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Natwest Account - Stopping a standing Order
There is a standing order on my Natwest Bank account set-up for £650. It is due to go out on the 1st April, I looked on Natwest on-line banking today, clicked cancel but it tells me any standing orders in the next 3 days will still be paid - oh good. I do wonder why it can't just be cancelled now, as I don't want to pay…
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Euro account
Anyone know of a decent euro account I can open with minimum fuss. I will be receiving a payment of approx €500 per month and want to be able to draw the money out at my own convenience. Don't want to pay lots of charges
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Banks attitude towards purchasing things in foreign currency and other stuff
I was wondering how banks attitude towards customer for the following: * foreign currency * legal downloads of media from websites (for example, legal mp3 downloads from iTunes and renting shows online through 4OD, etc...) * purchasing stuff overseas I am asking this because I got a feeling that some banks don't like it…
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Interesting article on banks and overdraft charges
This was on BBC breakfast apparently: http://www.isawitonthebox.com/tv/breakfast/current-account-deals-as-seen-on-bbcs-breakfast Some of the charges look pretty tough!
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Help -Anyone have a Maestro or SOLO card with both an issue number AND a start date?
Hi I'm trying to build some card validation rules for Solo and Maestro. I know that some Maestro and Solo Cards have just a start date and expiry date and Maestro and Solo cards have an issue number and an expiry date. However I want to know if anyone has a Maestro or Solo card with BOTH an issue number and a start date?…
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Alliance & Leicester - What a load of ****!
Hi guys, I recently signed up to A&L £100 off, and transferred from Halifax. Basically, I am very disapointed and wish I didnt transfer to them! Their whole service is pants! Also, I have just tranferred 3 payments, £100, £50, and £240. All three said that they would be processed next day... I called up and they said that…
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Paypal mess up, charge wrong account, I end with overdraft charges.
Hi I recently made a payment of about £125 using paypal. Knowing that my bank account could not support this payment at the current time I explicitly instructed PayPal on their confirmation screen to debit my credit card, and their system confirmed that this is what would be done. No, my credit card wasn't debited, they…
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Tesco to open bank branches
This thread is to discuss the following news story: Tesco to open bank branches in stores
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Alliance and Leicester £100 transferring from Cahoot?
Hi Been thinking of changing my current account from Cahoot to Alliance and Leicester to take advantage of the £100 offer when opening a new current account. I know it says Abbey customers don't qualify for this, but was wondering if Cahoot is the same (being part of the Abbey). Didn't see it mentioned on the A+L website.…
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Going from Natwest to Halifax - Questions
Hi all, I currently hold a natwest account and am liking the look of the new Halifax deal where they pay you £5 per month. However, at the minute I hold a graduate loan with natwest and am also overdrawn- by around £500ish. Would they insist on me paying the loan and overdraft off before cancelling and going to Halifax or…
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I had a chuckle this morning...
.... logged into my LTSB account and in the current account header it invited me to open a second current account (for bills etc). Also, at the bottom was a message about opening a second account. I click on the link. Get a message along the lines of "Sorry, we're unable to offer you this product online." Or words to that…
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Worried about sudden drop in LTSB's internal scoring to 9!
Hi, Today I went to LTSB, thinking about temporarily increasing my overdraft (fixed savings maturing in 3 days time, but may need some cushioning in 2 days time). I was shocked when the person told me she couldn't help because there is a "Credit Policy Decline" listed next to my Overdraft, and also told my internal scoring…
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Need to Send a Cheque in US Dollars - Help Needed!
Hi everybody, I need to send a cheque for $500 to a university in the USA. The instructions are that the cheque must be "drawn on a U.S. bank (or a bank with a U.S. branch indicated on the front of the check)". How do I go about this? Do I ask my bank to do this for me? I've looked on the websites of HSBC and Nationwide…
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Ex employer paid my wages - DO I GIVE IT BACK
my ex employer who made me redundant 2 days before christmas last year, gave me the equivalent of a months wage in february. Originally they emailed me to say sorry and that their bank would be taking it back automatically. However their bank RBS have now written to me saying i need to send them a cheque. I ask the…
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Received teh £100 incentive with A+L :)
Got the 100 quid for signing up to premier acccount ;) . Also got 50 quid cashback originally.. so 150 quid made... nice ;) Wife is in process of getting an account too hehe.
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All Sorted Now!!!
Hi, i've just logged into my bank account and there is a bank credit for just over a quid from someone called 's ervice user1'. i have never heard of this and i have just rang the bank and they have told me they can't give me any more info than what i can see on my screen! can anyone shed any light on this? i don't use the…
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alliance and leicester Current account deposit
I opened a current accout in alliance and leicester but dont have one local to me. Is is possible to deposit money via abbey as they are part of same group?
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Need a cheap direct debit quickly!
A slightly strange request: A few minutes ago I signed up to the A&L account that gives you £100 if you let it transfer your direct debits and standing orders to them. Unfortunately I've just noticed that you need at least one direct debit in order to qualify for the £100, and I don't have any (I only have standing…
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Switching to Halifax Reward account but keeping same a/c number etc?
Hi guys I currently have the Halifax high interest current account and want to get the Halifax "reward account" (not the "ultimate reward" account), which pays £5 a month if you pay in over £1000. I wondered if it's possible to just do a switch keeping the same account number, sort code etc so I don't need to bother about…
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£22 charge for going £3.46 over my agreed overdraft
As the title says really, we went £3.46 over our agreed overdraft and got a charge of £22 thats coming out on in a few weeks. Is there anything I can do... I thought that they disregarded up to £10 or is that just wishful thinking on my part.:o
