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	<title>Credit Cards Loans and Mortgages UK &#187; Bank Accounts</title>
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		<title>Birmingham Midshires launches new fixed rate bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Midshires, a leading provider of fixed rate bonds, has announced the launch of a new 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond. From today, savers will be able to secure an attractive fixed rate of interest at 6.40% gross/AER for a full year. Birmingham Midshires’ 1 Year Fixed Rate Bond is unique to the marketplace in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free banking at the touch of a button</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks are on course to put &#8216;hole-in-the-wall&#8217; machines into Britian&#8217;s poorest areas. The initiative, spearheaded by Britian&#8217;s high street banks, will see more than a million customers, who currently have to travel or use machines for which there is a charge, able to access their money free the British Bankers&#8217; Association said today. Angela Knight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F&amp;C calls for Government incentives to save</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data published this week by the Office of National Statistics shows a significant fall in the household savings ratio. According to the ONS the household savings ratio fell from 5.3per cent in the third quarter to 3.7per cent in the last quarter of 2006, the lowest level since the end of 2004. This data comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Threats to free banking have delayed OFT ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Fair Trading’s delay on announcing limits on bank charges is an acknowledgement that a clampdown on fees could mean an end to free banking for all, leading financial research company Defaqto believes. Defaqto’s Head of Banking David Black considers that any cap on charges is now likely to be set higher than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take the worry out of investing by saving regularly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invesco Perpetual is urging customers to limit their investment risk by saving regularly either through its monthly savings plan or phased investment option. Rick White, Marketing Director, Invesco Perpetual says: &#8220;With tax year end approaching, this is a good time for investors to look at their 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 tax year investment strategy, both in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks&#8217; commitment to financial inclusion continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBA continues to highlight the banking sector’s commitment to increasing the number of consumers being provided with access to the financial system. Latest statistics show that on average, over 150,000 basic bank accounts are being set up each quarter. The fourth quarter of 2006 saw a net total (accounts opened less accounts closed) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double win for switchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customers of the Big 4 High Street banks now have two more reasons to switch their current account to Halifax. From 5th February, Halifax is increasing the rate of credit interest on its High Interest Current Account to 6% Gross (6.17% AER), for new and existing account holders. From the same day, Halifax will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switch to Alliance &amp; Leicester’s premier current account and receive 7% on a linked premier ISA</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/switch-to-alliance-leicesters-premier-current-account-and-receive-7-on-a-linked-premier-isa.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Alliance &#038; Leicester Premier ISA account paying 7.00% pa gross/AER is being launched for customers opening an Alliance &#038; Leicester Premier Current Account and will be available for a limited period only. This follows the very successful Premier Regular Saver offer, which was closed on 7 February 2007. Other previous offers have included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More good news for borrowers and savers from Nationwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the recent launch of its new Regular Savings Account and highly competitive Fixed Rate Bonds and Fixed Rate ISA Bonds, Nationwide Building Society has today announced a number of further initiatives to reward both loyal borrowers and savers. These all form part of a series of member value initiatives that will be unveiled over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifax&#8217;s new Ultimate Reward Current Account</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax&#8217;s new Ultimate Reward Current Account, believed to be the best value packaged current account from a major High Street bank, launches on Monday 19th February. The account will pay 6% Gross (6.17 AER) and offer benefits worth over £800 in total. Customers who switch banks to take out the Ultimate Reward Current Account, before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>uSwitch.com comments on Barclays results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barclays’ bumper profits announcement totalling £7.13 billion for the group (an increase of 35% since 2005) and overall write offs of £2 billion arrive amidst fears that the free banking era in the UK could soon come to an end. Nick White, Director of Financial Services at independent price comparison and switching website uSwitch.com, comments: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BM first to break 6% barrier with launch of new fixed rate bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK savings provider Birmingham Midshires today announced the launch of a new Best Buy bond with a fixed rate of 6.05% gross/AER. It is the first provider to smash the 6% per cent marker. BM’s new product is a staggering 0.33% above the rate of its current one-year fixed rate bond and stands an impressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NatWest launches first dedicated Polish bank account in Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, NatWest brings to market a brand new current account for Polish-speaking customers. The NatWest Welcome Account has been launched specifically to meet the banking needs of Polish-speaking migrants who are new to the UK and is the first bank account where all services are in Polish, including telephone and internet banking as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making your savings work for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As people are recovering from Christmas spending, Britannia is helping people to save by knocking thousands of pounds off their mortgage. An offset mortgage links your savings with your mortgage. Rather than paying interest on savings, people can offset savings against their mortgage, potentially saving thousands of pounds in interest over the life of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britons are missing out on the ‘current account revolution’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britons are failing to switch their current accounts to take advantage of the ‘current account revolution’, according to research from Abbey. 60 per cent of Britons have held their current account for ten years or more, and 18 per cent have never switched their account, despite seeing credit interest rates soar with some banks. Banking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyds TSB kickstarts ‘paperless bill’ revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/lloyds-tsb-kickstarts-paperless-bill-revolution.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online banking enters a new era today, as Lloyds TSB launches a ground breaking service allowing customers to pay, view and store ‘paperless’ bills online. The new ‘bill manager’ service gives customers the ability to view all of their household bills in one place and will be available free of charge to anyone registered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifax announces launch of “packaged” current account</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/halifax-announces-launch-of-packaged-current-account.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halifax announces the launch of its “packaged” current account, believed to be the best value account of its kind from a major High Street bank. The “packaged” or “premier” account is market dominated by the Big 4 banks. They have around 7 million accounts generating around £900 million of fee income annually. The new product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifax committed to free banking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to First Direct’s plans to charge some of its current account holders £10 per month, Halifax is committed to free banking and hopes other banks and building societies are too. Halifax has two distinct current account products: The High Interest Current Account, paying 5% on balances up to £2,500, suits the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Direct move is &#8211; ’step towards end of free banking’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Direct’s announcement that customers who do not deposit at least £1,500 a month or maintain a current account balance of £1,500 a month will face fees of £10 a month is “another step in the seemingly inevitable move” towards the end of free banking, Defaqto, the leading financial services research company, believes. First Direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbey welcomes Government decision on ISAs</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/abbey-welcomes-government-decision-on-isas.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abbey welcomes the Government’s decision, announced by Ed Balls, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to simplify ISAs and guarantee their future beyond 2010. Abbey’s Head of Savings, Reza Attar-Zadeh, said: “As one of the UK’s leading suppliers of ISAs, we warmly welcome the commitment given by the Government to guarantee the long-term future of one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays warns customers to be e-savvy on e-scams</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/barclays-warns-customers-to-be-e-savvy-on-e-scams.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barclays is warning the public to be extra vigilant against a new wave of scam emails. Emails falsely claiming to be connected to London 2012 have been sent to thousands of recipients purporting to alert them to a potential lottery win. Many of the emails state that the winnings are being held with a global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savings down as Brits prepare for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/savings-down-as-brits-prepare-for-christmas.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/savings-down-as-brits-prepare-for-christmas.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brits may be headed for lean Christmas with savings levels having fallen 20 per cent over the last three months according to latest research from Birmingham Midshires’ Saving Britain campaign. The study has found that Brits saved an average of £413 since July, the lowest amount this year. Across the generations, those in the 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile top ten tips to prevent ID theft</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/smile-top-ten-tips-to-prevent-id-theft.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/smile-top-ten-tips-to-prevent-id-theft.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having your identity stolen can be a nightmare, both emotionally and financially. Unfortunately, Identity theft is a crime that is on the rise with one in four adults in the UK having been a victim or know someone that has. As this week is National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, smile the Internet bank have come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childrens Bank Accounts Online</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/childrens-bank-accounts-online.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/childrens-bank-accounts-online.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great many people are searching in vain on the internet for childrens bank accounts only to find a very limited number actually available to apply for online. Tim Day, Director of Creditmarket Ltd (www.creditmarket.co.uk) has noted “the statistics show hundreds of people are interested in finding out about childrens bank accounts in the UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continued success for Child Trust Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/continued-success-for-child-trust-fund.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than three in four Child Trust Fund (CTF) vouchers were used to open accounts according to the latest quarterly statistics published by HMRC. The figures show for the latest finalised quarter, April &#8211; June 2005, 76% of vouchers were used to open accounts, highlighting the continuing success of the CTF. Welcoming these figures, Economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSBC and first direct launch mobile phone banking</title>
		<link>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/hsbc-and-first-direct-launch-mobile-phone-banking.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.creditmarket.co.uk/news/bank-accounts/hsbc-and-first-direct-launch-mobile-phone-banking.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HSBC and first direct have become the first banks to offer customers the next generation of mobile phone banking through MONILINK, a new UK mobile banking platform developed by the UK’s cash machine network, LINK and its joint venture partner Monitise. The banks are now inviting customers to sign up for ‘on demand’, 24 hour [...]]]></description>
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