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We take into account your personal and financial circumstances and the value or price of the property. These and the products you choose will affect how much we lend you.
St. James's Place Bank is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland number SC327000. Registered office: The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ, United Kingdom
YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE.
ISAs first became available on 6th April 1999. PEPs in existence at 5 April 2008 were reclassified as Stocks and Shares ISAs. 'Mini', 'Maxi' and 'TESSA only' terminology was removed at 6 April 2008.
You can subscribe to two types of ISA: a Stocks and Shares ISA and Cash ISA. St. James's Place Bank offers a Cash ISA. Each client has an annual investment allowance of £10,680 in this tax year and can save up to £5,340 of that allowance in a Cash ISA. If you have a St. James's Place Cash ISA, you cannot subscribe to any other Cash ISA in the same tax year but you can subscribe to a Stocks and Shares ISA. If you subscribe to ISAs held with different ISA managers you are responsible for ensuring that you do not subscribe to a disallowed combination of ISAs, and that you do not exceed the overall annual ISA investment allowance of £10,680.
You can transfer some or all of the money saved in previous tax years from Cash ISAs to Stocks and Shares ISAs without affecting your annual ISA allowance. You can also transfer money which has been saved in the current tax year in a Cash ISA to a Stocks and Shares ISA but if you do this you must transfer the whole amount saved in the Cash ISA in the current tax year. Once that money is transferred to a Stocks and Shares ISA it is treated as if it had been invested directly into a Stocks and Shares ISA which means you can then use any remaining balance of your annual ISA investment allowance in the tax year. This means that you can still invest up to £5,340 in your Cash ISA if it has not been used for stocks and shares.
You do not pay any tax on any of the income you receive from ISA savings and investments nor do you pay any tax on capital gains arising on ISA investments.
The Government may choose to change the tax free status and the savings limits (per tax year) of ISAs.
Tax-free is the contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax. Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and may change.
The minimum initial deposit to open a St. James's Place Bank Cash ISA is £1.00. There is no minimum annual deposit required.
A St. James's Place Bank Cash ISA is only available to over 18s.
If the Bank of England base rate moves up, the rate on the Cash ISA will change within one calendar month to at least the Bank of England base rate.
All TESSA-only ISA funds have been treated as ISA subscriptions since 6th April 2005. Cash ISA rates apply.
St. James's Place Bank, a division of Bank of Scotland plc, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ, United Kingdom, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Our Accident, Sickness and Unemployment Insurance is underwritten by Pinnacle Insurance plc., whose registered office is at Pinnacle House, A1 Barnet Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 2XX.
Pinnacle Insurance plc proposes to choose English law as the law which applies to the policy.
You can, at any time, ask the insurers for detailed information about compensation arrangements. These compensation arrangements apply in the event that an insurer goes into liquidation and cannot pay its debts.
If you have any complaint regarding your ASU cover, please contact Pinnacle Insurance plc: Pinnacle House, A1 Barnet Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 2XX.
Should the matter still not be resolved to your satisfaction, you will have the right to refer your complaint to: Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR However, please note that there are some instances when the FOS cannot consider complaints.
The above does not affect your legal rights.
We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS can pay compensation to depositors if a bank is unable to meet its financial obligations. Most depositors - including most individuals and small businesses - are covered by the scheme.
In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £85,000. For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share so, for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £85,000 each (making a total of £170,000). The £85,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor's accounts with the bank including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account.
For further information about the scheme (including the amounts covered and eligibility to claim) please call us on 0845 602 6200, refer to the FSCS website www.FSCS.org.uk or call 020 7741 4100 or 0800 678 1100.
Deposits in St. James’s Place Bank are held with Bank of Scotland plc. Accounts with Bank of Scotland plc include accounts with its divisions and trading names: Halifax, Intelligent Finance, Birmingham Midshires (BM Savings), Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland Private Banking, Bank of Scotland Germany, Bank of Scotland The Netherlands, Bank of Scotland Treasury, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets, and St. James's Place Private Bank. Some savings accounts under the AA Savings, Saga and Charities Aid Foundation brand names are also deposits with Bank of Scotland plc. An eligible depositor’s £85,000 limit relates to the combined amount in accounts under all of these names.
If you are unsure whether your account is held with Bank of Scotland plc please check your account literature.
Effective from 1st January 2011
We may monitor or record telephone calls.
You can only open and operate a St. James's Place Bank Account or part of it if you live in the UK. These details should not be regarded as an offer to provide credit or investment products in any jurisdiction outside the UK
You must be 16 or over to open a Savings facility (18 or over for a Cash ISA). Credit facilities are only available to people aged 18 or over. Current accounts (existing current account holders only) are only available to people aged 18 or over. We take into account your personal and financial circumstances.
A credit reference check will be carried out in respect of each applicant and, whether or not credit is granted, the agency will retain a record of each search for its own use.
For more details and written quotations, telephone our Client Administration Centre on: 0845 602 6200.
If we agree to let you have an overdraft (existing current account holders only), we will decide your overdraft limit and tell you what it is. Overdrafts are repayable on demand.
We have a right of set-off. The conditions governing the St. James's Place Bank products you have, set out when and how we can use this right to reduce or pay off money you owe us by using other money belonging to you.
If you have an existing offset Account, we give you the choice of maximising the interest you receive or minimising the interest you pay us. If you choose to minimise the interest you pay us on all or part of your outstanding offset mortgage balances, we will not pay interest on an equivalent amount of the money you have in your current account and savings. As you will not receive any interest on this money, there is no income tax to pay. The amount you pay each month on your offset mortgage will not be affected by offsetting. The part of your monthly payment that is not needed to cover the interest chargeable will reduce the amount you owe us. This can help you repay your offset mortgage early. The way we connect products and how we work out interest is explained in the latest St. James's Place Bank conditions.
You should consider the income tax position when deciding which products to have in your St. James's Place Bank offset Account, whether you wish to be paid interest on your savings each month or once a year and which option you want us to use for the balance netting calculation.
If the offset mortgage product you choose allows you to take payment holidays, missed payments or under payments on an offset mortgage are rolled up and added to the loan and must be repaid over the remaining term of the loan.
The Annual Percentage Rate represents the true cost of borrowing by taking into account all costs associated with a particular loan (for example: interest, valuation, and legal fees). APR figures enable borrowers to compare the actual cost of borrowing between lenders.
AER stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest would be if interest was paid and compounded each year. The gross rate is the contractual rate of interest payable before the deduction of income tax at the rate specified by law (currently 20%). The net rate is the rate of interest payable after allowing for the deduction of income tax at the specified rate.
Monthly savings interest rates are available at a slightly lower rate.
"Tax-free" means free of income tax.
Our products and offers are subject to conditions. We can withdraw them without notice.
We may change charges and make new or different ones (or change the way in which you have to pay them). We may also change interest rates.
Credit facilities are provided by St. James's Place Bank, a division of Bank of Scotland plc.
Information correct as at 14th October 2011.
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