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Re:N26 will be leaving the UK by Hamuko on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:28PM (#22301056)
>and because it's German all savings up to €100k are guaranteed by German gov.

Same applies to all banks in the EU.

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Re:N26 will be leaving the UK by mpweiher on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:15PM (#22301603)
So which banks are no longer in the EU...?
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Re:N26 will be leaving the UK by Hamuko on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:27PM (#22302453)
UK banks are safe (for the time being).

>As a result of the implementation period, FSCS expects there will be no changes to the scope of its protection before 31 December 2020 resulting from the UK’s exit from the EU.

https://www.fscs.org.uk/about-us/brexit/

I mean, I guess there's no EU directive forcing the UK to keep doing this, but what's the likelihood that they want to take this away?

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Re:N26 will be leaving the UK by johneth on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:44PM (#22301957)
UK banks are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme[1] - basically the same thing.

[1] https://www.fscs.org.uk/

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