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£57.50 To Open A Lloyds TSB Current Account!!
The latest offer from Lloyds TSB is a £50 Welcome Bonus when you open a Classic Plus current account. Don't know how long this will last so get in quick!! Direct Link here. You can increase the total cashback on offer to £57.50 by going through Rpoints (or even £62.50 if you're not already an Rpoints member). Details here…
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Paid in Euros?
I'm about to go and work in Europe for 6 months and I will be paid in euros from an account based in the Channel Islands. Does anyone have any advice on how this be done efficiently, without incurring charges and unfavourable exchange rates? I have read Martin's recent article on spending abroad and opening a Nationwide…
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Credit Card charges via Machine withdrawal New Tax ?
How about a campaign on here to stop this new tax on our cash. First we were told "How beneficial it is to have your money paid directly to your bank a/c , but you have the choice," then we were told you MUST put you salary into a bank a/c, now we are told "We are going to charge you to GET your money from your bank a/c.…
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Citibank T+Cs
I want to open this account but I dont have a salary as I am a student, am I excluded by these: You must either: Earn over £20,000 annually and pay your salary into your account monthly, OR Earn over £30,000 annually and pay your salary into your account monthly or make an initial deposit of £2,000*. Can I just make a…
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VENT: Terrible Customer Service & Complaints
I have created this post to ensure that any banking customer complaints can be easily viewed at any time. It is my intention to move such posts to the vents board leaving a summary here. The summary will include a link directly to the post in the vent board, the complaint outline, date of complaint & finally the date…
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Which current account to go for?
I have had a Halifax Cardcash account since god knows when. My credit history has been pretty boring but got improved throughout the last year or so. Even managed to get myself an Egg and Barclaycard. At the same time I got the cards, I thought it would be nice to have a proper debit card. Unfortunately Both Smile and…
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RBS Cheque Clearing
I have recently paid a couple of cheques into my RBS student current account via a Natwest branch which appear to have cleared after 2 days. I always thought cheques took 3 days to clear :cool: ... not that I'm complaining! Anyone else with a RBS account... how long does it take for cheques to clear? Does it clear quicker…
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Bank customer obtains default judgment against bank!!!
Is the worm starting to turn? Ms Saunders claimed £922 in the county court, arguing that charges levied by the bank on her were an unlawful penalty. The bank didn't respond to the summons. She doesn't know if it was sheer incompetence or a deliberate decision not to contest it and risk creating a bad precedent. Laura,…
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More than 1 current account?
Is there any reason for anybody to be actively using more than 1 current account?
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Current Account Suggestions please....
My partner has a bad credit record but does have a Halifax Card Cash Account with an Visa Electron card + cheque book. The only problem with this account is that it takes 7 working days for a cheque to clear!!!! As he is self-employed and the majority of his customers pay by cheque this is a budgeting nightmare. Can any…
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Would you like to be a board guide for this board?
Read Martin's description of what being a board guide involves here. If you're interested in volunteering for this board please reply to this thread.
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Best joint account?
Hi. i am in the process of buying a house with my future wife and were about to set up the mortgage! obviously this is going to be a fair amount of money and would not be fair if it all came out of one account! our idea is to set up a new JOINT account! what/where is our best choice? the account will simply have money but…
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Cahoot users: standing orders / transfers question
Do any fellow users of Cahoot's current account services have the same problem as me? If I try and setup a regular transfer of funds from my current account to my Cahoot savings account, the online bank system does this: (1) I create a future transfer and confirm it. (2) the Cahoot system creates this future transfer and a…
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Alliance & Leicester Cash Machines Access
Hi Everyone, I've explored the whole Current Account Plus offer, and although it looks great, I'm concerned about is issue of free cash machine withdrawls. Their fine print says that some banks may charge, and I've walked past Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds on Tottenham Court Road, to find that none of them show an A&L logo…
