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British banks should ring-fence their retail businesses from investment banking operations to protect savers' deposits under proposals outlined by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) today.
11 April 2011
Savers' protection against a bank or building society going bust jumps to £85,000 under new rules that apply from today.
31 December 2010
Post Office savers will no longer rely on the Irish government to protect their cash from tomorrow.
31 October 2010
Savers' protection against a UK bank or building society going bust will jump from £50,000 to £85,000 on 31 December.
7 October 2010
Savers will have far more of their cash protected from next year if their bank or building society goes bust.
22 September 2010
Post Office savers will soon no longer rely on the Irish government to protect their cash.
2 September 2010
The Government today announced extra funding of £180 million for Post Offices under a "major expansion" of financial services offered by the network.
29 March 2010
Dutch bank ING says it is in good health, following the collapse of fellow Netherlands-based DSB Bank.
12 October 2009
Post Office savers could have their protection moved from the troubled Irish economy to the UK.
22 June 2009
UK building societies have insisted they are still a safe haven for savers, despite a raft of major mutuals having their financial strength called into question this week.
17 April 2009
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