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| Banking: Your questions | Banking: Your questions |
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| BBC Radio 4's Money Box LiveMonday, 15 September 2008,at 1502 BST On Radio 4 and Online class="" href="/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/money_box/transcripts/08_09_15.pdf">Programme transcript (18 pages) | |
| Some banks and building societies have been having a bad time of it recently - with disappointing profits and numerous rights issues attempting to improve balance sheets. | Some banks and building societies have been having a bad time of it recently - with disappointing profits and numerous rights issues attempting to improve balance sheets. |
| In plans intended to increase public confidence in the banking system, Chancellor Alistair Darling proposed new measures to protect savers should a bank get into financial difficulty. | In plans intended to increase public confidence in the banking system, Chancellor Alistair Darling proposed new measures to protect savers should a bank get into financial difficulty. |
| As part of the plans, the threshold for guaranteed deposits is expected to rise from £35,000 to £50,000. | As part of the plans, the threshold for guaranteed deposits is expected to rise from £35,000 to £50,000. |
| Are you looking to open a personal or business bank account and would like some advice on which one to choose? | Are you looking to open a personal or business bank account and would like some advice on which one to choose? |
| Maybe you would like to know more about the proposed changes to saver protection. | Maybe you would like to know more about the proposed changes to saver protection. |
| Or perhaps you have a complaint about your bank but do not know what you should do about it. | Or perhaps you have a complaint about your bank but do not know what you should do about it. |
| Whatever your concern, our panel of experts was here to give you advice. | Whatever your concern, our panel of experts was here to give you advice. |
| Vincent Duggleby was joined by: | Vincent Duggleby was joined by: |
| • Mike Naylor, personal finance expert/freelance journalist• Adrian Coles, director general, The Building Societies Association• Brian Capon, assistant director, Media, British Bankers' Association | |
| Presenter: Vincent DugglebyProducer: Diane Richardson | Presenter: Vincent DugglebyProducer: Diane Richardson |