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Online Banking updates too slowly
Hi everyone. My name is Matt and I'm new to the forums although I have been following the site and it's ideas for a while now. I thought this would be as good a place as any to post my concerns. I am a student on a year abroad placement in Austria meaning that while I must do transactions through my UK bank account, I do…
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inflation likely to go up in 2H
Trichet is on bloomberg and says that inflation is likely to increase quite soon So rates are likely to rise sooner than we all thought
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Premium Bonds
Apart from dropping the win rate to 1.8% has anybody else noticed that if you are a lucky winner the cheque takes longer to arrive? I have held a substantial number of bonds for a couple of years and have regularly won the odd £50. At one time the cheque would arrive by the 13th of the month now it can be as late as the…
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£5,000 In Kaupthing Edge- Should I Move It?
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hi, In November 2008, I put £5,000 in Kaupthing Edge. I received an email from ING recently which told me the new rate was: 3.55% AER (3.49% gross p.a.) I'd be grateful for any advice on whether I should move this money elsewhere to get a better deal- and, if so, where might it…
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Best Place To Save £12,000?
Hi, I would like to save £12,000 in the best possible place. I have the maximum amount in ISA's. I'm a taxpayer and don't need quick access to the money. I'd be grateful for any advice on the best place to put the money. Thank you in advance. bgscotty
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ING Account annoyance
Hi everyone, About a month ago I signed up for an ING account via a referral to benefit from the free £25. This worked fine for me and I was setup within a matter of days. The problem is that my girlfriend also obtained a referral from a friend and after a month she still can't access the account. Plus the cheque is…
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Depositing Saved Change into Banks (only accept 5 bags)
Forgive me if this has been discussed anywhere before. I have quite a few bags of change ready to be put into the bank. Although the bank has told me that I can only deposit 5 bags at a time. This is a bit of a hassle. Does anyone know how or where I can deposit/change the money in one go. Thanks
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Savings for children.
I have two children aged 7 and 4. My 4 year old was eligble for the £250 child trust fund payment which I used to open a saving account with the Friendly society. It is a low risk stocks and shares type account and I make a regular payment of £20 a month into the account, we can also make further deposists through the…
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Intrepid Investments
Hi, Has anybody heard of this lot? http://www.intrepidinvestments.co.uk Would they be good people to invest with? Opinions please! B
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Ing
I have accounts in ING, also my Kaupthing Edge savings. Went on site to move my money yesterday and found this is now not allowed online. Could not get thru on landline either. Do I panic and get out fast or trust the government's so-called promise to cover savings under£50k? What do you think is going on?
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need a share account today please
i need to buy shares today. suggestions please for an online site that will be active instantly? thanks
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ING drops rate
ING has dropped its rate for new customers to 4% AER (variable of 2% plus bonus). I'm not quite sure what this means for those who opened when it was at 5.1% (including bonus of 2.17%) as they seem to talk about their underlying on bonus rates at gross rather than AER. But I'm guessing this means 4.17% for those who opened…
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LloydsTSB Shares
Any thoughts on what the impact of the LTSB-HBOS merger is likely to have upon the LloydsTSB share value, which rallied on Friday & particularly on Monday (peaked around 145) but has gone into freefall these past 2 days (closed at 117.2).
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45k money from reduduncy
My mother has recently been made redudent due to a mutual agreement, she recieves a 45k payment next week, and a yearly allownace of 8k. how should she save this 45k? i know first 3k or so in a ISA, what about the rest? we may need funds this summer or next summer so need at least around 2 months notice to access the funds…
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Has this happened to you?
Hi, Just a while ago I tried to access my online account atKaupthing Edge and it came with a message saying that "You have no accounts". This is really worrying as I have a substantial savings in that account. Has anyone had similar experience and what do you advise I do? Ofcourse I am going to be on the phone to them…
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Nationwide ISA
Does anyone know how much you can take out per day in cash ? Thanks
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Mandelshon dismisses savers woes..
C4 19:00 News After Varley (Barclays Bank supremo) had said something should be done by HMG on tax breaks for savers, Mandelson cost his party some support IMHO....when asked to comment by saying dismissively '..we have already in play considerable incentives for savers...er.. they've already got Individual Savings…
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Northern Crock reduces rates -again!
Am I missing sommat here, the BOE reduced the interest rates by 0.5% this month, but the Northern Rock have taken a bigger slice off the savers. Good job I ditched them in November Edited co's the table hasn't come out properly, but it looks like they have reduced the rates on their accounts by 3/4 of a percent
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£10K to put away for 1 or 2 years..where?
Can put 10K somewhere for a year or so....dont want to put abroad...or the Halifax....any ideas?....keep reading about Govt. bonds? ian
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Child savings account
Hi all We are now, luckily, in a position to put away some money every month for our little boy. Is there any good savings accounts out there for children with a good intrest rate?
