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5th May 2010
Savings from Offset mortgages beats Cash ISAs
** ‘Offsetters’ are up to £3,306 better off than cash ISA savers ** A study by first direct shows that over the last ten years typical cash ISA savers, who also hold a mortgage, would have been better off by placing their savings pot in a mortgage offset account. Based on average cash ISA rates and average mortgage rates* over the last ten years...
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9th Mar 2010
first direct is named as the most trusted current account provider by This is Money
94% of first direct's customers rate the customer service they receive on their current account as good or very good - the highest positive response for any institution in any category of the This is Money awards...
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8th Feb 2010
first direct launches new Fixed Rate Savings bond at 2.75% AER
first direct has launched a new one year Fixed Rate Savings bond at a very competitive rate of 2.75% AER which will mature on 28 February 2011. The new savings bond is available to first direct customers who wish to invest between £2000 and £49,999. Matt Colebrook, chief executive at first direct commented...
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4th Jan 2010
first direct welcomes the New Year in with great offers for January
first direct has announced New Year offers on a wide range of products including the return of its popular market leading fee free Base Rate lifetime offset tracker Mortgage. The mortgage tracks the Bank of England Base Rate plus 2.49% making the current rate payable 2.99%.
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29th Sep 2009
first direct tops up ISAs for over 50’s
From 6 October 2009 eligible savers who are 50 and over in the current tax year will be able take advantage of first direct's new cash e-ISA offer to top up their ISA accounts with the extra £1,500 announced in the Chancellor's Budget this year. The e-ISA is currently paying a fixed rate of 3.00% AER (2.96% tax-free) until 9 November 2010.
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29th Jun 2009
first direct clears up at the Moneywise Customer Service Awards 2009
first direct has swept the board winning six awards, in Moneywise's Customer Service Awards 2009. The Awards are the result of a six-month long research investigation to find out what Britons really think about their financial services providers. More than 10...
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28th Mar 2006
first direct reveals money secrets of Britain's women
1 in 5 women fib to their partners about their spending The rise of the SALTies: people with Separate Accounts Living Together 3 million women have a secret stash of money New research from first direct, the UK's most recommended bank1, reveals that millions of British women are keeping money secrets from their partners.
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24th Jan 2006
on the 15th birthday of tax-free savings, first direct comments on their impact
Tax free savings arrived 15 years ago this January as a government initiative designed to encourage people in the UK1 to save more. Here, first direct, the UK´s most recommended bank, comments on the impact their arrival has had on the savings market. John Major introduced the Tax Exempt Special Savings Account (TESSA) on 1 January 1991.
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12th Apr 2005
savers waste £467 million a year by not switching to an ISA
maxi your mini with first direct's market-leading 6.25 per cent e-ISA Each year UK savers unnecessarily hand over more than £467 million1 to the taxman by not saving money into tax-free accounts, according to research from first direct, the UK's most recommended bank. There are an estimated 30 million2 savers in the UK...
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1st Sep 2004
first direct gives online savers a high five
A new e-Savings Account paying 5.00% AER will be launched by first direct next week (from 8 September 2004), offering savers a great rate to match its top customer service. The immediate access account will pay interest monthly on balances between £1 and £50,000 and must be opened and managed online at www.firstdirect.com...
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