Organisations
Banks and Building Societies
BankWeb
: large list of banks
List of banks at
FIND
British Bankers Association
List of building societies at
FIND
Building Societies Association
Retail banks
Allied Irish Banks
Anglo Irish Bank
Bank of Ireland
Bank of Scotland
Barclays
: Services overview. Barclays offers PC and
Internet
Banking.
Capital Bank
Citibank UK
. Services overview. Citibank offer free PC banking.
Cooperative Bank
First Direct
: computer (not internet) banking.
First Trust Bank
: Subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks
HSBC
Lloyds On-Line
. Services overview. It looks as if Lloyds is planning an online banking service.
Midland Bank
: now being rebranded as
HSBC
, so this link may not last.
NatWest
Royal Bank of Scotland
Standard Chartered Bank
Triodos Bank
TSB
Ulster Bank
Mortgage banks
Abbey National
Alliance & Leicester
Birmingham Midshires
Bradford and Bingley BS
. Services overview and public relations site.
Bristol & West
Cheltenham and Gloucester
. Services overview.
First Active
: Irish mortgage bank
Halifax
. Services overview and public relations site.
Northern Rock
Woolwich
Savings Banks
Egg
First-E
: internet bank
First Direct
Sainsbury's Bank
Standard Life Bank
Virgin Direct
Private Banking & Private Asset Management; see also under
stockbrokers
Fleming Premier Banking
Fleming Private Asset Management
Invesco Private Portfolio Management
Kleinwort Benson Private Bank
Kyte Securities
Lazard Asset Management
Leopold Joseph & Son
Martin Currie Private Clients
Merrill Lynch International Bank
Rathbone Investment Management
Schroders Personal Investment Management
Singer & Friedlander Investment Management
Tilney Investment Management
Investment Banks
Scotia Bank
Northern Bank Limited
Loan companies
Hamilton Direct Bank
. Credit and loan company. Looks as if it may allow online applications for loans.
Building societies
Barnsley BS
Bath Investment & Building Society
Cambridge BS
Chesham BS
Cheshire BS
Clay Cross BS
Coventry BS
Darlington BS
Derbyshire BS
Dudley BS
Dunfermline BS
First National BS
Furness BS
Hinckley & Rugby BS
Holmesdale BS
ICS Building Society
Ipswich BS
Kent Reliance BS
Lambeth BS
Leeds & Holbeck BS
Leek United BS
Loughborough BS
Mansfield BS
Market Harborough BS
Marsden BS
Melton Mowbray BS
National Counties BS
Nationwide
. Services overview and public relations site.
Online banking
.
Newbury BS
Newcastle BS
Norwich & Peterborough BS
: Offers internet banking.
Principality BS
Saffron Walden Herts & Essex
Scottish BS
Skipton BS
Staffordshire BS
Stroud & Swindon BS
Teachers BS
Universal BS
West Bromwich BS
Yorkshire BS
National Savings
Insurance Companies
Legal & General Assurance Society
Online Insurance Quotes
AA Insurance
Admiral
Auto Direct
Churchill
DirectLine
Eagle Star
Insurance City
(Cox Insurance)
Legal & General
Norwich Union
QuoteSure.com
Royal & Sun Alliance
Screentrade
Mutual Life Companies
Friends Provident
MGM Assurance
NPI Globalcare
Scottish Provident
Scottish Life Assurance
Standard Life UK
Other Life Assurance Companies
>Scottish Widows
Governmental and Regulatory Bodies
Bank of England
: press releases, etc.
Central Office of Information
: menu of departmental press releases for UK government departments and QUANGOs.
The Central Register
of authorised investment firms (run by the
FSA
).
press releases from the
Contributions Agency
.
Financial Services Authority
: Regulatory agency for the financial services industry. Contains some advice for private investors.
HM Customs & Excise
press releases from
HM Customs & Excise
at Central Office of Information
HM Treasury
: assorted material.
Inland Revenue
press releases from
Inland Revenue
at Central Office of Information
Investment Management Regulatory Organisation (IMRO)
Office of Fair Trading
Securities and Futures Authority (SFA)
Securities Institute
site guide: Professional body for the financial services industry. Don't seem to have anything of interest to the layman.
Stamp Office
: the people who collect stamp duty
Securities and Exchange Commission
: US regulatory authority
IFAs
Barbican Invest
Internet IFA
Other Organisations
Chartered Institute of Taxation
Guild of Shareholders
IFA Association
The Institute Of Chartered Accountants
:
Institute of Fiscal Studies
: economic research center.
ProShare
: Non-profit organisation promoting share ownership.
Society of Financial Advisors
UK Shares
: UK shareholder action group
United Kingdom Shareholders Association
: private shareholder action group