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05/11/09 - Mummy! Mummy! Where does money come from? Emma’s Diary partners with The Co-operative Bank
The Co-operative Bank has today launched its latest affinity partnership, with Emma’s Diary, offering a new and easy way to support mums-to-be with their new financial requirements.
Emma’s Diary provides access to products and offers relevant advice to young families in this important stage of their lives. At this key life stage, there are many financial considerations, and as a result The Co-operative Bank has selected products and services with this in mind for Emma’s Diary including current accounts, savings, personal loans, mortgages and financial advice*.
Kate Williams, National Sales Manager Acquisitions said: “The Co-operative Bank’s products for Emma’s Diary will offer a hassle-free way for mums-to-be to make sense of the essential financial products that they will require at a time when their lives are about to change immeasurably, both practically and financially”
David Castle, MD of Emma’s Diary, said: “We are really excited about teaming up with The Co-operative Bank to offer a range of quality products and services to new mums and families. Often when people find out they are having a baby they start to consider the environment and we are therefore pleased to be able to offer them financial products from a trusted and ethical provider.”
“The Co-operative Bank is still the only UK high street bank to have a customer led Ethical Policy, which has been in place since 1992. We look forward to growing the partnership together over the coming years.”
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For further information contact:
Alejandra Solis or Catherine Laycock
The Co-operative Financial Services Press Office
Tel: 0161 903 3808
E-mail: alejandra.solis@cfs.coop
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*Full product information below :
1. Loan
Borrow from £2,000 to £25,000, 8.9% Typical APR, more information available on www.co-operativebank.co.uk/loans
2. Privilege Current Account details are as follows:
- Worldwide family travel insurance, provided by AXA Travel Insurance.
- Mobile Phone insurance, provided by Lifestyle Services Group and insured by London General Insurance Company.
- An automatic £200 interest-free and fee-free overdraft.
- 20% discount on entry to over 200 fantastic leisure attractions across the UK, with the Smartsave discount card.
- Privilege savings account for the life of their Privilege current account.
- Free legal advice with The Co-operative Legal Services helpline.
- 20% off their home insurance provided by The Co-operative Insurance.
Bundle options:
- Bundle 1: Safeguard - protects customers’ identity for everyday peace of mind. Offering telephone and web advise, risk assessment and online document registration, monthly credit monitoring, alerts and online credit report access allowing customers to act before any serious damage is done. This bundle also offers bag and content insurance, plus key recovery service and promise to deliver a spare key within two hours.
- Bundle 2: Traveller - gives them a great range of travel related benefits, including four international annual airport lounge passes per year and passport and luggage recovery.
- Bundle 3: Gadget - cover for their portable technology and gadget. Including worldwide cover for digital cameras, DVD players, camporders, MP3 players, laptops, Sat Nav devices, handheld games, consoles and GPS services.
More information available on: www.co-operativebank.co.uk/currentaccount
3. Cash ISA
- Earn tax-free interest on your savings.
- Save up to £3,600^ per tax year.
- No notice periods.
- Our current interest rate is 0.50% AER.
- Run your account by phone, branch, or online 24/7.
- Start saving from as little as £1.
More information available on: www.co-operativebank.co.uk/isa
4. Current Account Plus
- Minimum £800 a month pay in.
- Fee-free £200 overdraft facility.
- Exclusive mortgage deals.
- Linked savings account.
- Cheque book.
- Debit card.
- Joint accounts available.
- No monthly subscription charge.
More information available on: www.co-operativebank.co.uk/currentaccount
5. Mortgage
A range of tracker, fixed, discounted and green mortgages available. Details available on www.co-opertivebank.co.uk/mortgages
6. CIFA
The Co-operative Independent Financial Advisors (CIFA) is a brand name of The Co-operative Bank Financial Advisers Limited (CBFA), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
CIFA is one of the UK's leading Independent Financial Advisers and as part of The Co-operative Bank, we share their co-operative values and ethical policy. Our professional financial advisers are here to give you the best financial advice for your life and your circumstances, whether you want a full financial review or just some general advice.
Our Services:
- Independent Advice - We share the Co-operative Bank's name and its values, but unlike some other financial advisers, we are completely independent. This means we can search more products to find the right one for you.
- Ethical – We're part of The Co-operative Bank, the only UK clearing bank with an Ethical policy. This means that the Bank will never invest in companies that pursue profits at the expense of their social and environmental responsibilities.
- Partnership approach - At CIFA we don't believe there's such a thing as a quick financial fix. We build long-term relationships with our customers so we can get a better understanding of your requirements and give you the best financial advice for your future
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Emma’s Diary is the market leader of pre and post natal marketing in the UK and a name that mums-to-be and young families will be very familiar with. Endorsed by the Royal College of GPs Emma’s Diary gives both mums-to-be and young families access to advice, products and offers relevant to this important stage in their lives. Working in partnership with a wide range of organisations including Lloyds Pharmacy, Huggies and Argos, Emma’s Diary reach out to over 850,000 newly pregnant mum’s every year via a diary that is distributed by GP’s and Midwives to every pregnant woman in the UK. However, in addition to the diary, the Emma’s Diary website (www.emmasdiary.co.uk) receives hits of over 1m and over 20,000 visitors registering their details and participating in forums every month.
The Co-operative Bank already offers a wide range of affinity products with other charities including Greenpeace, the RSPB, Shelter and The Woodland Trust.
The Co-operative Financial Services is part of The Co-operative Group, which is the world’s largest consumer co-operative with over 3 million members. CFS currently has 5.5m customers and employs over 8,000 staff. It has 116 retail and corporate branches/centres and over 1,000 face to face financial advisers. It has £38bn of assets under management across its retail and corporate business areas.