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Banks

Banks and other financial institutions

This is an INTERNATIONAL feature

HSBC
Also see HSBC Bank Account , HSBC Bank Account Plus , HSBC Home Insurance , HSBC Car Insurance and HSBC Credit Cards , plus HSBC Offshore Bank Account

Barclays
Also see Barclaycard, Barclaycard Business
AND for business start-up see the Clearly Business CD
Help stop card fraud online with Barclaycard Trading Remotely

Lloyds TSB (UK)
Also see Lloyds TSB Insurance and Lloyds TSB Bank Account and Lloyds TSB Student Account

Lloyds TSB International

Independent Finance

US Bank

Citibank (UK)
Also see Citibank International foreign currency accounts

International Netherlands Group DIRECT // ING DIRECT (USA)

Alliance & Leicester - Premier Direct Current Account
Also see Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank Business Account
and Alliance and Leicester Savings Account

First Direct Bank

Money Back Bank

Cahoot

The Post Office

Co Op Bank

Santander Business Banking

Halifax

Liverpool Victoria

The One Account
Mortgage Management

First Plus Financial Group - for home owners, not tenants

Vanquis

Jubilee USA

The Woolwich

Decision Finance

Deutsche Bank.de

Metro Bank
The first new UK bank for donkeys' years

Bank on Dave
Although this is a small bank in Burnley, the character running it is a hero and he is showing that banks can be run properly using proper business sense, rather than the huge corporate nonsense which normal banks are embroiled in, and which has been so bad for the economy.

Zurich

Virgin Loan

West Bromwich Building Society

Chase Saunders

Capital One Base Beater Savings Account

Promise Finance Loans

Saxo Bank

Promise Finance Mortgages

NatWest

Norwich & Peterborough

B2 (was http://www.b2.com)

Checks Unlimited
Make writing checks more interesting!

Fred Hager
"The #1 performing investment newsletter in America"

Abbey National

Bradford & Bingley 0800 113333 UK

Nationwide

Northern Rock

Giro Bank

EGG

Cheltenham & Gloucester

Bank of Scotland

Royal Bank of Scotland

Bank of Mattress

Also see the feature on Tax Avoidance and Tax Havens

Caution!: If you receive a suspicious e-mail claiming it's from your bank, think carefully before doing anything. There are some spam senders who fake up messages and pretend to be your bank! More about this scam can be see at the pages of Bank Hoaxes and Phishing , Bank Security Questions and Rubbish Security

Banks - castles of money. More about the wisdom of having a bank account at the review You Should Get a Bank Account. Also see separate categories for Current Accounts and Deposit Accounts (savings accounts).

Guess what? Fone Bank isn't actually a bank? Also, Bank Fashion isn't a bank. Then there's the Dogger Bank and other banks such as river banks, sandbanks, etc. Whether any of these kinds of things hold water is a matter that's open for question!