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Cash in a cheque... from France, HELP!!
Hi all, Moved to France two weeks ago and someone sent me British cheque in pounds with some money owed to me. How can I cash it in? Any ideas? I don't want to wait until I'm back in the UK... Thanks in advance.
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Ugh, really struggling, feel dreadful
I have no idea whether this is the right board. With the rising cost of living, my husband and I are really struggling financially. We have a large mortgage, and our rising bills are causing me a real worry. In some ways we are lucky, we have no debts, we do have savings and we have equity in our home. However, I went on…
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Halifax Easy Cash - Initial Problems!!! Thoughts...
Having realising all I can currently get is a basic bank accountg due to shocking credit problems, and after using an old Barclays Savings Account (no Debit Card, have to use Barclays machines etc) I decided to get myself into gear and sort myself out an account... After being turned down at the 11th hour for the Natwest…
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Joint bank account for car fund
Hi My mother and I are going to open a joint account so that we can pay for all our car expenses from it. We need to have instant access to the money, be able to pay money into it online regularly, be linked to both of our bank accounts and earn interest At the moment we are thinking of opening a joint websaver at Halifax…
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closing a joint account, help please
im getting confused. i am trying to close a joint bank account,which i had with an ex partner. which i havent used for years and i know that she doesnt use it either. i am the principle account holder.(halifax, by the way,lol) and i have no way of contacting my ex partner to sign i have tried several times now to do…
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closing a joint account, help please
im getting confused. i am trying to close a joint bank account,which i had with an ex partner. which i havent used for years and i know that she doesnt use it either. i am the principle account holder.(halifax, by the way,lol) and i have no way of contacting my ex partner to sign i have tried several times now to do…
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Alliance & Leicester - small business accounts - CANNOT close them - help !
We have two accounts with the A & L, one a current account with a few pennies and a reserve account with nil balance. I need to close both but for the life of me cannot get them closed ( in practice ). 14/02/08 Wrote instruction to close. Enclosed cut up visa's and unused cheques all struck through 'cancelled'. 27/02/08…
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Nationwide
Hi, looking for a bit of advice.... I opened a flex acc last month in the hope of getting a debit card for my travels, however they could only give me a cash card. I currently have a current acc with Bank of Scotland and do most of my transactions online - I never withdraw cash if Im out and about I use visa. Can anyone…
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A lucky escape
Hi, been reading MSE for ages. Just a warning to people over what has happened to me over the last few, very stressful weeks, and a RECOMMENDATION (:eek: ) for a bank. I was contacted by my bank about three weeks ago, over payments totalling £3,400 going to a betting company called Totesport. This was a complete shock to…
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Switching away from A&L
I'm currently in the process of switching my Current account from A&L. My Salary went into my Premier Direct Current Account Yesterday, but from next month it will go into my new accounts. I need to keep my account open while the DD's get changed over etc, but I don't want to be transfering money into the account once my…
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Unauthorised transaction
Good morning all - I would really appreciate someones help. I recently had a holiday in Thailand and when I paid the hotel bill I gave the lady my Halifax debit card, she put it through the system and told me it did not work so I the paid with my Halifax credit card (got the receipt e.t.c) When I returned home I checked my…
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alliance & Leicester Query
Hi everyone I hope you can advise me on this. I bank with Alliance and Leicester - Internet Premier Account. I looked online on the 31st January this year and saw that an overdraft charge of £75.00 was going to be taken out on the 8th february. I received no email or letter telling me I was overdrawn. I was overdrawn by…
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Abbey have cut my overdraft facility... HELP!!
Hi all, I'm a newbie here, and i'm in a spot of bother and really could do with some help. I opened a bank account with Abbey 15 months ago and for a while all seemed fine. Then i started encountering problems... eg going 3p over my overdraft limit and being charged 35 quid for the priviledge. I have found Abbey's interent…
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Cheque
Advise for a friend, honest. she paid a large cheque into Barclays, after waiting 2 months for it to come. Barclays have lost the cheque, although my friend still has the paying in receipt, and have asked her to get another from the company who issued it. The company who issued it took ages in the first place to send it…
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Joint Current Account No Regular Deposit
Hiya Can anyone tell me which is a good joint current account that doesn't require a regular monthly deposit - we are wanting to open this along with a savings account attached to regularly save money and then be able to move money easily if need be between accounts All help and advice gratefully received, many thanks in…
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Overdraft Help!!!!!!
can someone please help with getting out of an overdraft. I have a current account with Natwest and an overdraft limit of 4k. i have no credit cards and 1 loan which is with Tesco. i have now been in my overdraft for what seems like ages, i am now 3k into it and need help getting out into the black. any suggestions, apart…
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Direct Debit Guarantee
Hi Guys ... Little bit of info needed today ... i have received my statement from the natwest this morning and noticed an initial direct debit had been set up for the carphone warehouse and was debited from my account on the 14th march.. however i have no idea what this is for, or how it had been set up. The only thing i…
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Seeking a current account
I went Bankrupt in April 07'. Opened a basic account with nationwide that was fine, but now i would like an account with a debit card not a credit but debit card to use online etc.... tried nationwide they said no. I tried to do credit check with experian (and earn a bit thru quidco at the same time) but they want a…
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Best Current Account In Credit - it's not as daft as it sounds....
...at least I hope not! I've checked the site for an answer, anyway... I moved from First Direct to Alliance & Leicester over a year ago. As per Martins advice I'm thinking about moving again to get the most of being in credit. I don't want to go to Abbey as recommended as I've heard they're a nightmare and I'm too busy in…
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cheques!!!
Which petrol stations still accept cheques - many thanks Andrew
