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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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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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RBS/Natwest Switch Offer from 17th February 2026 to 28th May 2026
New switching offer from RBS/Natwest https://www.rbs.co.uk/current-accounts/switch-your-bank-account-to-rbs.html https://www.natwest.com/current-accounts/switch-your-banking-to-natwest.html Looks to be the same terms for both How to get £150 1. Open a current account and switch to us Apply for a Select or Reward account…
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Charity bank account
I'm struggling to find a bank account for a local group that I volunteer with. We are a small, limited company which is part of another local charity. We are a limited company because the money we raise from our efforts does not go directly to charity, it provides a service for the charity that owns us. We currently bank…
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iFAST Global Bank - anyone with experience of this UK regulated bank?
iFAST Global Bank - https://www.ifastgb.com/home Does anyone with experience of this UK regulated bank? It looks similar to Revolut in terms of the currency and money transfer services offered but, unlike Revolut, it has a full UK banking license and offers several competitive savings accounts in various currencies.
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Anyone managed to use PayPal debit card as contactless payment???
PayPal debit card doesn't work?? I downloaded the new PayPal debit card, added it to my Google Wallet, PayPal say is good to go, tried it today as virtual card but it was rejected twice. Tried my regular bank card which worked fine? Now usually you have to use a physical card and pin to activate a contactless card before…
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Any issues with Halifax app?
Anyone having issues with the HFX mobile banking app? It claims I've entered my sign in details incorrectly too many times. When I click through all the information to retrieve my username and attempt to login it displays a message that a technical issue has occurred, logging in again (though I haven't yet) might fix it,…
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TSB £200 bank switch starting 13th Jan 2026
Hi, TSB has launched a new switch incentive campaign today rewarding those eligible with £200 Terms and Conditions https://www.tsb.co.uk/current-accounts/switching-bank-account.html "If you’ve received an incentive or benefit for switching to TSB Bank plc using the Current Account Switch Service since
1 October 2022,…
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First Direct Perks
Seems like a new reward scheme incoming?
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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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Nationwide New Look
The "improvements" Nationwide have made are far from helpful. I tried to stick with the new version, but a few minutes and a few problem have induced me to switch back. 1 Views are much more spread out/ Much more scrolling needed to reach the section you want 2 Taken away the ability to hover over a menus and see a list.…
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MSE News: Which Santander branches are closing in 2026/27? Here's the full list
Santander has confirmed it will shut 58 of its branches across the UK in 2026 and 2027 – after adding 44 branches to the list today (Thursday 29 January). Below we list which branches are disappearing and what the alternatives are if you'd still like face-to-face banking… Read the full story:…
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Nationwide contactless limit change
How do I change my contactless limit on my debit card - from £100 to £50 ? According to Nationwide.co.uk - it is via "MANAGE CARDS" but this is not available on the website - as far as I can see……
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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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PayPal transactions £4,000 unauthorised
I have done online gaming for ages and never had any problems, then somehow £4,000 of transactions went out of my PayPal account from the online game I have previously used as well as a couple of other transactions. I set up a dispute with PayPal and within a day they closed the case in my favour and are refunding the…
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What is best app to receive card payments for an individual
I would like to be able to accept debit or credit card payments at a stall at a one off car boot sale. I see there are a few apps I could use on a mobile phone. I wondered which is the best or cheapest app to use as an individual and what are the charges. I think that some like SumUp which initially looked good only seem…
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Faster payments and account details match error warning
I tried to pay a carpenter using Faster Payments. I typed in the account name, sort code and account number given on the invoice, and the bank warned that the name and account number didn't match. Is it sensible to go ahead and make the payment anyway? Or perhaps just put a cheque in the post? The invoice specifically said…
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Returned funds
Hi all Last Saturday on the 18th I went on a day trip with my sister by train and I at our station there's no staff and we have a ticket machine and I paid for my tickets have proof of this however the machine didn't give me all my tickets and went weird anyway thankfully easy midlands sorted our travel so we didn't have…
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Child Trust Fund Account Access
My son was born in 2009. Back then the government had a thing about each child should have a Child Trust Fund Account. My son has a account with Nationwide building Society his name and my name on are on it. My son has special needs and is not able to make his own financial decisions he is currently 17 years old. can…
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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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Best budgeting app for UK bank accounts in 2026?
Can anyone recommend a good budgeting app (that's not YNAB) that can connect with multiple UK bank accounts and help me track my cash flow so I can identify areas where I'm overspending? The well-known big names such as Quicken Simplifi or Monarch Money seem to be mainly America focused with little or no support of UK…
