Thousands of savers with Santander and Alliance & Leicester (A&L) accounts with a combined balance of over £50,000 can withdraw their cash even if locked away.
Alliance & Leicester and Santander's top paying easy access Flexible ISA has now completely closed to new customers, even earlier than previously expected.
The current easy access best buy cash ISA - the Flexible ISA from sister banks Alliance & Leicester and Santander - is closing its doors early for the 2009-10 tax year.