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Payouts to start for Icesave customers !!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/savings/3267296/Payouts-to-start-for-Icesave-customers.html You may have heard this already..but if notmhere it is :T
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KE/ING DO you think?
Having looked on in total amazement at the way that the whole KE / ING thing is going. I have a few questions. 1 if they are unable to send people their own money! just how are they going to manage the working out of the interest payments for all the people to frightened to risk moving their money. 2 just how long will it…
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quick question
I have fixed bonds with hbos/BM not maturing till next year, over the 50k limit , what can I do , should I do anything , are all sums protected now HM gment are on board...should I stop panicking????
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NU International withprofit Bond (USD)
hi there i bought a with profit bond USD with Nowich Union in july 2004, invested amont is 100K value as of july 2008 is 141K as of to day I can get out with 80 percent + growth penality free or the full amont less than 2k considering the current state of the stock market Shall i stay or go? your advice will be appreciated
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FSA charade treats BS savers with disdain
Building society "democracy" in action. Only one member is allowed a say at the FSA hearing to declare Derbyshire BS dead and buried. Financial Mail editor "......the FSA meeting seemed to be a charade. Although the hearing at the Britannia Hotel was attended by about 50 people (including Financial Mail), only three…
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Calling All Wheelbarrows
http://www.nolanchart.com/article4257.html http://www.hyperinflation.net
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Halifax Online BACS & FasterPay Criteria
Hope someone can clarify the criteria for scheduling BACs payments and Fasterpay transactions with the Halifax. Last week (Thursday 8pm) I transferred a trial £100 from my Halifax current account to my Natwest E-savings account. Disappointingly the transaction didn't use the Fasterpay service and was completed as a BACS…
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is it possible..
With interest rates predicted to go down i am looking to fix my savings rates but also have a bit of flexibility if possible too - unlikely?? I don't want to lose out by not locking in but as i am renting at the moment i don't want tie my money up so that i cannot buy somewhere should a good opportuntity come along. A few…
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help... hargreaves lansdown
Hello I have invested a substantial amount of money into H&L 2 years ago, and in that time ive lost 30,000. Im now wondering what to do as the financial practitioner keeps telling me to "ride it out" and im now feeling very worried about the whole thing as im not overly well off, and this investment was for my later life…
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Has the Government set a precedent?
Seems to me there is an excessive amount of theorising about the security of funds under the passport scheme. Surely the Government has set the precedent with Ice Save? How could Alistair Darling now decline to pay the initial amount covered in the scheme should another foreign bank fail? Should the UK Government not be in…
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Fisi Tracker Funds
I have been watching the stock market recently and am thinking weather it is the right time to look at investing in stock market or if i should wait. I was thinking about a FISI tracker fund, could any one give me advice on any good funds and weather you think it is the right time or weather i should wait.
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Bungee bets
Well this is interesting, from my IG Index account news thing: http://www.igindex.co.uk/spread-betting/bungee-bets.html I'm just looking through the options, but it seems an example FTSE100 bungee short is 3802/3809 on a ceiling of 3890. Very interesting....
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Savings advice
Apologies if there are a thousand threads on this already. Have £3600 in Halifax ISA, plus another £2300 in Abbey savings. Cannot really save more each month for the forseeable future. Anyway, ISA is staying until next year, happy with the £200 return on that. The rest however, is required on a irregular basis, the odd £50…
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Nat West_is this a branch of the RB0S?
On the how safe are your savings page,Nat West looks to be a standalone,then when I put up the about us page this is what I get In March 2000, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group completed the acquisition of NatWest in a £21 billion deal that was the largest take-over in British banking I am totally confused.........I was…
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Tesco - more than one account?
I've tried to find the answer to this on Tesco's site but can find no reference. Is it possible to have more than one internet saver account with Tesco? We used to have a joint one plus one each in single names with Sainsburys but moved to a joint one at Tesco because of the better rate. We now would like another account…
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Landsbanki Guernsey Thread
Dear all - To stay above the noise please restrict your posts to those specifically about this issue. All contributions about LANDSBANKI GUERNSEY only are welcome.
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Landsbanki Guernsey (not Icesave Or Kaupthing)
This plea is to highlight the way depositors in Guernsey have been totally abandoned by the UK, Guernsey and Icelandic authorities to * Make a case for these unfortunate individuals like me who are retired and placed their life savings earned abroad with this institution. It was not for any tax evasion or tax avoidance. *…
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Offshore banking currency options
I'm a Brit living in Dubai and want to set up a joint offshore account with my wife. I get paid in the local currency (UAE dirham) and have a local bank account. But I'd like to put our spare money in a safe haven that for tax reasons, is outside the UK. I have seen that we can open a sterling, dollar or euro offshore…
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Kaupthing -> ING Interest Rate
Hi, Does anyone know if ING have released a statement regarding the interest rates on the accounts that they have taken over at Kaupthing? I just had the standard savings account at 6.55% (I think) Is my money still earning this rate of interest now that it is with ING? Any help appreciated. Thanks Mark :money:
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Cancelling Account HELP
Hi All, I have looked everywhere high and low, but cannot find clarity. I have just opened an account with Halifax (Fixed Web Saver), and realised they update their product information. so their 6month fixed term is 6% and their 3month is 7%. I am now trying to cancel the account, but their told me that it will take upto 8…