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Halifax or Alliance & Leicester?
I can't decide between opening a Halifax High Interest Current Account or an Alliance & Leicester Premier Direct Current Account! Some guidance please? Halifax 6.17% for the first £2,500 + £100 for opening the account It comes with a Debit Card and a cheque book You have to use their switching service to be eligible for…
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Nationwide help please?
I have had a current account with Nationwide for many many years, maybe 20 or so, havent put anyting into for the past 6 years, so it was just in credit. i started part time work 6 months ago, so had my wages put directly into it, and took out most of it over the month, this month i went to check my balance and found that…
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Transfer Money between A/cs Via Debit Card?
Hi Is it possible to transfer money from one bank's current account to another bank's current account via debit card? Say from A&L to Halifax or LTSB? If this is possible it would save loss of interest and carrying the cash around. Any thoughts?
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Halifax and Bank of Scotland 6.17% Higher Interest Account
I hoped it would be possible to gain the £100 twice over as it is advertised separately on the Halifax site and the Bank of Scotland site!! Having just enquired, you are only eligible for the £100 once, as it is the same company. However there's nothing to stop you opening a BOS account anyway, if you've got some spare…
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bank accounts
can anyone tell me how to find out my old bank account details i have been with my new bank for 2 yrs.unfortunately i have no old bank statements or letters etc or correspondence of any kind.
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Possible new barclays scam email
sorry if this is old hat but not seen anything like this myself before. Received an email today (in the spam folder of hotmail) saying that Barclays will pay £200 to anyone opening an account online. Looking at the urls behind the html links they had nothing to do with Barclays from what I could tell. Keep an eye out for…
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Multi-currency current account
I currently bank with Citibank as they allow account holders to have 3 accounts - Sterling, Euro and Dollar, and transfers between them are at really great rates and you can withdraw money when travelling in Europe or USA at no cost!! However, they have now said that they will start charging £10 per month for the privilege…
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Multi-currency current account
I currently bank with Citibank as they allow account holders to have 3 accounts - Sterling, Euro and Dollar, and transfers between them are at really great rates and you can withdraw money when travelling in Europe or USA at no cost!! However, they have now said that they will start charging £10 per month for the privilege…
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halifax cardcash acc
Immediate deposit machines Are these actually checked by people, when you pay in cheques, don’t want 1000 mistaken for £100 thanks
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Halifax Cardcash
Anyone else got one of these mickey mouse accounts. I have had the account years Does it have a cheque book? I seem to remember maybe having one in the past but have no idea where it is now or whether it was even on this account. I know the card is only an electron so not a cheque guarantee but occasionally I need to send…
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Cheapest way to cash a US Dollar Cheque
I've just sold some company shares and unfortunately they have paid me in the form of a cheque in US Dollars. A quick call into Barclays and Nationwide yesterday where I have bank accounts has confirmed that they both charge a fee for cashing a cheque in a non-stirling currency but neither were able to tell me exactly what…
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minimum monthly deposit into citibank
Want to close my second current account and open another to replace, Is there a minimum monthly deposit with the Sterling Current Account? Account will be in overdraft for a few months so want to make the most of £500 fee free overdraft (does that include no apr ect) would really apreciate any help, thanks rich
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minimum monthly deposit into citibank
Want to close my second current account and open another to replace, Is there a minimum monthly deposit with the Sterling Current Account? Account will be in overdraft for a few months so want to make the most of £500 fee free overdraft (does that include no apr ect) would really apreciate any help, thanks rich
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Theoretical Lloyds Current Account (Ab)Use
Let us say I have got a Lloyds Current Account with a £1000 Overdraft. I also happen to have 5 other Current Accounts from totally separate High Street organisations all with their own Chequebooks. If I were to write myself 5 cheques of £200 each (one from each of the other organisations) and deposit them on Saturday into…
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refused a bank account
I was recently refused a bank account at A&L. They would give me a basic account, but not one of the Premier ones. I would like some advise as to why this is, so I can rectify it and then apply at Halifax (sounds like a better account anyway) So would it be because of my high overdraft? late credit card payments creating…
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Help with lost interest calculation please
I’m considering opening yet more current accounts for sign-in bonuses or access to regular savers. The plan will then be to juggle money from account to account to meet the various minimum funding requirements. What I’d like to know – and which neither my maths nor understanding of the technicalities is really up to…
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new joint account needed
Hi My oh and i are on the look out for a new bank account after the halifax closed ours due to bancruptcy. As we have had the bankruptcy annulled this shouldnt be a problem but a very scary credit rating might be a problem lol Any advice or recommendations welcome Thanks vicky
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new joint account needed
Hi My oh and i are on the look out for a new bank account after the halifax closed ours due to bancruptcy. As we have had the bankruptcy annulled this shouldnt be a problem but a very scary credit rating might be a problem lol Any advice or recommendations welcome Thanks vicky
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Authorising an Overdraft on a joint account?
Hi Everyone My OH has an overdraft debt with his dreaded ex which the HSBC have written to him demanding. We understand that he is joint and severally liable for any debts on the account, but he is adamant that he never authorised an overdraft on the account. We asked the HSBC about this, and they have said that it was…
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dodgey text from HSBC
hi, today i got a text message from HSBC, which goes that somebody has tried to use my details in Hackney london and tried to spend £1300approx from my account. now, i have a student HSBC bank acc: 1. im in my overdraft so dont know where they got this figure from (if some tried to take £1300 out now from my account, they…
