I Disputed a debit card transaction and I've been told I've lost the dispute
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So instead of using the ATM of a normal Spanish bank you just happen to use the ATM of an little known Spanish bank with an English language website offering Euro and Private Banking accounts to foreigners. I really wonder what made you select this particular ATM.
The timescale of what has happened appears very short to me. I would have expected it to take much longer for this Spanish bank to get back to your bank to say everything balanced.
So your witnesses are your Grandfather, your Fiance and your children?
I am also curious as to how your Mother, presumably in the UK, transferred the funds that she had agreed to lend you to enable your holiday to 'proceed as normal' and why your Grandfather or Fiance were unable to help you out with any cash.
You say that as a result of this you are now unable to feed your children or pay the Electricity bill. Seriously, if your financial situation is such as this, should you really have spent all that money on a foreign holiday that you obviously could not afford.? Could you Mother, or perhaps your Fiance or Grandfather, lend you some money for food and Electricity?0 -
Lloyds and Halfiax are not part of RBS, I don't know if Lloyds is still with the hbos group?
A complaint to the bank is the best place to start with the facts laid out as above, banks hate complaints!YorkshireBoy wrote: »Really? When did that happen?
I thought RBS, Lloyds and Halifax were all merged into the HBOS group back in 2009 when one of the banks originally went down. I know one of the banks owns the others, I don't know. I'm probably wrong looking at these responses, but it's not something I've solely studied to be honest0 -
So instead of using the ATM of a normal Spanish bank you just happen to use the ATM of an little known Spanish bank with an English language website offering Euro and Private Banking accounts to foreigners. I really wonder what made you select this particular ATM.
Am I an expert in foreign banks? No. I used the closest one from the taxi rank. They are everywhere across the canaries. How condescending can you be, really?The timescale of what has happened appears very short to me. I would have expected it to take much longer for this Spanish bank to get back to your bank to say everything balanced.
So your witnesses are your Grandfather, your Fiance and your children?
I am also curious as to how your Mother, presumably in the UK, transferred the funds that she had agreed to lend you to enable your holiday to 'proceed as normal' and why your Grandfather or Fiance were unable to help you out with any cash.You say that as a result of this you are now unable to feed your children or pay the Electricity bill. Seriously, if your financial situation is such as this, should you really have spent all that money on a foreign holiday that you obviously could not afford.? Could you Mother, or perhaps your Fiance or Grandfather, lend you some money for food and Electricity?
Seriously, If you have no useful advice, then I'd prefer if you didn't contribute.0 -
Jlawson118 wrote: »I thought RBS, Lloyds and Halifax were all merged into the HBOS group back in 2009 when one of the banks originally went down.
Lloyds got never merged into the HBOS group - Lloyds Banking Group owns HBOS, alongside Lloyds Bank and other financial institutions.0 -
So instead of using the ATM of a normal Spanish bank you just happen to use the ATM of an little known Spanish bank with an English language website offering Euro and Private Banking accounts to foreigners. I really wonder what made you select this particular ATM.
So much negativity to OP, it's not called for given the additional facts were given as requested. And for your information, Banca March is not a random no-brand ATM in a corner shop, they have been running since 1926, have €12 billion in assets and came out top in Tier 1 Ratio of the European stress tests in 2010. That's top of Europe, not just Spain to clarify.
As others have said, OP should complain and make sure they have all the details as you described to us.0 -
HBOS is/was just a holding company - it was never a bank itself.
Halifax and various other smaller companies were all merged into BOS prior to LBG.You are confusing the Royal Bank of Scotland with the Bank of Scotland.
Lloyds got never merged into the HBOS group - Lloyds Banking Group owns HBOS, alongside Lloyds Bank and other financial institutions.0 -
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At the time of the hbos merger Halifax was approximately twice the size of bank of Scotland by market cap.
The idea of bringing Halifax, IF and Birmingham Midshires under the BOS banking licence was to save money by not needing to meet regulatory requirements for a formal board of directors for each banking licence. I believe the amount saved was c£1m a year.
While Halifax was by far the biggest entity at the time, the decision to retain the BOS banking licence and let the others lapse was the advert in every Scotsman's wallet - the printing of Scottish bank notes by the group would have ceased if they'd chosen a different brand's banking licence.0 -
PeacefulWaters wrote: »This is true.
The idea of bringing Halifax, IF and Birmingham Midshires under the BOS banking licence was to save money by not needing to meet regulatory requirements for a formal board of directors for each banking licence. I believe the amount saved was c£1m a year.
While Halifax was by far the biggest entity at the time, the decision to retain the BOS banking licence and let the others lapse was the advert in every Scotsman's wallet - the printing of Scottish bank notes by the group would have ceased if they'd chosen a different brand's banking licence.
Yea and it all went so well, like that other reverse takeover with rbs and natwest.0
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