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Savings Deposit Guarantee to increase to £50,000

The Savings Deposit Guarantee for UK Banks is set to increase after Gordon Brown pledged to do “whatever it takes to protect people’s savings.” UK Savings Deposits are currently guaranteed up to £35,000 per person, per institution...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 12:00 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Halifax, Are my savings safe, Anglo Irish, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Bradford & Bingley

Are my savings safe calculator

Are My Savings Safe Calculator >> make the most of your savings with our FREE online calculator How do you know if you’re getting the highest savings rates whilst also enjoying the highest possible level of protection on your savings? Do you...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 11:46 AM by Stephen

Filed under: Are my savings safe, savings calculator

Bradford & Bingley – are your savings safe?

Bradford & Bingley have been nationalised. Under the terms of the arrangement Bradford & Bingley’s £50bn mortgage and loans book will be nationalised and Abbey (owned by Banco Santander) will buy Bradford & Bingley’s £20bn...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 9:28 AM by Stephen

Filed under: savings accounts, Are my savings safe, Abbey, Bradford &amp, Bingley

Post Office Savings – the first €100,000 is now protected

Post Office Savings accounts operate under the Bank of Ireland’s banking licence and there appears to be a lot of confusion as to whether Post Office Savings in the UK are protected up to the €100,000 level that Irish Banks, such as Anglo Irish...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 11:39 AM by Stephen

Filed under: savings accounts, Are my savings safe, Anglo Irish, Bank of Ireland, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Post Office, Post Office Savings

Anglo Irish – earn 7% with the first €100,000 protected

Anglo Irish savers welcomed the news that the Irish Government has decided to increase the statutory limit for the deposit guarantee scheme from €20,000 to €100,000. Anglo Irish and Bank of Ireland savers will now see their savings protected...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 10:08 AM by Stephen

Filed under: Are my savings safe, Anglo Irish, Bank of Ireland, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Allied Irish, Post Office

Icesave – are my savings safe?

27 th October – Electronic compensation process for Icesave customers to start in the second week of November The Financial Services Compensation Scheme confirmed on Friday 24 th October, that Icesave UK customers will be able to reclaim their Icesave...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 12:32 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Cash ISA, who owns who, Are my savings safe, Anglo Irish, Fixed Rate Savings, EEA, ING Direct, Bank of Ireland, Icesave, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Kaupthing

Who owns who and who has a banking licence?

See Moneyfacts.co.uk’s list of who owns who and who has a banking licence for all of the main UK banks. Under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme your cash deposits are protected up to £50,000 per institution, not for each savings account...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 2:11 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Halifax, Nationwide BS, Derbyshire BS, HBOS, who owns who, Are my savings safe, Cheshire BS, RBS, Building Societies, Norwich Union, Virgin, Nat West

Nationwide – are my savings safe?

Lots of you have been asking whether your savings are safe with the Nationwide. There’s also been a lot of scaremongering and sensationalism this week following the Halifax Bank of Scotland merger with Lloyds TSB and high profile collapses of Lehman...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 12:44 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Halifax, Nationwide BS, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Derbyshire BS, who owns who, Are my savings safe, Lloyds TSB, Cheshire BS

Derbyshire BS – are my savings safe?

T he Derbyshire BS will be taken over by the Nationwide Building Society, subject to the approval of the financial regulators. Under the proposals, the Derbyshire BS will continue to operate under the Derbyshire name as a separate trading brand of Nationwide...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 12:29 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Credit Crunch, Halifax, Nationwide BS, Derbyshire BS, who owns who, Are my savings safe, Cheshire BS

Cheshire BS – are my savings safe?

The Cheshire BS will be taken over by the Nationwide Building Society, subject to the approval of the financial regulators. Under the proposals, the Cheshire BS will continue to operate under the Cheshire name as a separate trading brand of Nationwide...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 12:24 PM by Stephen

Filed under: Credit Crunch, Halifax, Nationwide BS, Derbyshire BS, who owns who, Are my savings safe, Cheshire BS

Halifax - are my savings safe?

Halifax Bank of Scotland merges with Lloyds TSB - are your savings safe? Halifax Bank of Scotland is going to merge with Lloyds TSB and lots of you are quite rightly concerned about whether your savings are safe. Halifax Bank of Scotland are merging with...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 9:35 AM by Stephen

Filed under: Halifax, HBOS, Are my savings safe, Lloyds TSB

Lehman Brothers – are my savings safe?

Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest US investment bank, has filed for bankruptcy protection after Lehman Brothers incurred billions of dollars of losses in the US mortgage market. There was more to follow Lehman Brothers crisis - Bank of America bought...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 11:06 AM by Stephen

Filed under: savings, Nationwide BS, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Derbyshire BS, banking licence, HBOS, who owns who, Northern Rock, Are my savings safe, Lloyds TSB, Cheshire BS

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