Over a million Scottish savers own premium bonds or other NS&I accounts: here's what an independent Scotland would mean for them
Government-backed National Savings & Investments (NS&I) is Britain's biggest savings provider with 25million customers, of whom 1.6m live in Scotland. The "yes" campaign has hinted that if Scotland became independent, a future Scottish government could set up its own version of the institution. Whether or not that ever happens, here are the answers to the key questions about what could happen until then.
How could Scottish independence affect NS&I and its customers?
Around 1.6m savers north of the border have accounts with NS&I. Because NS&I applies specific rules around where savers live and what bank accounts they hold, there would be a number of implications for Scotland-based account holders.....Read more here