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LloydsTSB is clearly keen to provide accounts which meet the needs of all its customers and potential customers, hence it's launch last month of Shariah compliant mortgages. They have identified a large market which makes a lot of relatively small transactions to overseas accounts (gifts to relatives etc) who are currently getting whacked with hefty transaction charges, and those who may wish to get an Indian mortgage (with an Indian bank). In doing so they must, of course, comply with Indian banking regulations in the same way that an Indian bank doing the opposite would have to comply with UK banking regulations (which can be very stringent regarding inbound currency for example).


Funny how the old 'playing the race card' comes out at every opportunity. Funny too (not) how so little coverage is given on CF threads to the very real and growing problem of racism - often quite vicious and violent - directed at ethnic minorities in the UK. Anyone who thinks racism by ethnic minorities against white people is a bigger problem in the UK is not in possession of the facts (I hope that is polite enough - and I'm not suggesting that you believe this to be true Russ). But this is not reflected in threads here where any possible chance to suggest black on white racism is gleefully seized upon.