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Earn £125 for opening an A&L Premier Current Account Online
Hi All - Fancy earning £125?:beer: I am currently an existing Alliance & Leicester Online Premier Current Account customer and I could recommend you as a friend as part of their current promotion. All you have to do is let me know your first name and email address. Taken from their website: 'If you have a current account…
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Shocking letter from HSBC
I got a shocking letter from hsbc today. It said I was absolutely shocked and gutted when I saw this letter. I couldn't speak with them as their office is now closed. I have been with them for the last 5-6 years and I have maintained very good account. I was overdrawn 3 months but I knew the limit and I was within limit. I…
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Can anyone advise
I have the misfortune to bank with the Abbey. To cut a long story short a large mobile phone company overcharged me by £240. I was away at the time and didn't realise the mistake until after they had removed the money by direct debit from my account. The phone company admitted the mistake & told me to get the Abbey to make…
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My budget
Hello everyone. I recently stumbles across this site, and I don't know if it's generally accepted that I might post my budges for your critiques. I live in Canada, not UK, so bear that in mind when looking at the numbers. If it's not OK for me to put this up, let me know and I'll remove it. All the numbers are monthly, and…
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I need advice please! Student, overdraft, debt, etc.
Ideally, someone will read this and tell me how I can get around this pickle! I've been working really hard over the last few months to get away from using my overdrafts with all my banks... In 4 months I've brought my balances up from -£500 to £0 across two current accounts, and I haven't touched them since. However, I'm…
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Cheque clearing at Nationwide
We paid a cheque into Nationwide on Friday at 9.30am and paid #12 to use their Special Presentation service. We had been told that by using this service the cheque would be cleared by the latest on Friday. It didn't clear!! :mad: And it still hasn't. They are now saying that there is no guarentee on this service (even…
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After Bankruptcy
Please could you advise me on which banks would offer me the best service, I have recently been released from Insolvancy(bankruptcy) and so have the worst credit score possible. I need as most in a modern Britain a bank account that has the following facilities- * Current account, * Standing order/Direct debit, * Easy…
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Fraudulent activity on my current account
II logged onto my internet banking earlier today and I have apparrently bought tickets off Ticketmaster on friday for a gig/concert that night... with a 5 month old baby it wouldn't even be possible to go! My bank have filed a fraud claim and my card has been blocked. I never put my card details on the internet apart from…
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Alliance and Leicester phone scam?
Having just applied for a current account with A+L im v dissapointed to find that in order to talk to anyone i have to phone an 0844 number and hold for ages,most of the staff seem indifferent/incompetent and if you use an alternative number to phone they hang up,also if you request a call back as i did today-they give two…
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Best Account for 16yo
My DD needs a bank account for her EMA to go into. Can anyone recommend a particularly good young person's account? I'd like to avoid the Halifax, I bank with them:rolleyes: and have found their service to be pants:mad:. Nationwide is out too as they don't have a branch in town. Any suggestions gratefully received.
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Account to run a property
My wife and her sister have inherited a property which they plan to rent out as a medium to long term investment. They need a joint bank account to pay builders and operating costs like insurance, rates etc, so it needs to be an account with cheque book, direct debit but preferably also a level of interest? From my…
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I need a current account, but....
I need a current account, but I have a bad credit score and a few defaults and ccj's, does anybody know any banks that I might be able to open a current account with please????? Cheers
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A&L current Account
Hi all, apologies if this has been mentioned in other threads, its late and this was on my mind... Im in the process of opening an A&L current account as recommended here with the £100 cashback. just a few queries. I have a overdraft with my current account. will A&L transfer the debt if i authorise them to close the…
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debit card fraud
Someone I know has just rang me, he noticed some transactions for 02 topups on his bank statement. This guy never checks bank statements but after seeing this looked over old statements and these transactions have been going out of the accounts for months. They phoned there bank and where told that they might be able to…
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Customers' Bank details sold on Ebay!!
Gosh, I am just so glad I do not have account with Natwest and Royal Bank. It seems the computer with this data was supposedly sold on ebay. Here is the news piece Andreja
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Yorkshire Bank Behaviour Score?
Have been with YB a few years now and have their readycash account and a savings plus account. Was wondering if they use 'behaviour scoring' if I wanted to upgrade the account? Bo
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current account, mortgage and nothing else
for one reason or another , ever since ive worked my finances have always been a little untidy. for example having credit cards, more than one current account, as well as the mortgage. now i feel its time to get on top of it and know where i am financially by looking in just one place. i've cleared all the credit cards and…
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Bank Account declined due to someone else made bankrupted in same household?!
Gilfriend’s sister applied for a current account with RBS. Everything was going ok, they asked for proof of income etc, but today had a letter back saying she couldn’t have the account because her father was made bankrupted while living in the house? Can they do that, i.e decline bank accounts, loans etc if someone else…
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Smile - supposedly closed account still open!
I asked smile to close my online account with them in June, they sent me a message saying once I replied to their message after the £12.10 paid off still owing they would close it. I replied to them immediately after paying off the amount. I have now just double checked and they have wacked on £45 worth of service charges…
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How To Use A ATM Card
I got my first ATM card a few days ago and i am not certain how to use it when i insert it in the ATM will the instructions be displayed on how to withdraw cash from the ATM ...Thank You
