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Building society compensation extended

The City watchdog has today changed rules so that members of merging building societies can retain their full compensation allowances...
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Review: A&L RewardSaver

Alliance and Leicester is launching a branch-based bonus account called the RewardSaver. Read the review here...
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Saving Gateway will beat cash Isa rates

The Saving Gateway scheme announced by the Government this week plans to offer 50p for every £1 saved. Money Mail investigates...
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Fixed rate bonds: check the rate terms

It is vital to check you can actually get the rate advertised on fixed rate bonds before depositing...
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Nationwide to clamp down on queues

Nationwide Building Society is putting in place tough new conditions in a bid to cut down on queues in its branches...
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Savings compensation: No repeat of Icesave

The compensation measures used by foreign banks operating in the UK will be the subject of a EU-wide review to avoid a repeat of the Icesave fiasco...
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Building societies set to take a beating

Seven of the nation's building societies will take a beating due to falling house prices and the credit crunch, according to ratings agency Fitch...
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Banks are still up to their old tricks

A jobless drug addict says a bank offers him a loan he can't afford, while a businessman with a perfect credit record is fobbed off by another bank...
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Whitewash claims over Cheshire rescue

Cheshire Building Society members experienced a whitewash after a fraught meeting over the society's proposed 'rescue' by Nationwide...
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What is Triodos Bank and is it any good?

Triodos Bank paints itself as the most socially responsible bank in the UK relative to its amoral peers. Would you bank with them?...
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Fixed-rate savings bonds: new best buys

Banks and building societies are offering new fixed-rate bonds following the Bank of England base rate cut earlier this month...
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Compensation starts for Icesave victims

Customers with Icesave have started to get their money back, just six weeks after the Icelandic bank collapsed...
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Premium bond prizes slashed

Premium Bonds will from January pay the lowest return since they first went on sale in 1956...
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First week of Icesave payments a success

The trial payment of compensation to savers with Icelandic bank Icesave was a success, with £250m repaid to 10,000 customers ...
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Fixed-rate savings market transformed

The best-buy tables for fixed-rate and other savings accounts have been transformed as providers react to the Bank of England's drastic rate cut...
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Cheshire savers get a say

Six members of the Cheshire Building Society will this week be allowed to vent their spleen over the takeover of the mutual by Nationwide...
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What will happen to my Icesave Isa?

I'm worried that the £17,000 I have built up in Isa savings will be switched from Icesave to my current account and I will have to pay tax on the money...
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Can we blow mum's savings to get benefits?

We plan to give mother's savings to members of the family so she can live on benefits. Is this OK?...
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Is my cash safe with Coutts?

I bank with Coutts, which is owned by RBS. If it gets into trouble, could RBS take funds from Coutts?...

I'm confused by EAR and AER

I'm trying to find the best place to put £10,000, but I don't know the difference between EAR and AER. Please explain...
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What's happened to my late father's account?

It's taken Alliance & Leicester five months, but they still haven't explained what's happened with my late father's bank account. Can you help?...

Are my daughters too young for an Isa?

My daughters have been left some money. Are they old enough to open Isas or will the money have to go into children's savings bonds?...
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