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Worst Telephone System
Companies seem to be getting worse and worse with their telephony systems, and what you are required to do before getting through to a real person. The Nationwide seem to have taken things to another level by now asking you to type in your account number and sort code on your keypad before getting through. When I queried…
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Nationwide Flexaccount Gotcha !
Apologies if this has been posted before. I've only just discovered that Nationwide have made yet another change to their interest rate structures - and now pay a pitiful 0.1% rate to investments over £3,000 in their Flexaccount. Clearly they want to encourage people to move the money to other accounts, but I'd guess some…
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Halifax Regular Saver 10% - fixed or variable
Hello all. Does anyone know whether the Halifax 10% regular saver that was available in the summer was a fixed rate? I cant find any information on the Halifax website. Many thanks
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Icesave second email- week 4
There were no true entries for yesterday ( 28th November) so I'm hoping this poll isn't required. Just in case here is the final week's poll. For previous weeks: week 3 week 2 week 1
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Egg Savings: their service
Had to mention one of the most impressive and painless 'business' phone calls I've had in I don't know how long! I've had a modest amount languishing in an Egg Savings account for literally years -- nothing added, nothing withdrawn, almost forgotten. Happened to check the interest rate yesterday and noticed it had taken a…
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Where should I put my house deposit money next year
Hi everyone, I’m currently saving up for a house deposit and have £15,000 saved in a joint Nationwide Bonus Saver account with my girlfriend. We are due the Bonus and interest on 31st December 2008 and next year would like to move the money to another account. Does anyone know of a joint savings account that pays good…
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New Star Suspends Dealing on Intl. Property Fund
Haven't picked THIS up anywhere else and it doesn't show up on a forum search. Fortunately I decided to sell out of this fund a couple of months ago when the Global R word was first being banded about. At the time the fund was still just in positive territory but is now down circa 10%. I think it was on HLs wealth 150 at…
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Regarding Halifax safety
Am thinking of depositing all my savings with Halifax. Am assuming that now that the government has bought 60% of RBS they are more or less 100% safe?
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Deposit protection extended for mutual savers
Thousands of building society savers who stood to lose deposit protection under proposed mergers will benefit from rules introduced yesterday by the city watchdog. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said that merged societies could offer a compensation limit of £50,000 on accounts in each society, provided these…
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17 years old
Im 17 years old and i have inherited £7000. i ave already filled an ISA and am looking for a fixed rate for a year where i can put the full amount, i have looked at alot of sites but they all seem to need me to be 18 years old. Any suggestions? XxXxX
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Icesave Fixed Rate
Both my wife & I have fixed rate savings with Icesave that end next week on the 4th & 5th December respectivly. I've received my 2nd e-mail today. The FCS say that if I leave the money in til the end of the term I will get the full interest. Should I wait to reclaim my money after expiry of the fixed rate ie next week or…
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£500 to save!
Hi all, I am a student, and I have £500 to save!!! I am SOOO happy! :-) lol I would like to save this money in the most effective and safe way just in case I ever need it. I would probably need access to it just in case of an emergency. Could you please help me? I currently have a student account with Lloyds TSB and they…
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Savings - ISA or standard account
My husband and I have a joint account with Yorkshire and a savings account attached. I do all the banking online. We spent all our savings on our house purchase and I have been looking at opening another "account" to save some money. The plan would be £10 per week plus any overtime etc to be paid in to this new account. I…
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KE - IOM - Simple explanation please?
Banking huh - hardest game in the world.... Well, I invested some savings in Kaupthing Edge - IOM because I'm a non-resident and wanted a sterling savings account and this fitted the bill nicely. Opened the account and asked about the safety of my savings. I receive a couple of emails from a very nice lady saying that all…
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Save £1 a day, for 10 years... how much?
I've been trying to work this out, I read a small article about saving 1$ a day, for 10 years, you obvioulsy save 365x10 = 3650. Only problem with that calculation is monthly interest and tax? for instance, no-one is likely to walk into a bank with £1 a day. More likely say £30 a month, to keep things sensible, and you'd…
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ISAs
Is there any difference between a cash Isa and an Isa?
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Icesave Veterans Association
This thread has now been closed as it got so long :) Please see part 2 - Icesave Veterans Association continued Nilrems camp’s final role call Aegis, AbbieCadabra, Afriacman, AlanW, Alexgeezer, alduncan, altocumulus, amistupid, Apoorwoman, ARC, Armchair23, asd030, Asianladyboy, azureblue, Bardsleyh, Barrooo, Bjorn-again,…
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Protection AND inacsessibilty needed
Greetings to the Forum, My sister-in-law has a bit of money (about 30K) presently sitting in a regular savings account. Her intention has been to buy a pension (she's 56) to kick in when she's 63 or so. That was before the present financial climate. I have several views on this.* Any pension she buys now isn't going to…
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Kent Reliance annual results
See here: http://www.cashquestions.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9207 Record profits for Kent Reliance, despite the impact of the FSCS levy to bail out Bradford & Bingley.
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Best place to put £5000?
Hi, I have £5000 that I would like to save somewhere. I don't need instant access to it. Could anyone advise on where I could put it to get the best return? Thank you. Scott
