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UK Basic Savings Bank Accounts 2

 

This page contains information about more basic savings type bank accounts suitable for those in the UK. See our main UK savings account page for more details about this type of basic UK savings bank account and the first part of the savings account list.

 

If you have an adverse / bad credit history and are interested in a 'real' UK personal current bank account with debit card or even a cheque book then see our UK bank account page where you will even find current bank accounts that are available to undischarged bankrupts.

 

 

 

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    The UK Basic Savings Bank Account List 2:

    (basic savings bank account information last checked & updated 16th February 2008)

     

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 (i) Bradford & Bingley Everyday Saver Savings Account with passbook.

 

 This instant access savings bank account requires a minimum opening deposit of

 £10. Passbook supplied.

 

 

 (ii) Coventry Building Society NetSave Instant III Account with ATM card.

 

 This instant access savings account comes with an ATM card and requires a

 minimum opening deposit of £1. Operates online.

 

 

 (iii) AA Savings Accounts

 

 They offer a telephone or Internet operated savings account that requires

 a minimum opening investment of £500. Instant access.

 

 

 (iv) Bath Building Society Lifestyle Account

 

 This building society which operates in the Bath area offers an instant access

 savings account that requires a minimum investment of £100.

 

 

(v) Buckinghamshire Building Society Chiltern Gold Postal Account

 

 This building society offers a postal savings account that requires a minimum

 balance of £100.

 

 

 (vi) Cahoot Online Savings Account

 

 Cahoot is a division of the Abbey and offers an online savings account. All

 transactions are done online. No bankrupts or CCJs.

 

 

 (vii) Capital One Easy Access Savings Account

 

 This well known credit card company offer savings accounts to those in the UK.

 This account offers unlimited no-notice access to your funds. Minimum initial

 investment of £500 required.

 

 

 (viii) Virgin Money Deposit Account

 

 Virgin offer a savings deposit account which requires a minimum opening balance

 of just £1. Operated by phone or online. Easy access to your money. A current bank

 account is required.

 

 

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 (ix) Loughborough Building Society Instant Access Savings Account with

       passbook.

 

 This building society based in the East Midlands offers a branch operated instant

 access saving account. Minimum investment is £10.

 

 

 (x) Lambeth Building Society Savings Account with passbook.

 

 This Building Society merged with the Portman Building Society which later merged

 with the Nationwide.

 

 

 (xi) Progressive Building Society Investment Share Savings Account with

       passbook.

 

 If you live in Northern Ireland this building society can provide an instant access

 savings account. It requires a minimum opening deposit of £100. Operated at

 any branch or agency using a passbook.

 

 

 (xii) Furness Building Society Instant Access Savings Account

 

 If you live in the North West of England this building society may interest you.

 It offers an instant access savings account with a minimum investment of just £1.

 

 

 (xiii) Ipswich Building Society Easy Access Savings Accounts

 

 If you live in the East Anglian area then this Building Society offers several easy

 access accounts. Initial investment from just £10.

 

 

 (xiv) Natwest First Reserve Savings Account with cashcard.

 

 This high street bank offers an instant access savings account that requires a

 minimum opening balance of £1. Comes with a cashcard. You can open

 a First Reserve savings account whether you bank with the Natwest or not.

 

 

 (xv) Darlington Building Society Instant Access Savings Account

 

 If you live in the North East of England then this instant access savings account may

 be available to you. Minimum amount required to open an account is just £1. Make

 withdrawals at any branch or agency.

 

 

 (xvi) Ecology Building Society Eco-Instant Account with passbook.

 

 This building society offers an passbook operated instant access savings account.

 The minimum balance of just £25.

 

 

 (xvii) ING Direct Instant Access Savings Account

 

 This company offers an instant access savings account that can be operated via the

 Internet or by phone. You can open this high interest savings account with just £1.

 

 

 (xviii) Hinckley And Rugby Eagle Easy Access Savings Account

 

 If you live in the Midlands area this account may be suitable for you. The minimum

 investment is just £25. The minimum withdrawal is £250.

 

 

 (xix) Northern Rock Instant Access Savings Accounts

 

 Northern Rock offer several instant access and other savings accounts via their

 branch network.

 

 

 (xx) Manchester Building Society Easy Access Savings Account

 

 This building society offers a no notice savings account that requires a minimum

 investment of £1000.

 

 

 (xxi) Direct Line Direct Access Savings

 

 This is a phone operated instant access savings account that can be opened with

 a minimum of just £1.

 

 

 (xxii) National Counties Building Society Direct Access Share Savings Account

 

 This Surrey based building society offers an instant access savings account that

 can be operated by post, telephone or via a branch. The minimum investment

 is just £1.

 

 

 (xxiii) Norwich And Peterborough Easy Plus Savings Account

 

 This is an instant access savings account that can be operated via the Internet.

 Minimum investment £1. LINK ATM card.

 

 

 (xxiv) Standard Life Bank Direct Access Account

 

 This instant access savings account requires a minimum balance of £1. It is

 operated online or by phone.

 

 

 (xxv) Intelligent Finance Direct Access Savings

 

 This company is a division of the Halifax and offers an instant access savings account

 that can be operated by phone or online. You can start saving with as little as £1.

 

 

 (xxvi) Smile No-Notice Savings

 

 Smile are part of the Co-operative Bank and offer an instant access savings account.

 You can pay in money using either electronic transfers, standing order, cash or

 cheque. You can withdraw money using either electronic transfers or a LINK ATM

 cash card. The minimum investment is just £1.

 

 

 (xxvii) Co-operative Bank Smart Saver Savings Account with ATM card.

 

 This bank offers an instant access savings bank account that can be operated by

 phone, online, by post or via a branch. The account also comes with a cash card

 that can be used at any LINK ATM cash machine.

 

 

 (xxviii) Principality Building Society Instant Access Savings Account

            with passbook.

 

 This building society based in Wales offers an instant access savings account.

 This account requires a minimum opening deposit of £1.

 

 

 (xxix) Cambridge Building Society Instant Sapphire Account with passbook.

 

 If you live in the East Anglia area this building society offers an instant access

 savings account that needs only £1 to open.

 

 

 (xxx) Cheshire Building Society Easy Saver Account

 

 If you live in the North West of England area this building society offers an instant

 access savings account. The minimum investment is £1.

 

 

 (xxxi) Marsden Building Society Rainbow Instant Access Account

 

 If you live in the Lancashire area this building society offers an instant access

 savings account. No interest paid on balances below £25.

 

 

 (xxxii) Saffron Building Society Cashbuild Account

 

 If you live in the South East this building society offers an instant access savings

 account that requires just £1 to open.

 

 

 (xxxiii) Monmouthshire Building Society Escalator Instant Account

 

 Provided you live within a radius of 20 miles of this South Wales based building

 society's branch and agency offices you can open this instant access savings

 account. £100 is required to open it.

 

 

 (xxxiv) Vernon Building Society Instant Access Savings Account with passbook.

 

 This instant access savings account is available to anyone living within a 25 mile

 radius of Stockport.

 

 

 (xxxv) Newbury Building Society Newbury Share Account

 

 This account is available to those who live in the building society's local

 operating area around Newbury. This instant access savings account requires

 a minimum opening balance of £50. The minimum operating balance is £1.

 

 

 (xxxvi) Tipton & Coseley Building Society Instant Access Savings Account

 

 If you live in the West Midlands this building society offers an instant access

 savings account that requires a minimum investment of £1.

 

 

 (xxxvii) Market Harborough Building Society Easy Access Accounts

 

 Online and various branch based (which can also be operated by post/online)

 accounts that require a minimum initial investment of just £1.

 

 

          More very basic instant access passbook / ATM card / postal savings bank

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