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First Direct Current Account holders
I am thinking of switching to the First Direct Current Account to take advantage of the £75 from www.wepromiseto.co.uk and £100 from First Direct. However, it states you need to pay in salary of minimum £1500 for the first 6mths, i can't do this... but what i would like to know is... can i top up my wages with savings to…
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FX Brokers Feedback
As part of the Foreign Currency: Sending Money Abroad guide. We discuss using specialised FX brokers as a way of sending large amounts of money overseas. If you've read the article and have any feedback, hints or tips, please click reply and let us know.
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halifax
my son, who is at university, accepted an interest free overdraft facility of just under £3,000 from the Halifax. He is within his limits but now, after receiving a letter that says he needs to renew the facility, he has been told to repay the rntire amount that is outstanding. As he is still at university and the amount…
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Sending Money Overseas article discussion
This the discusson for Foreign Currency: Sending Money Abroad guide. To discuss/ask a question click post reply.
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transferring money from UK to France
we have accounts with Barclays, Halifax and Nationwide in the UK and in the process of opening an account with Credit Agricole Britline in France. does anyone know what the cheapest method of transferring money from any of the UK banks to CAB ? we hope to be able to transfer roughly £1k / month thanks
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Joint name cheque
I'm hoping someone can give me the right answer for this but i think i'm just clutching at straws :rolleyes: We've received a cheque today for Mr & Mrs but unfortunately we're not married (not for the want of trying!) Is there anything we can do other than return the cheque and get it changed? Looks like my OH is going to…
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i can't make head nor bloody tail of this....
Made an online application for a Barclays Current Account yesterday. During the application it asked me to verify info on my Equifax file. I got an email thanking me for my application saying they'd be in touch. I phoned up today to enquire on the application and first I was hung up on twice. Then I got through to someone…
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Basic acc. DMP help pls...
Hello, Ive sert up a new joint basic bank account for my partner, with Abbey. Now ive found out that Abbey are part of Santander which so are Alliance & Leicester. I have a personal loan with A&L, do they have the right to offset, as they are part of the same group as Abbey or not? Please help asap please.
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A&L current account switching problems
Hi all, I'm in the process of switching current accounts from nationwide to A&L to take advantage of the £100 switching offer they had a while ago (just applied in time). Pretty much everything has been transferred across now but I've had a few problems and wanted to know if this is common with account switching (since I'm…
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Cahoot & Crossed Postal Orders
Hi, Has anyone who has a current account with Cahoot managed to pay in a crossed postal order? I've asked Cahoot Customer Services and they said they don't accept postal orders but I've seen older posts suggesting that you can pay them in through the Post Office and Abbey told me I should be able to pay it in the same as a…
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Abbey's Disgraceful Banking Protocol Failure
In July 08 I wrote a cheque for £2008 in final payment for a holiday in Florida. The company I paid it to (Travel City Direct) then folded. Although I have an invoice stating all payments were made, ABTA quite rightly want a copy of the cheque. I called Abbey and asked for a copy of that cheque in early September. After a…
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International transfers
I am currently living and working in Spain, and receiving my monthly salary in euros, but I need to transfer some of this to my English account every month to pay loan/credit card. I did this through internet banking on my Spanish bank account, but it charged me 30 euros. Does anybody know the cheapest and quickest way to…
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joint accounts?
thought i had posted this the other day but cant find it. i added ex husband on to my account of 25 years standing a few years ago. we broke up a few weeks ago and although there are no funds in account there is a £3000 over draft that i wont get with a new account. i cant get in touch with him disappeared off face of…
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Is HSBC Premier worth it?
I am considering upgrading from PLus to Premier. What do you actually get in reality? What do the Relationship Managers do for you?
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Daily budget planning/recording... anywhere out there?
Hi, ive recently completed the budget pages on here, and guess what..... We are definitely in the red category! What I would like to do is find a spreadsheet/form/site that can help me to record my daily spending into different categories so that I can really see where my money is going (ive had to estimate on some of the…
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Nationwide current account overdrawn.
HI, i'm new here, and i'm sure this has been covered many times before, but i've read through the banking pages and am still a bit confused. On 20th November i went overdrawn in my Nationwide current account by £1.29. I knew this would happen because i checked my online account earlier last week, so i deposited some cash…
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Current account with bad credit?
I had perfect credit.....so perfect when i did first need help at the bank (HSBC) they refused to help as my credit score was too good! then I tried to reclaim charges they started charging me £250 per letter:eek: etc....anyway that is with the ombudsman, I followed advice and changed to another bank for daily stuff, but…
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which bank looks at account history when deciding to upgrade acct?
hi all i'm after some advice regards to basic bank accounts. i've got some bad credit which has made it impossible for mew to get a current account so i've had to get a basic acct instead. i've had a easycash acct with halifax for around 3 years during which time it has been run well, unfortunetely they wont upgrade my…
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Student Overdraft Renewal (or not!)
I am a final year student with an HBOS student overdraft. I have been told that due to not crediting the account they will not renew my overdraft limit. This means that i have less than two weeks to credit the account with over £2000 or I will start to get charges and gather interest. I offered to credit my account…
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How to cancel a cashcard with Halifax?
How do I go about cancelling a cashcard with Halifax, I have had it since I was 11 years old and it has an OD of £150, I have a current account and I would rather just have access to the current account (don't have the pin). Also I have paid of my CC should I cancel it?
