Santander’s ISA has been rated top in Moneynet.co.uk’s best buy charts for the fourth year in a row.
The ISA, paying 3.5%, pipped Barclay’s offering to the top spot.
Both Barclays and Santander are paying high rates than the best one-year fixed-rate ISAs.
“The Isa market is really...
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on 03-09-2010
Filed under: All Financial News, savings, Banking News, Barclays, ISA, fixed-rate, Santander, Moneynet.co.uk, 2010-2011
Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, has today said pre-tax profits fell to $7.07 billion (£4.6 billion) last year compared with $9.3 billion in the previous year.
The banking giant said loan impairments charges and other credit provisions were $26.5 billion in 2009 - a rise of 9% compared with the previous...
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on 03-01-2010
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Lloyds Banking Group, which is 41% owned by the taxpayer, has today posted a full-year loss of £6.3 billion.
Lloyds is the third major UK bank to report its 2009 results. Yesterday, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) posted a £3.6 billion loss, while last week, Barclays announced record profits of more than...
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on 02-26-2010
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which is 84% state-owned, has today posted a full-year loss of £3.6 billion.
RBS is the second major UK bank to report its 2009 results. Last week, Barclays announced record profits of more than £11 billion - a 92% rise on the previous year.
However, RBS’ loss is not as...
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on 02-25-2010
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