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Nationwide's New OFX Statements Need Work

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We have our joint account with Nationwide and I do all my financial management and budgeting in MoneyDance so being able to quickly and easily export and import my statements is something I'm always on the look out for.

Up until now, I've been downloading the statements from Nationwide in CSV format, running them through a custom script which customises the…

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Cahoot's Useless Transaction Listing

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Cahoot's Useless Transaction ListingI bank with Cahoot. It was an internet only subsidiary of Abbey National, however now Santander owns Abbey, it's technically a subsidiary of Santander. Anyway, around about 3 September last year I noticed a change to the way my transactions were being listed online. Instead of displaying something useful like who the money went to and any references used, if …

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FTSE Bounces Back

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FTSE Bounces BackSee, I told you Friday or Monday would be a good day to bung your money into an index tracker ISA. Check what the FTSE 100 has done today:

You'd have made yourself an easy 7.58% in one day. This of course assumes your ISA company invests your money at the beginning of the day, and not the end like mine.

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Interesting Links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08

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Interesting links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08:

• Solaris Features: Service Management Facility - A great introductory tutorial on Solaris 10's "Service Management Facility" (SMF).
• PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities - So Chip And PIN is not quite a secure as the banks would have you believe, and something as simple as not trying to save a …

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Interesting Links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08

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Interesting links for 4 Dec 07 - 10 Jan 08:

• Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is).
• Man's death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before anyone missed him. …

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PPI Hard Sell Continues

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I just got this morning's post and it seems Alliance & Leicester didn't quite understand me when I rejected their PPI cover. They've sent a letter today with a form already filled in waiting for me to sign it and send it back. I sent it... straight to the bin.

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