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Someone stole my bank
It’s all change on the high street again so I suggest you take notes. Lloyds Banking Group (you know, what used to trip off the tongue as Lloyds Bank, C&G, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows, TSB, Intelligent Finance and others), announced today that they will close all C&G branches in November. Hmmm I hear [...] -
5 similarities (and 1 difference) between the credit crunch and swine flu
The similarities They both reached these shores from across the Atlantic – the credit crunch as a result of sub-prime lending in the US, and Swine Flu from Mexico. After spreading to the UK, there are reports of swine fever from almost every corner of the world. Symptoms for swine flu include fever, headaches, chills [...] -
OMG! Nationwide swap TLA for TLA
There is news today that Nationwide has removed their promise to peg it’s variable rate mortgages to the bank rate. Instead of offering customers their current follow on rate (BMR), new customers will revert to their Standard Mortgage Rate (SMR) at the end of any fixed rate mortgages taken out after 30th April. Whilst this [...]
