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Change in my account interest rates
Hi, I am quite new to this trying to get the best interest rate for my savings and after opening some accounts from reading lots of good advice on here I am struggling to findout whether or not the interest rates of my accounts have changed or not, I opened the 10% Alliance&Leicester ISA which meant I had to open a premier…
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Newspaper/magazine share tips
Does anyone know of a site that tracks the performance of share tips from the newspapers and magazines? cheers fj
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Can I open Euro account?
Is it possible to keep my money in Euro instead of Pound? I'm a resident in UK. :o
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Is it even worth having an ISA anymore?
I've just received my Icesave ISA back through compensation. I can't put it in an ISA for at least 2 weeks time when I get the ISA certificate for the funds. At the moment the best rate I can get is Kent Reliance BS under 25s account at 4.76% variable. That's surely going to drop again by the time I can invest. Tonight…
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Fair Practise?
I recently opened a 'Halifax Guaranteed Saver Reward' account to try and catch the 6% fixed rate deal. When I checked the account online I was surprised to see it read 3%, and not the 6% so I quizzed them and this is the response I got: Thank you for your email dated 3rd December 2008. Firstly, please allow me to apologise…
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Rate Drop: Have my Icesave money, but no Certificate
Hello all, My apologies in advance if this has already been covered. I have just had my FSCS compensation for my Icesave ISA. I have around around £4,000.00 and as it is currently in my Alliance & Leicester Premier account the first £2,500.00 is earning 8.5% before tax (20%) - the rest is earning nothing. The 8.5% wont run…
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Help needed!!were to invest money?
Hi ive just sold a house an made bout 40k. I need bit of help as i want to invest it but the way things are at min i want to make sure my money is safe. I was either thinking of putting it in a high interest savings account an leaving it poss abroad or maybe invest sum of it in the stock market can any one help thanks…
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Where to stash £6k for a few months
Hi My Lloyds 2 year saving account has just ended and they have converted me to an Easy Saver Account with a balance of about £7250. Im presuming this is not the best place to keep this money especially as i haven't got an isa. The money will be used to pay my income tax bill in April (correct me if im wrong) so the money…
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Irish Banks Approach Armageddon
Share prices of the three major Irish banks are collapsing with Anglo Irish below 50 eurocents, Bank of Ireland around one euro and Allied Irish just approaching 2 euro. Are our savings really safe ie how will the Irish government honour their guarantee and how long will it take to refund our savings ?
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Phonecall from bank, Genuine?
I have an ongoing savings complaint with Abbey ongoing by email. However this teatime Philip from "Abbey" rang on a withheld number to discuss something with me. He would not tell me what it was about without me answering a couple of security questions ( first line of my address etc.) Me being the untrusting soul that I am…
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Joint access - Tesco Internet Saver A/c
Can somebody please clarify whether both parties to a jointly held Tesco Internet Saver account have to register whenever a withdrawal or other transaction is being made. The answer below on their website is a little unclear. Does it mean that both parties have to register when opening the account and then either…
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site for interest rates
can anyone give me a site that will give the interest rates of all banks/building societies
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Nat West E Saver 4.15%
It keeps getting worse, thought it was still 4.47%. my mistake it still is 4.47% for the moment got mixed up with North rock.. gary
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How long will we have to live with these low interest rates?
Just trying to do a little forward planning with financial resources. Would anybody care to suggest how long we're going to have to live with interest rates of 2% (or lower)? Most of our non-emergency funds are now fixed for the next 12 months but if interest rates are still this low in a year's time, our expenditure will…
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Investec High 5 Account
After todays 1% interest rate cut, am looking for a 'happy!?' home for my money. Is Investec High 5 Account really as good as it looks?
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Too quick for me!
Firstly, hello all. I am new here, but not new to forums. Well a bit about me. I am a 22 year old - still living at home and saving hard for the future. I work full time and have saved up a healthy amount. My problem now is getting the best rate (like all of you). I currently have a Bradford and Bingley eSavings account…
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Savings in Euros/ Dollars?
Has anyone shifted their savings to Euros or Dollars recently? Which bank did you use and what interest rates are you getting? I'm thinking of doing this now as the pound is falling and could fall some way further (though it is pretty low right now!)
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trouble opening account
Ive recently been discharged from bankruptcy and went to a bank I used to be with - to open a childs regular saver for my son of which I was going to be the trustee. They seemed to have a record of my bankruptcy and asked me to to give them proof I was discharged. I gave them the certificate and all the other documents…
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Alliance Trust as a Fund Supermarket
I've just seen (though they have been doing it for some months) that Alliance Trust run a fund supermarket which rebates all upfront and trail commission but charges up to £12.50 per deal! Anyone using them? I know they used to be pretty efficient when I used them for some investments a few years ago. How would they make…
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Idealing Charges!!!
I have just contacted idealing after leaving my account dormant for a couple of years and have about £19 sitting there, I never realised they charged a quarterly fee of £5 no matter what but can put up with that. What has really annoyed me is to close the account they are going to charge me £60 which I think is scandalous…
