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How long to transfer £1000 thru faster payment?
I transferred £1000 from A&L to Halifax accounts, both operate FP. I have previously been doing this between A&L and first direct (up to £800) and its been going instantly!! I need this payment to go through in at least 3 days to stop me going overdrawn Thanks in advance John
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Transferring funds from Moscow
My son working in Russia and being paid in local currency I have citibank account they have moscow branch but that not poss either so what's cheapest and easiest way to get cash back to uk?
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Virgin Bank
Guy's not sure if this has been posted previously however I thought it would be a great time to get some debate going on Richard Branson’s latest business venture - Virgin Bank. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/2786104/Virgin-plans-high-street-bank-within-a-year.html
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A&L Identity Theft Cover?
hi there, I've just been on the phone to A&L to activate my new debit card for my new current account and they told me about identity theft cover that they sell for £4.99 a month. It threw me for a bit because he said when people have their identity stolen like name address and dob that now credit cards are set up in…
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HSBC question for hsbc staff
I applied in January for a basic account straight off with HSBC because I thought it had a debit card with it, but did not. I asked about applying for a current account and was told that I had to wait 6 months to upgrade my basic account first and then could apply for others. I phoned complaints and was told the complete…
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UK euro account and SEPA
hello, Does anybody know about a EUR account that I can open in london, from which I can make free SEPA transfers to EUR account in France? regards,
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5 year expiry date on debit card
A few months ago, I finally managed to get a debit card from Nationwide. The card had an expiry date in 2014 (i.e. 5 years in the future). Haven't really used the debit card online yet as I keep the account for holidays (both UK and abroad). Today I tried to book with Parkdean Holidays. Their website doesn't go past 2013…
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BOS - Can't access my overdraft and no idea why
Can anyone explain to me what might be going on here. The account is my husband's so I can't call to find out and hubby is working so can't call till he gets home. Anyway, the account has an overdraft of £600. At the moment the balance is showing as -£194, with an available balance of £0. And we are unable to take any…
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best way for cashflow in a business...
would you have an overdraft but the nationwide seems to be saying that it is 17% per annum which i think is quite high or alternatives such as loan or cheapest option credit card at 0%? thanks in advance for any help.
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£20 from ING Savings
Just wondering if anyone who was able to apply for the ING Savings account that Martin advertised on his email a few weeks ago has received their £20 yet? I applied for the account on the day the email came round (around the start of March) and sent the £1 cheque off to open the account on the same day. That credited…
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Cheque Paid In Without Paying In Slip
Hello All, I have a very unfortunate and frustrating situation regarding a member of my staff who made a mistake when paying in a cheque to my current account. The bank is Alliance and Leicester, and she went to the post office to deposit a cheque for me. The cashier gave her a postal deposit envelope in which to put the…
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LTSB -> Natwest online payments immediately showing up?
Hi, I setup a transfer from my LTSB account to my Natwest account yesterday, to leave my account today. Expecting it to clear 3 days, I was surprised when I saw that in my Natwest current account, the money has shown up. This wasn't expected because I know that LTSB always performs online transfers using BACS, and not FP.…
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Bank credit received by mistake - can you help?
Morning all A bit of an unusual request for my first post I think! Ok, I was checking my Bank Of Scotland account today (it is a bank account I use very little in the month to only pay bills…) when I realised that I received on the 5th March a credit from a company called C.E.C (“Bank Credit – C.E.C” is what appears on the…
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Halifax Online - Cardcash and upgrade
Hi. This morning I logged into my Halifax bank account via Halifax Online. I have a Cardcash account with Electron. This morning I noticed next to my account details a button that said 'Upgrade your account'. If I click on it it says about upgrading to either an Ultimate Reward Account or 'Reward Account'. I know these…
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sorry if this has been asked before...
...new to A&L. how do i transfer money to it from another bank. trying to use the faster payment service how do i input it as the a/c number is 9 digit long. i understand about adding the 1st number of your a/c number to the end of the sort code :confused: thanks
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payment account # error - did it go through?
last year (feb 2008) i paid someone for some goods though an online transaction, the goods never arrived (but thats a different story), anyway i have been going over the details of this transaction and it appears that i have paid it into the wrong account, i missed out one digit of the account (first one), but the name and…
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Urgent help please
I graduated last summer and have a 2k interest free overdraft with natwest. In. June this is reduced to 1k and it's dawned on me - is this the total overdraft being decreased or just the interest free part? I certainly can't pay them a grand by then, considering I'm barely scraping by due to some very stupid debt I…
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Partnership Bank Accounts
Does anyone know which banks allow partnership accounts to be opened? For example four people want to open an account together. There is very little information that any of the banks give about this topic.
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Can you recommend a high street bank?
I'm currently with HSBC but I'm not very happy with them. The last straw was when they accidently took £500 out of my account. Luckily I noticed the error and contacted them to get the money back. Can you please recommend a high street bank? The types of benefits I am looking for are: good savings rates, safety, customer…
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A and L £100 bonus account - when to pay?
I just opened the A lliance and leicester Premier Account but I wanted to ask soemthig that had always baffled me. If I don't pay in min £500/month then they will fine me £5/month. I have al;ways thought that as long as I pay in my salary (over £500) then it would be okay, but how could I otherwise pay in that amount if…
