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ING what is my rate?
I opened the ING savings account on 12 Mar 2009 when there was a £20 opening offer. I believe the rate was 2.75% at that time. Anyone knows what is the current rate for the account i hold. (i see it is 3% for new customers on the site)
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Offshore savings accounts
Clydesdale Bank International are offering a 5yr bond paying 5% - is your money safe with offshore banks?
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Q: Can Lloyds Vantage fed from a Lloyds saving account?
I did a search but didn't get an answer. I am interested in Lloyds's Vantage but haven't got another current account to feed it. I am just wondering if it is OK to feed it by a £1000 SO from a Lloyds eSavings account?
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Help needed for newbie saver/investor
New to all of this, I have never had any money to save. After a small inheritance I now have some money to invest/save over a long term. I also inherited some shares in Santander (89). I have no idea what is the best way to go about saving or investing. After paying off my debts I will be left with approx £6500. I have…
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Friend's Provident
I just had a letter and a cheque through relating to my Friends Provident shares. I held 444 shares, but they have done something like reissue them at a ratio of 10:1, and have sold my holding. So basically, I thought my shares were worth around £270, but I received a cheque for £27 through the post, and I hadn't done or…
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Calculating Interest
Someone gave me some money to save for them in my Egg account paying 6.3% - is the interest I owe them (as a basic rate taxpayer) calculated as: (6.3/100 x 0.8) x (no. days / 364) x amount
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Can't get my money - help? Halifax Reg Saver
Have a halifax regular saver which matured today and transferred into a halifax web saver variable. Had a little trouble logging on earlier today (as noted on the forum) but logging on now is okay. Trying to transfer the money into my bank account with HSBC, if I try to use faster payment (ie immediately) I get "This…
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Inflation - Interest Rates
I have just missed the deadline on that 5% 90 days notice account, will there be any more like this or better? It certainly sounds like interest rates are going up in the future. But how much is inflation going up with all the cash being created in the world?
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Child Trust Funds
I cant find any information which compares the peformance of ethical child trust funds. Do any of you more experienced people have any tips or pointers on this please. I can find websites for outfits offering ethical ctf's , but its hard knowing what to choose without any info on how theyve performed comparitively in the…
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Major potential changes to forum policy
Thought regular forum users would like to see this... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1820261 PLEASE FEEDBACK THERE NOT HERE
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Major potential changes to forum policy
Thought regular forum users would like to see this... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1820261 PLEASE FEEDBACK THERE NOT HERE
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What investments can children own?
Hiya Anyone know what, if any, investments children can own (in their own name)? Or are all possessions of children, including investments, really belonging to their parents? I'm wondering about slightly "unusual" investments - gold, vintage cars, as well as shares, cash, funds. If I give my child cash, at what stage does…
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Coventry BS 3.3% Easy Access
4 penalty free withdrawals per year, not quite "instant" access as it is postal, but seems a good rate considereing. Available to 16+ so I think I'll be using for my 17year old. Details
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Moving savings
Has any member calculated the gain/loss and 'is it worth the hassle' when closing an instant access savings account with one provider and opening a new one with another provider for the sake of a few fractions of percentage points interest. For example, a sum of £10,000. Bank/Building Society A is paying 2.8% and…
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Lloyds Save the Change?
What's the best savings account to use with this? I just opened a current vatnage account and noticed the offer re: save the change. I'm wondering what's the best current savings account to open for this?
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I have been given £1000, whats best to do with it ?
I have been given £1000. By a family member. I have no loans or credit cards. Im thinking of putting it in savings or ISA What would you do ?
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Best savings account or isa's
I'm after some info i want to put some cash in to a saving account or isa what ever is best i'm not very clued up on this but i would need access to it when i want can anyone point me in the right direction in wich savings account bank to use thanks
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What to do with £20000
Hello, I have an offset mortgage with the above funds in my current account., the interest rate is 5.25 % My mortgage is currently £70,000 and I intend to pay the whole thing off in 3 and a half years when my current deals finishes. I've been paying twice what I need to and saving the rest, so if I carry on over paying and…
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Hoodless Brennan advisory service
Hi The non advisory share dealing at Hoodless Brennan is being transferred to TD Waterhouse but one of Hoodless Brennans brokers phoned me today regarding an advisory service. I am tempted to get involved with an AIM market service where the buy/sell spreads may be reduced by HB's buying power, going some way to offset the…
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Matured Guranteed Saver Reward & Regular Saver accounts
Hi I've had the Halifax GSR account paying 6.25% recently matured, which was linked to their regular saver reward account at 12%. From my understanding, the regular saver will now continue, but fixed for another 12 months at the prevailing rate (which is currently paying 4%). To get 12% on the RSR account, I had to leave…