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Updates from FSA bank list 31 July 2008
Sun, 17 Aug 2008
Changes this month: added Yorkshire Bank; changed Bank of New York to Bank of New York Mellon; changed Mellon Bank NA to BNY Mellon NA
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Updates from FSA bank list 30 June 2008
Mon, 14 Jul 2008
Changes this month: changed name of the Bank of New York Europe Ltd to the Bank of New York Mellon (International) Limited
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Chancellor proposes changes to FSA's deposit protection system: limit to rise to £50k
Tue, 01 Jul 2008
Alistair Darling has put forward proposals to improve the protection offered to depositors. The guarantee on deposits is expected to rise from £35k to £50k. The proposals are now in a consultation period; changes are expected to take place in late 2008 or early 2009.
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Updates from FSA bank list 31 May 2008
Sun, 01 Jun 2008
Changes this month: none.
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Updates from FSA bank list 30 April 2008
Wed, 07 May 2008
Changes this month: added Gatehouse Bank plc; deleted Goldfish Bank Limited, Northern Bank Executor & Trustee Company Ltd.
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Quick Check page added to "How Safe is Your Money?" website
Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Users of the "How Safe is Your Money?" website asked for a "Quick Check" facility so they could quickly lookup a bank FSA registration number and other trading names. This is now available. Other suggestions and comments welcome!
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Motley Fool UK makes reference to "How Safe is Your Money?" website
Wed, 26 Mar 2008
"How Safe is Your Money?" is referenced by Motley Fool UK in their article "Why Your Savings Might Be Unsafe".
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UK Government takes Northern Rock into public ownership
Sun, 17 Feb 2008
The UK Government brings forward legislation to take Northern Rock plc into "a period of temporary public ownership".
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FSA increases deposit compensation limit to 35,000 GBP
Mon, 01 Oct 2007
The Financial Services Authority increases the compensation limit for deposits to 100%% of the first 35,000 GBP. This will affect claims relating to companies that go into default from 1 October 2007.