Guide to savings accounts

11. Helpful links for further savings information

Association of Payment Clearing Services (APACS)

Website: http://www.apacs.org.uk/

Telephone: 020 7711 6200

Email: corpcomms@apacs.org.uk

Address: APACS - the UK payments association
              Mercury House
              Triton Court
              14 Finsbury Square
              London 
              EC2A 1LQ

Fax: 020 7256 5527

Banking Code Standards Board (BCSB)

Website: http://www.bankingcode.org.uk/

Telephone: 0845 230 9694

Email: helpline@bcsb.org.uk

Address: Banking Code Standards Board
              Level 12, City Tower,
              40 Basinghall Street,
              London,
              EC2V 5DE

Banking code pdf: http://www.bankingcode.org.uk/pdfdocs/BANKING%20CODE.pdf

British Bankers’ Association (BBA)

Website: http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=103

Telephone: 020 7216 8800

Building Societies Association (BSA)

Website: http://www.bsa.org.uk/

Telephone: 020 7437 0655 (Switchboard/ask for BSA Consumer Line)
                        
Email: information@bsa.org.uk

Address: The Building Societies Association
              6th Floor, York House
              23 Kingsway
              London
              WC2B 6UJ
              United Kingdom

 

Financial Services Authority (FSA)

Website: http://www.fsa.gov.uk/

Telephone - Switchboard UK: 020 7066 1000 
                  Overseas: +44 20 7066 1000
           
                - Consumer Helpline UK: 0845 606 1234 
                  Overseas: +44 20 7066 1000
       
Email: http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/contactus.aspx

Address: 25 The North Colonnade,
              Canary Wharf,
              London
              E14 5HS

Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

Website: http://www.fscs.org.uk/

Telephone: 020 7892 7300

Email: enquiries@fscs.org.uk
(Include your full name and address with any message you send)

Address: Financial Services Compensation Scheme
             7th floor, Lloyds Chambers 
             Portsoken Street 
             London
             E1 8BN

Fax: 020 7892 7301

 

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Guide contents

1. What is a savings account?
2. Savings accounts and interest rates
3. Tax and UK savings accounts
4. Opening a savings account
5. Adding money to a savings account
6. Accessing money in a savings account 
7. Regular savings accounts 
8. Instant access savings accounts 
9. Online savers
10. Individual savings accounts (ISAs) 
11. Helpful links for further savings information