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ICICI Bank offering highest rates at their Singapore office
Interest rates w.e.f. effective November 10th, 2008 to November 14th, 2008 12 months 7.01% 7.01% 7.06% 7.06% This fixed rate is available to everyone including residents of England and Wales to whom this website is directed. and is the highest I could find. Just like the Republic of Ireland , the Republic of Singapore…
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Best variable savings accounts - what now after the base rate cut?
I'm not keen on opening a fixed rate account, in case I need to access my money quickly, but given the massive base rate cut, variable accounts are likely to drop their rates significantly. What are people's experiences of various savings account? Is there any way of second guessing which banks are likely to drop their…
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Icesave – loss of interest – FSCS renege on Treasury undertaking
8 October 2008 – Statement by Chancellor and Treasury ‘The UK authorities expect that Landsbanki will soon be declared in default. Should that occur, the Chancellor has put in place arrangements to ensure that no retail depositor will lose any money as a result of the closure of Icesave.’ 8 October 2008 Treasury statement…
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Preparing a New ISA for Icesave ISA reinvest?
While we wait for our ICEsave ISA money and certificate is there anyway we can grab the last of any of the decent ISA deals, so we have an account waiting for the Icesave isa to go into? Has anyone come across any ISA that will let you open the account without having to transfer in an opening balance? As I have already…
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SAVINGS RATE WIRE - UPDATED – 7th November 2008
SAVINGS RATE WIRE - UPDATED – 7th November 2008 NOTE: FSCS limit £50,000 per customer (per provider) RED highest current rate Sources: emoneyfacts FIXED RATES Close Brothers Premium Gold 7.00% Julian Hodge Bank Capital Millennium Bond 6.40% Marsden BS Fixed Rate Rolling Savings Bond 6.30% Coventry BS Poppy Bond 6.25%…
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Coventry Loggin
Anyone having problems logging into their Coventry account
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British Energy share sale to EDF
I have received details of offers for BE shares. This tome is almost indigestible. Has anyone got any advice to offer in this economic climate of the likely best course of action. Or better still can they explain in English what is being offered.
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Abolish tax on savings
Why are we being taxed on savings? It was bad enough with interest rates at about 7% could nearly get a real return after inflation, with latest rate reductions it will now be impossible. The prudent are bailing out the economy(and nulabour). Come on Martin take this on start a campaign to get tax removed from all savings…
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Simple Man's investing Plan ...
I was looking at buying shares (oh yes in the middle of recession). Maybe not straightaway but i was looking at the Hargreaves Lansdown Vantage share account but it says the minimum investment is £3,000 and it says about tax forms annually? Or am i miss reading this at 2A.M? Also is there just the flat £9.95 fee for each…
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ICICI fixed rates drop
E-mail from ICICI: "The HiSAVE Fixed Rate Account interest rate is revised with effect from the 7th of November 2008. The new interest rates are as stated below: HiSAVE Fixed Rate Account - Without Early Access Facility 6 months: 5.72% / 5.80% AER 12 months: 6.60%/ 6.60% AER 24 months: 6.46%/ 6.27% AER 36 months: 6.43%/…
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A 'Martin' error re. I/L Savings Certificates
There doesn't seem any longer to be any way of reporting errors discreetly ..... Apologies and Correction: I couldn't find it under "Contacts" where I looked for "errors" - but as Dan29 (below) has led me to discover, there is a reference to errors under "Contacts/Technical and Forum Related Queries/Spotted a broken link",…
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ICICI inter accounts
I opened a Fixed rate account yesterday amid all the panic, and I got that at the 7+ rate.. that's fine. It isn't showing yet when I log in, although there is a transfer from my Hi Save account to it, showing the account number. Is there anyone that already has a Hi Saver A/C and a Fixed Term A/C that could explain how I…
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Egg announces....
A termporary hiatus in new savings.... http://new.egg.com/visitor/0,,3_20549--View_820,00.html
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Monthly intrest savings accounts?
Hi All, Does anyone know of any savings accounts that pay intrest moneyly and have good intrest rates? I know im asking for a gold egg but worth a shout!
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Fixed Term Account
I am seriously considering depositing between £50,000 and £60,000 with Close Brothers Treasury Services in their 1Year fixed term Premium Gold account. As they state on their website if they receive your application form by Mon 10th Nov, you can print one from their site, and funds (cheque or transfer) the rate will be 7%…
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Reclaiming Taxed Interest?
I just found that since I'm a student and earn under £6000 a year I shouldn't have to pay any tax on my savings - but I've never filled out an R85 form and so any interest I've received has been taxed. I currently have around £5000 in savings, this having fluctuated over the years and between a couple of different bank…
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Mardsen Special Share issue 2 rolling bond
anyone know if this is still available? 6.5% until end of Sept 2009. Thanks.
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ICICI Fixed Rate Account - Balance Problems on Site ??!!
Would someone who has one of these mind checking their account. I've just checked mine online, and it is showing as a balance of £0.00, even though I had £15,000.00 in the account. Thanks in advance.
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HBOS child regular saver
I got my annual statement for my daughters regular saver today.Halfway down it says that the "regular saver fixed interest rate for the next 12 months will be 7.000% gross per annum" yet the website and comparison sites are still showing the rate as 10%.I have asked for clarification as there are better rates out there if…
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Best place to invest Christmas savings?
Colleagues have been running a staff savings scheme where money is taken from salary each month and paid to a building society account. We then withdraw it all + interest in early November and pay out by cheque to everyone. The idea isn't to make huge amounts of interest but to save for Christmas without having to think…
