Pocket Financial UK

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Regulation - UK

  • HM Revenue & Customs including Inland Revenue: all information and leaflets online (26 Sep 2005)
  • Log in or register (15 Mar 2020)
  • Charity Commission (15 May 2008)

    • Financial information services - UK

  • The Universal Currency Converter online service for major currencies from XE formerly Xenon Laboratories, site rebuilt (*22 Jan 2010)
  • UK bank Sort Code checker from Payments Council (16 Feb 2015)
  • Yahoo UK finance and FTSE 100 index (*16 Feb 2015)
  • British Bankers' Association information about banking and for bank users including codes of practice (*16 Feb 2015)
  • Financial Fraud Action, consumer page (116 Feb 2015)

    • UK - Banks and Building Societies

    Most offer a range of services including share dealing, insurance, etc. This isn't a comprehensive index. Search the Financial Services Register through the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (18 Aug 2019)
  • Nationwide (*3 Jan 2013)
  • log in to personal banking
  • Co-operative Bank (*3 Jan 2013)
  • log in to personal banking
  • business log in
  • Santander English home page (*3 Jan 2013)
  • log in to personal banking
  • business log in
  • for Santander Group go to Santander.com (English page)
  • Lloyds Bank (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Logon to Lloyds personal banking" (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Lloyds business banking (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Lloyds Bank share dealing (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Halifax also part of Lloyds Banking Group (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Halifax personal banking logon (*18 Aug 2019)
  • Halifax share dealing and log in (18 Aug 2019)
  • TSB - note, some pages may show "Lloyds TSB Scotland" (*31 Oct 2013)
  • Logon to TSB personal banking (*31 Oct 2013)
  • TSB business banking (*31 Oct 2013)
  • Barclay's Bank (*3 Jan 2013)
  • HSBC in the UK (3 Jan 2013)
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    UK - Credit and debit cards

  • Mastercard in the UK (29 May 2013)
  • Mastercard SecureCode
  • Visa UK (29 May 2013)
  • Verified by Visa
  • John Lewis Partnership Card (29 May 2013)

    • 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)

    • UK - Shares, portfolio and registrars

  • EQ (formerly Equiniti (*11 Feb 2021)
  • Shareview and Shareview portfolio login (*11 Feb 2021)
  • EQi ISAs, etc. and EQi account login (11 Feb 2021)
  • Account holders ShareVote (*11 Feb 2021)
  • Computershare UK English (*27 Aug 2007)
  • Capita Registrars (*5 Oct 2007)
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  • Price search London Stock Exchange (15 Sep 2006)
  • 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)
  • Google Finance information (11 Feb 2014)
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