With the UK local election voting taking place today, we remind readers of the ongoing Market Oracle poll on the Best UK Bank for Personal Banking services such as current accounts.

With some 230 votes in, the results so far show the following top 5 banking institutions by number of votes cast from a selection of 29 options.

Abbey National
Halifax / HBOS
Nationwide
Alliance & Leicester
SMILE

To participate, vote now from a selection of 29 options

The key items to consider when deciding your vote :

1. Current Account Banking Facilities
Free banking, Online account access, free overdrafts, interest rate on credit balances, charges for overdraft and special banking services, reliability of banking service, quality of branch banking advice & service, quality of overall customer service,

2. Linked Services
Does your account have useful linked products and services such as high interest savings accounts that allow immediate access / transfers between accounts, low interest charge credit cards, Mortgage Offsetting, Share dealing etc.

3. Usefulness of Other Products
Other products that the bank offers that are of good value such as high interest cash ISA savings accounts, Competitive Mortgages, low interest loans and insurance products.

To Vote select your choice from the Voting Panel to the left of this article or Click here (Registration is Not necessary)

Click Here for results so far - Final Results and analysis that takes into account many aspects such as the size of the financial instruction's, banking group, customer base etc, will be published in mid May 2007.

Please feel free to add your comments below.

By Shahla Walayat

The MarketOracle.co.uk is a FREE Daily Financial Markets Forecasting & Analysis online publication. We present in-depth analysis from a range of experienced market analysts on their views of the probable direction of the financial markets. Thus enabling our readers to arrive at an informed opinion on probable market direction.http://www.marketoracle.co.uk

Notes

1. Voting on the best UK bank for personal services started at the Market Oracle website on 26th April 2007, and is due to end on 10th of May 2007

2. The voting is open to any site visitors, who are allowed 1 vote per day, with no registration necessary

Comments

JamesD
03 May 07, 13:38

Halifax

Halifax branch staff are rubbish but their online banking and interest rates on savings is good.

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