Here’s what’s been going on in the world of personal finance and money today:
From Money Watch:
- 20% Off Paper Shredders At Amazon – Further to my post yesterday giving tips on protecting yourself from identity fraud, those kind folks at Amazon are currently offering 20% off paper shredders during National Identity Fraud Protection week.
- Icesave: Useful Info For Savers – You only have to take a look at the Money Saving Expert forums to see how the news of Icesave’s demise has gone down with its 300,000 British savers – post after post of queries asking how much of their money is protected and how they can get their money back.
So what do Icesave savers need to know?
From around the web:
- Icesave worries: Your questions – Icesave customer’s questions answered by BBC Radio 4’s Paul Lewis.
- Rescue plan due in hours – The Government is poised to announce details of a comprehensive rescue package for the banking system.
- How Iceland’s financial crisis affects you – Plenty of companies have failed in the global credit crisis. As yet, no country has joined them – yet. But that could be about to change. And it could be bad news for British savers.
- Icesave: It is the smaller saver who stands to lose the most – It was the day that ordinary British savers saw their hard-earned cash disappear into the black hole created by the ongoing financial crisis.
- Icesave savers warned on accounts – Customers of the Icesave internet bank have been warned they will probably have to claim compensation for money held in their savings accounts.