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which card is better to have ?
im looking at getting a new credit card, but not sure which is the best of these two...
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Credit Card payments? Capital One
I have a Capital One Credit card which I keep for emergencies. I had to use it and I have paid back the most of the balance owed.. Can anyone explain this before I have to phone them up. Last sign in:...
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Employment agency / Payroll company
When employed by an agency, I work as a Ltd Co contractor (rather than as a PAYE contractor). I then use the services of a payroll company to manage my expenses and deductions. However, when I applied...
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Disputed ATM transaction
A customer of a bank finds that 300 quid was drawn from his account at a cash machine that he has never used - also, he never draws cash from ATMs because he is in the habit of drawing cash at...
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Closest-to-cash in a shares ISA?
Cash-type in investments aren't allowed in a shares ISA, but what's the closest type of product I can get which is allowed (ie low risk, unspectacular returns either upside or downside)?
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making an anonymous electronic payment
I've had a look through the group archives and most of the relevant posts seem to be ads. Any suggestions as to how I might make an anonymous payment (electronic)? What about those pre-pay visa cards?...
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Road Tax - Insurance
My car tax runs out on 31 March as does my insurance. I tried to tax online and of course there is no insurance after mid-night on 31 March. I have now taken out insurance - with a different company -...
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Trying to Make Online Shopping More Secure - Useless - Please Enrol in 3D Secure
Due to Chip and Pin, the number of online fraudulent transactions (by fraudsters) has increased since they do not need a PIN number to use your cards if they have stolen/cloned it/got the numbers from...
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ATM Theft By Muggers
I pass this information on without any verification, as I received it: ******************** > If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police...
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Wikileaks: Barclays Bank gags Guardian over leaked memos detailing offshore tax scam
Barclays Bank gags Guardian over leaked memos detailing offshore tax scam, 16 Mar 2009 Unless otherwise specified the document described here: Was first publicly revealed by Wikileaks working with our...
 
BG Tariff/Tier anomily
I've just got my Dec 08 - Mar 09 quarterly gas bill from BG. It has been broken down into 4 separate tariffs, each with their tier 1 and tier 2 charges. a) 12/12/08 (meter read) to 31/12/09. Existing...
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UK Gilts Auction Failed...
601087&sid¦KhEW.jkmdE&refer=home Hope it's not a trend, but suspect it will be. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Authorised Banks
Can anyone tell me where to find out which banks are covered by the same licence? I want to know if B&B and Alliance and Leicester are covered together or separately for FSCS purposes. John
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Faster payments
Does anyone have knowledge or a theory as to why the Faster Payment service, while it can move a significant amount of money from one bank to another in seconds, is unable to move similar (or smaller)...
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24/3/2009 - The Current Market Sentiment
An optimism buying wave in the equity market has been triggered by the Treasury new plans for buying more toxic assets to spur investing in partnership with the private sector could contain the...