Pocket Financial UK

I have no incentive to cover financial services outside the UK!

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  • The Universal Currency Converter online service for major currencies from XE formerly Xenon Laboratories, site rebuilt (*22 Jan 2010)

    • Regulation - UK

  • HM Revenue & Customs including Inland Revenue: all information and leaflets online (26 Sep 2005)
  • Charity Commission (15 May 2008)

    • Financial information services - UK

  • FinanceLink links to banks, building societies and more (20 Oct 2004)
  • Financial Times home page: use sidebar menu. Only basic news is free. (*8 Oct 2003)
  • Yahoo UK finance and FTSE 100 index (*22 Sep 2001)
  • Chartered Institute of Bankers (*unverified)
  • British Bankers' Association information about banking and for bank users including codes of practice (*20 Oct 2004)
  • Bank Safe Online how not to get phished (9 Nov 2004)

    • UK - Banks and Building Societies

    Most offer a range of services including share dealing, insurance, etc
  • Nationwide (*19 Jan 2000)
  • Co-operative Bank New online banking: does not work with Firefox (*17 Aug 2010)
  • Santander English home page: for Santander Group go to Santander.com (Español) and switch language). In the UK formerly Abbey and others (*1 Feb 2010)
  • Lloyd's Banking Group as of Jan 2009 (16 Jan 2009)
  • Lloyd's TSB (*29 Jan 2009)
  • Lloyd's TSB share dealing (*29 Jan 2009)
  • Halifax (29 Jan 2000)
  • Barclay's Bank (*19 Jan 2000)

    • UK - Shares, portfolio and registrars

  • Price search London Stock Exchange (15 Sep 2006)
  • Shareview from Equiniti formerly Lloyds TSB Registrars (*21 May 2008)
  • Account holders Login (29 Jan 2009)
  • Account holders ShareVote (26 May 2009)
  • Computershare UK English (*27 Aug 2007)
  • Capita Registrars (*5 Oct 2007)
  • Stocktrade, division of Brewin Dolphin, execution-only but will handle one-offs without prior registration (*31 Mar 2011)
  • E*Trade UK free quotes, subscribe to trade (*8 Oct 2003)

    • UK - Card Protection, Insurance and other

  • CPP Card Protection (10 May 2011)
  • Royal and SunAlliance (13 May 1999)
  • AXA Group including Guardian Royal Exchange (*5 Oct 2000)
  • Prudential UK (*8 Oct 2003)

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