With the prospect of banks charging £10 p.m.?
960118
An alternative is to keep all your money in jars under your floorboards, which would be destroyed in the event of fire.  £10 a month is not much to safeguard your cashola.  That said, banks make horrendous profits already for the investment of your hard earned money, give you less interest for credits than they take for debits, and charge extortionate rates for late payments and the like, so I don't see how they can justify the charge for everyone.\n\nI already pay £15 a month for mine, but thats a platinum account with its own benefits, which added up are worth more like £100 a month, so I can't complain.  In proportion, to pay £10 just for the pleasure of a basic account is quite disgusting.  Only way to avoid it (like £1.50 charges to take out your money) is just not to use a bank.
774204
Banks dont pay good, sorry
884534
Keep it down girl for gods sake.\n\nI'm £50 up already.\n\nSshhh.....\n\nXX
888174
Yes it is possible, if you  have overdraft protection....but you will pay a fee.
1163091
i hope not. it would screw small busness who get charged a standerd rate for card charges. pluss how would you pay taxi drivers? or the plumber who tightens a nut and call it £3 for the petrol.
805765
i reckon so, im just waiting for a collapse, as are a couple of my pals who have sold and rented keeping the profit in a bank. interest is due to go up this week to 5%, and it will need to go up again before february. sounds good to me, lots of cheap houses that have been repossessed because silly people cant keep up with the payments when the fixed rate runs out and the payments increase by 40% a month.
47343
try going to a foreign bank, they can figure out the best price for you.
796222
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/cp?s=%5EFTSE
156941
Maybe if you are talking about bank fees related to a business. Personal banking no.
721543
Not too bad, have found that in the long run, BT is the safest bet though. Not the cheapest, but certainly the best service and the most reliable support...shop around and play them all up against each other, there is very little in it. Look out for additional charges for broadband usage over and above your agreed limit. My account with BT is a set fee of £x.00 a month, some of them will give you a base rate and then charge in addition to that base rate...
974475
I read an article on this in www.moneysavingexpert.com. Its seems that if you make a complaint and mention 'taking legal action against them' they are willing pay you it back out of what the bank might call 'customer courtesy'. \nThe other 99 out of 100 will have paid their £50 charges. Thats not bad for the price of 100 letters plus postage at say 50p each!? Now thats a nice little earner.
960724
NONE. They are very very very very bad. The interest rates are about 250% to 500% or more. Do not do this.
275932
check bankrate.com for current info.
33994
yes you can contact your bank to be sure you have online access available some banks charge a fee and believe it or not a few don't have online yet but so long as you have internet access and a bank with online banking you should be squared away ;)
509118
That depends upon the bank, actually. Call the banks you are interested in, and ask what their opening deposits are. Factors such as account type and interest rates, if any, affect this.
729576
No, but its not very sensible as you are continuing to mount up interest charges.  Contact them and see if you can come to some arrangement which will make it easier to pay.  \nDONT IGNORE IT ANY LONGER!!!!
604160
try northern rock cheapest rates around