How Safe is Your Money? http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/ Are your savings covered 100% by the FSA £35k guarantee? en Updates from FSA bank list 31 July 2008 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080817 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080817 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 rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00 GMT Updates from FSA bank list 30 June 2008 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080714 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080714 Changes this month: changed name of the Bank of New York Europe Ltd to the Bank of New York Mellon (International) Limited rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT Chancellor proposes changes to FSA's deposit protection system: limit to rise to £50k http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/fsaproposal_080701 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/fsaproposal_080701 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. rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00 GMT Updates from FSA bank list 31 May 2008 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080601 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080601 Changes this month: none. rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00 GMT Updates from FSA bank list 30 April 2008 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080507 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080507 Changes this month: added Gatehouse Bank plc; deleted Goldfish Bank Limited, Northern Bank Executor & Trustee Company Ltd. rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00 GMT Quick Check page added to "How Safe is Your Money?" website http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080428 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/changes_080428 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! rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00 GMT Motley Fool UK makes reference to "How Safe is Your Money?" website http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/motleyfool_080326 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/motleyfool_080326 "How Safe is Your Money?" is referenced by Motley Fool UK in their article "Why Your Savings Might Be Unsafe". rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00 GMT UK Government takes Northern Rock into public ownership http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/northernrock_nationalised http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/northernrock_nationalised The UK Government brings forward legislation to take Northern Rock plc into "a period of temporary public ownership". rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00 GMT FSA increases deposit compensation limit to 35,000 GBP http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/fsa_increase_071001 http://www.howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk/blog/fsa_increase_071001 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. rachel@howsafeisyourmoney.co.uk Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00 GMT