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If deposits or savings are in a joint account the total of FSCS protection doubles to £170,000. FSCS protection for deposits is free and automatic. If anything happens to your bank, building society or credit union, FSCS will automatically pay you compensation. In the vast majority of cases savings are refunded in less than 7 days. [9]
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is both a non-ministerial government department [ 2 ] and an executive agency of HM Treasury . [ 3 ]
On 19 July 2010, due to high investment levels the certificates were withdrawn from general sale in order to keep investments within the financing target set by HM Treasury. [2] After re-introduction in May 2011, this happened again on 7 September 2011.
FSCS may refer to: Financial Services Compensation Scheme; Future Scout and Calvary System, a joint British–American scout vehicle This page was last edited on 9 ...
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a regulator for insurance, investment business and banking, and the Financial Ombudsman Service to resolve disputes as a free alternative to the courts.
The combined deposit repayment claims from retail Icesave customers in Netherlands and Great Britain (including both the minimum depositor guarantees, and the deposit values in excess of the Icelandic guarantee), were at first hand covered respectively by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB ...
All of these accounts would be covered up to $250,000 each if deposited at the same credit union. If that same person increases the individual account to $300,000, it would only be insured up to ...
In December 2008, NS&I reduced the interest rate (and therefore the odds of winning) due to the drop in the Bank of England base rate during the Great Recession, leading to criticism from members of Parliament, financial experts and holders of bonds; many claimed Premium Bonds were now "worthless", and somebody with £30,000 invested and ...