Internet Banks

veni, Visa, Virgin...

Advantages: Easy to set up
Disadvantages: Rates and charges not the best out there in moneyland

...came, I spent, I Virgined. Virgin Direct used to do a great deal on PEPs when I first joined them in 1996, although when the PEP ideal became an ISA the rates changed and the performance suffered, so I just left a direct debit set up with them and ...

niksmiff 13.01.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Virgin Money

Manage your ISA online

Advantages: Can manage online with the minimum of fuss
Disadvantages: Management fees

...I've had a tracker ISA with Virgin Direct for some time now and manage the account online perfectly satisfactorily. You are given a keycode number and can access you account details having passed through the security checks. Although I pay a regular amoun ...

Mikew79 10.01.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Virgin Money

Helpful and easy to understand

Advantages: well know brand, helpful and friendly no jargon
Disadvantages: maybe not the best rates

Virgin Direct have our pensions and we also have an ISA with them. They offer good rates and helpful and friendly advice. The web site is good with the option of having someone calling you back at a suitable time to go through the rather boring subject ...

tobywinn 01.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Virgin Money

Virgin Bankers

Advantages: Online and phone services for all their products
Disadvantages: No walk-in branches for face-to-face meetings

Like all major finacial company's, Virgin has a bewildering array of products. The difference is that they manage to clearly define each one, with both it's benefits and possible drawbacks highlighted in a factual, non-condersending way. I have used m ...

MandaMay 31.08.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Virgin Money

PC Banking with the Royal Bank of Scotland

Advantages: You'll never need to visit your bank again.
Disadvantages: Security errors when they arise.

...I had been using the telephone banking service offered by the Royal Bank Scotland (RBS) for a number of years, when they launched their PC Banking. Being relatively new to the internet I was weary of signing up, although knowing how easy the telephone ban ...

lucybradly 28.01.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Bank of Scotland Online