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mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:14 pm    Post subject: Santander Reply with quote
    

Are people closing Santander accounts? Just wondering because we have a couple and can't afford to loose the money!

 
sean
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You're covered for up to �85k. So unless you're richer than I thought...

 
mochyn



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ah. Then I shall stop worrying. It's a touch less than that.

 
Went



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You should be fine it is covered by the UK regulation and compensation scheme:



https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/safe-savings (point 2)

 
Bebo



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's also a completely separate operation from the spanish Banco Santander and has to comply with the FSA requirements, which means if the parent company goes down it can't asset strip the UK company. Also 90% of its financial interests are UK based, with the only European exposure in Switzerland. Santander UK has actually got as good (or better) score than the other big UK banks and much less Euopean exposure than Barclays or Lloyds for example.

 
mochyn



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Phew. I'm seeing Tweets from people who are closing accounts.

Won't dash into town, then.

 
sean
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That says more about Twitter than about Santander.

 
mochyn



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Quite possibly!

 
Went



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
Quite possibly!


It could be Chinese whispers as there are banks here that are seeing large numbers of people withdrawing money and with Santander having its origins here.....it doesn't take much to get people twittering.

 
Stonehead



Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 674
Location: Aberdeenshire
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There's nothing like rumours of a run on a bank to prompt a run on a bank. And Kent Council didn't help when it decided to drop Santander UK from its list of approved banks and stopped putting millions of pounds into overnight accounts with them.

There's also a certain amount of irony in people jumping from a bank downgraded to A2 to other banks when most of them are A2 or A3.

 
lettucewoman



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have all our accounts with Santander and after reading about it all I'm not worried...except about foolish people closing accounts and causing a problem!

 
Bebo



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

lettucewoman wrote:
except about foolish people closing accounts and causing a problem!


My only fear.

 
Rob R



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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If I were you I'd close the account, not beaches of twitter, just that they're rubbish.

 
mochyn



Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I agree: I've had the account since I was a girl when it was Abbey National. When I can find something I like better I'll change.

 
Marionb



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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Location: Mid-Wales
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 12 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mochyn wrote:
I agree: I've had the account since I was a girl when it was Abbey National. When I can find something I like better I'll change.


I can remember when it was the Burnley BS, then became National & Provincial... its had a few name changes

 
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