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New to the Budgeting & Bank Accounts board? Start here
💸 Some threads you may find useful * What's your financial setup? Forumites explain how they organise their accounts * Which simple phrase or motto sums up your budgeting philosophy? * Living with a new partner: organising your finances * An Archived List of Switching Offers * Savings/investment DDs and debit card deposits…
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Barclays Bank privacy policy is 10 years out of date!!
I know that a huge proportion of people don't actually read the "small print", but sometimes it's important. I recently had to launch civil proceedings against a debt recovery company who were demanding that I pay over £300 for a CCJ that wasn't mine… obviously, the District Judge ruled in my favour but it has made me be…
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Lloyds switch for up to £500, 24 February to 30 April 2026
Switch to a new Club Lloyds for £200, or Lloyds Premier for £500. Open a Current Account Online | UK Bank Accounts | Lloyds https://share.google/6K20M5Iy0knuEbtVi https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts.html £200 Club Lloyds switch offer Terms & Conditions. To qualify for the £200 switching offer (“the offer”) you must…
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Santander Switching Swizz
I've been sat patiently waiting for the 90 days for my Santander Switch bonus to be paid into the account… only to discover I'm not getting one, because the Direct Debits on my account are eligible by their definition of "Household Direct Debits". Turns out they have a list of companies you have to hold Direct Debits with.…
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Stick with Santander 123 Current Account or Switch to Santander Edge Current Account?
I have had a Santander 123 Current Account for years and am wondering whether to switch to a Santander Edge Current Account instead? I don't need an overdraft and am more interested in interest rates and cashback. What would be the best move?
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Are there alternatives to Direct Debit for monthly fees?
I’ve noticed that some monthly payments (like gym memberships or subscriptions) are still taken by Direct Debit, but they don’t always go through smoothly and can lead to missed payments or extra hassle. I’ve heard a bit about newer options like Pay-by-Bank or Open Banking payments and wondered if these are being used more…
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HSBC £500 (was £250) switch offer for opening a Premier Account (23/03/2026 to TBC)
New HSBC switch offer starts today. While it's marketed at high earners, don't let that put you off. T&Cs. Edit: Offer has been increased from £250 to £500. They use the word "salary" but can't find anything yet to define whether this means that self employed people or freelancers (i.e. non-salaried people) are excluded,…
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Need a little advice, my take home pay is different to whats calculated...
So I've been using this https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php to calculate my take home pay estimates... I earn 38K a year. According to the calculator my PAYE should be £423.83 and NI £169.53 But the actual deductions were £441.20 and £176.49 Not wildly different but nearly a weeks shopping. But I also have a…
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NFT Main Disbursement
I have a credit on my statement from "NFT Main Disbursement". No idea who/what this is. I asked my bank to help identify the originator of this payment, and they helpfully advised me it came from "NFT Main Disbursement".Tried google, without any luck.Any ideas?
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Santander free forever bank account changes
Just got a letter in the post that Santander are changing my business account to £9.99 a month. I've had it a very long time and remember Santander trying this move before only to be told they can't because the original sign up material pushed it as being free forever. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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Facial recognition
Does anyone here uses facial recognition to log in to their banking apps or approve payments? Would you recommend it or avoid it?
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£10 Amazon gift card for opening a Santander savings account (09/12/2025 to 18/12/2025)
Get a £10 Amazon gift card for opening a Santander Edge Saver, Easy Access Saver, Limited Access Saver, Fixed Term Saver, Fixed Term ISA or Easy Access ISA. OFFER HAS ENDED. What you need to do: 1: Use this LINK (taken from MSE, other affiliate links are available - I've listed the Top Cashback affiliate links in this…
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Switching to FD or Barclays with debt
Hi, I have had defaulted debt with both HSBC and Barclays in the past. Both accounts were sold on to debt recovery companies, and so nothing directly with them at the moment. The defaults were over 6 years ago and so no longer appear on my credit record, although I am still making payments to the debt recovery agency…
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Open new Santander Edge and Current accounts?
Hi, my 6% on the Edge saver accounts expired today so I closed them via chatbot. I noticed that if you open new current accounts you also get Amazon vouchers. However, you need to use the current accounts for purchases to qualify for the voucher, which I imagine would trigger the monthly maintenance fee, wouldn't it. Is it…
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Co-Op Switch - Have I done the right thing?
I opened a Co-Op current account last week, mainly to gain access to the 7% Regular Saver, but I also hoped to benefit from the £175 switch bonus too. I applied for a switch (from a redundant Halifax account) on Monday - the switch application took the form of a sort of online PDF file, which I filled out and "signed"…
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Direct Debits from Santander chequing account
I switched an account to Santander, deposited the £1500 as required and the switch was completed yesterday. Today I switched in two direct debits but am wondering if the incentive offer only applies if the two direct debits were already active in the account that was switched in? When I checked the Santander site, I found…
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Santander Amazon opening offer x2
This post was inserted after an error by the Forum Team in order to put the posts back in chronological order
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Barclays £400 switch offer for opening a Premier Account (17/02/2026 to 30/04/2026)
Barclays have launched a new switch offer for their Premier Account. Excludes anyone who has ever received a switching bonus from Barclays or anyone who has had a Barclays current account open on 17th February 2026. 😥 T&Cs. This offer has been added to the archive.
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MSE News: Use Tesco's Clubcard Pay+ prepaid card? Take your money out now
Tesco Bank will shut down its Clubcard Pay+ prepaid card – and its linked 'round up' savings accounts – on Sunday 26 April. If you use these services, you should withdraw your money as soon as possible. Read the full story: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/04/tesco-closing-clubcard-pay-plus/ If you haven’t…
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Bank Fraud
Hi - needing some direction with my current case. 2 Weeks ago , i noticed money being taken from my account on betting sites. I notified my bank immediately to be advised the transactions were pending and before they could not act on this , the money physically had to leave my account?? Is this normal ??? So, i waited…
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Barclays £200 switch offer for opening a Bank Account (10/03/2026 to 28/05/2026)
Barclays have launched a new switch offer for their Bank Account. Excludes anyone who has ever received a switching bonus from Barclays in the past or anyone who had any Barclays current account open on 10th March 2026. T&Cs. Offer now added to the switching archive for future reference.
