odd - we will refresh you acsount so you can do it tomorrow". Logged in again today - same thing! Phoned them again "oh this is odd - well its a new thing and I don't…
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Logged into Icesave account to withdraw savings & shows wrong balance?
Hi, got my second email yesterday and logged in today to withdraw money. However, found that my balance was missing £100 which I transferred in July '08 but had the £100 I transferred September '08. Where did the earlier £100 go? What should I do? I am so upset with the situation. I have my bank statements showing the…
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Advice with saving £15k please!
Hi I have just been through the savings part of this site, and just wanted to confirm with you guys that I am considering doing the right thing with approximately £15k I am receiving soon. Not loads of money, but still worth looking after! Both my husband and I are tax payers, so I was intedning to open ISAs for each of…
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notice on changes to interest rates
Are banks & bulding societies supposed to give you notice of their changes in interest rates? Egg have told me they are dropping theirs soon, but will tell us and give us 30 days notice before they change. I got cut off from Nationwide 3 times this morning when i asked this question. :mad: One person finally told me, that…
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Halifax Guaranteed Reserve Account Query
Opened one this morning and deposited £ 39,000 from my web saver account. The Halifax website says 6.10% AER for 6 months. My account says 5.52% gross. Is that correct?
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End Of Free Banking ?
question: With the state our Banks are in , will we see them all pushing to end the era of free banking ? has anyone got news on this front ? as they could claim a tidy sum each month . As i have grown up with this ,i have never known it to be any differant , i know some accounts like Lloyds "privilege" type account…
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Take more mortgage and save it?
So, on my mortgage I have an £11000 'cash reserve' available. this is funds I was assessed as eligible for when I took my mortgage (ie: I borrowed 70000 but they said I could have up to 80000). I can have this money within 3 working days from request. My question is. Should I draw on this 'cash reserve' and put it into my…
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ICICI UK v ICICI Singapore
Rates offered are now unified. I called them in Singapore to ask why the much higher interest rates they offered there were no longer available and they said that the UK office had complained about this to them and Mumbai Head office decided not to allow Singapore to offer rates higher than those at the UK office, probably…
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Barclays fixed rate bond
My parents signed up on 21/10/08 for a Barclays fixed rate bond paying 6.3%. They received a letter this week dated 10/11/08 saying there was an error in the rate and it should have been 6.0%. As the bond rates are fixed at the time I don't see how this can be right. Has anybody else received such a letter and any deas…
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sueing stock brokers...??
In May I invested my entire inheritance 230 grand with a well known stock broker, then left the UK to travel Asia. 6 months later (about 3 weeks ago) I emailed them from Vietnam to ask how my investments were doing. They replied that my holdings had suffered a loss 40 grand (NOT taking into account the loss of sterling…
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Get a guaranteed 11% for life with Barclays Bank Corporate bond
If you feel secure that Barclays wont go belly up and have a minimum of 100k to invest this may be your solution. Why bother with fixed rate deposits yielding half that rate ? Details below Last Price Update : 13 Nov 2008 Price : 83.95 Coupon : 9.0% Yield : 10.96
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kent reliance B.S. ok or not??
Having been bitten by the icesave problems, im looking at the Kent B.S to put some money in 6% fixed for year, I know they are covered up to £50k for compensation but once bitten twice shy,done a search on the internet for concerns about the kent, nothing came up...........Does anybody know of any thing that might put me…
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ICICI rates dropped
As from the 14-11-08 ICICI have dropped their rates to 5.75% 1 year fixed account, and 5.50% for their savings account. I opened another fixed account on the 12-11-08 at 6.60%, but my money had not cleared from cahoot although it was showing as pending, and the new account is not showing along side my others. it takes that…
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Falling Pound
I'm currently saving up to do a course abroad, which will mean I will have to pay in US dollars, and obviously the plummeting pound isn't exactly making things easy. Is there any way to transfer my existing savings into dollars to avoid any further loss? And if so, is it worth it, or has it already lost pretty much…
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How to Close my Kaupthing Account?
I would like to close my Kaupthing account but can't find an option on my account. How is this done? regards Gareth
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3 linked accounts in Icesave - will it confuse FSCS? (question)
Hi all, As one of the earlier ones to open an account with Icesave, I have 3 linked accounts in Icesave. Have anyone who have more than 1 linked accounts received the second email this week and initiated the claim with FSCS? I haven't received the second email with FSCS, hope having more than 1 linked account does not…
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What saving plan is best for me?
Hello, Im a first time poster, Im a married 25 year old male and have just commenced on a 10 year fixed term £135,000 INTEREST ONLY mortgage with standard life with my second house after a £15,000 deposit. I am employed as a Police Officer and earn 28k, and my wife earns £30k when I got my mortgage I was strapped and…
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Information (Or lack of it)
Have accounts with Nationwide, Manchester BS The Cheshire BS NSS&I and have had only one letter that from the Manchester BS informing me that it has lowered it's rates, from the rest nothing, but all the rates have gone down. If you ask why they do not send you any information on interest rates they say we advertise them…
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Have Money Want Safety!
Hi, I will soon be coming into a sum of 120k. I have no idea about savings accounts and which banks have the best deals. (or what kind of account/s I want!) Please help! what should I do with my money! - So it remains safe and gains the best interest. thanks!
