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leela
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 Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:44 am Post subject: What's the best current account ? |
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Hi
Wants the best current account which also comes with online banking services.
Regards |
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David C
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:59 am Post subject: Re: What's the best current account ? |
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| leela wrote: | Hi
Wants the best current account which also comes with online banking services.
Regards |
There are a number of good current accounts with online banking such as
Smile, halifax, Alliance and Liecester etc.
My main account is with allieance and Liecester, which gives me an interest rate of 5.5% on credit balance upto £2.5k |
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Deborah
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: What's the best current account ? |
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| David C wrote: | | leela wrote: | Hi
Wants the best current account which also comes with online banking services.
Regards |
There are a number of good current accounts with online banking such as
Smile, halifax, Alliance and Liecester etc.
My main account is with allieance and Liecester, which gives me an interest rate of 5.5% on credit balance upto £2.5k |
You need to credit the account with £1k or more per month to get the 5.5% interest rate. |
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Deborah
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| I recommend First Direct, have been with them a long time with no problems. |
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cardjunkie
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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I bank with Halifax.
They have lots of branches and offer a good all encompassing online service i.e. high interest on their websaver, share dealing, credit cards, monthly saver, all can be managed online.
very convenient. |
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leela
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Thanks all for the replies 
I'm leaning towards Halifax or alliance and liecester
Cheers ! |
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Neo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:41 am Post subject: |
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I use halifax
There online service is very useful, though the people in the branches don't seem to be too upto speed on their products.
So thumbs up to Halifax
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fireboy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| I use TSB, they have improved their service a lot over the last two years |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:46 am Post subject: |
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I also nominate the halifax account.
Find it very useful to transfer money from and to my current account to the websaver accoutn for the higher interest rate.
There phone and branch service may be lacking but their on-line service is pretty good. |
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Sarah
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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As of the present, i.e. Nov 2006, the Nationwide offers a good current account. But offcourse they could also follow First Directs example and start charging.
Smile however have released a statement that they have no plans to do away with free banking so yuo could look into that bank as well |
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mrmark
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Shahla
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: VOTE NOW - Best Bank |
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The Market Oracle has lauched their own survery on the 26th of April 07 to find which Bank offers the best Personal banking services in the UK, which is open to public participation via voting from a choice of near 30 banks. For further information on the survey click here http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article861.html to go straight to the voting booth http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Poll-5.html for current results http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Poll-5results.html
Ealry findings of the survey indicate that of the 29 choices the top 3 banks in terms of personal banking services are -
1. Abbey National
2. Nationwide
3. Halifax / HBOS
Full results and analysis of this survey will be made available during Mid May 2007.
By Shahla Walayat
The Market Oracle is a FREE Daily Financial Markets Forecasting & Analysis online publication. We present in-depth analysis from a range of experienced market analysts on their views of the probable direction of the financial markets. Thus enabling our readers to arrive at an informed opinion on probable market direction.http://www.marketoracle.co.uk |
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