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Cheapest way to send euros?
I can't use paypal as the money needs to be sent to a bank account, if anyone knows an easy cheap way of doing this please let me know, it is 70 Euros just for info?
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Closing Alliance And Leicester Account..
I opened an account for the £100 switching offer and I've now had the £100 (and the £45 quidco), can I just close the account or have I missed something where you have to stay with them for X amount of time?
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Santander to charge for money removal???
I was at a function yesterday where several people who work for banks (not santander) were telling me they have been told Santander are going to charge for removing money from cash machines soon!! Is there any truth in this? I was told by two different people who dont know each other, one at the function and one at the pub…
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Abbey/Santander Paying in problems
I know there have been problems with Abbeys systems this weekend, but this problem has been going on a year. Has anyone else had any trouble paying cash or cheques in at Abbey branch cash machines - out of hours ?? The problem I get is that the cash machine goes right through the process, gives me an envelope, but then…
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Barclays Bank Account Application Lost ?
On the 27th January I applied online for a Barclays Current account, I got an email back to say that they would write to me within 4 working days to let me know if I had been successful or not. I called them after 4 days as I had not heard and was told they have no trace of the application !, I called them again a few days…
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Alliance & Leicester - Losing Applications
Hi, wonder if anyone else has had this happen? On 20 Jan I applied for the A & L premier account and the Santander Zero credit card. I received an acknowlegdment email immediately and was told they would be in touch within 24 hours. Ten days later, with no follow up email, I phoned customer services. They said there was no…
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Problems with Abbey (Santander) debit cards this weekend?
Has anyone else been haing problems with their Abbey debit cards. I have two Abbey current accounts and the cards for both have been declined at shops and ATMs this weekend. In the queue at the ATM at Tesco's today there were 3 other people who's Abbey cards had been declined, including one distraught woman who had been…
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egg money manager - tracking all accounts??
have been looking at eggs website and notice they have a "money manager" where you can set up to see other accounts with different banks online. how safe is this to do? also some of the accounts i have are with people like barclays and skipton buidling society, barclays uses pinsentry to sign in and have to use a chip and…
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How to get free/cheap credit for a couple of months
We're planning on getting some work done in our garden and it will clear out our readily available savings. The work will be complete in about 5 or 6 weeks time. I don't yet know if they'll take payment by credit card. We could of course postpone the work but I'm keen to have it all done in time for spring. I can withdraw…
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U.k. Hsbc u.s $ account extortionate charges
Hi, Please could anyone advise me of what to do here? I am being paid by an American company in U.S. $ checks and have a U.S. $ HSBC account, what is really !!!!ing me off is they have "negotiated" some of my checks and have charged me £10 for each one, but some of my checks they have "collected" on my behalf & have been…
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Halifax - No privacy
My girlfriend is with the Halifax, she had to go in the local branch with a query. When we arrived there we joined a queue of people waiting to speak with someone who was stood in the middle of the foyer at a podium like thing. As we neared the front of the queue we could hear so much about other people's business,…
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Another A&L question...
For those who have already done this, i have 2 accounts with Nationwide a main one and one i dont use, i dont want to close this main account account. If i transfered one DD over to the spare account (that currently has no DD on it ) and did the switch to A&L would i qualify for the £100 if i made sure i put 500 in, also…
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Current Acc & Savings with same bank
I've got both a current account & savings account with Santander. I was just thinking the other day about how overdrafts are repayable on demand, as per T&C's. If I was asked to repay my OD in full and didnt have the full amount would the bank be allowed to take the remaining balance from my savings account or are they…
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Any caveats with Bank of Scotland Reward Current Account?
Are there any caveats I should be aware of regarding the Bank of Scotland Reward Current account? I'm thinking of opening one in lieu of a regular savings account, as the reward interest will beat the interest I could get on a regular saver on my current savings. However, the wording of the T&Cs (from 6 Dec 2009) seems to…
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Current account number of months history online
My bank (A & L) allows me to look back over 9 months of history. It seems to me that it would be more useful to see 13 months so that you could compare annual renewals and expenditure year on year. I asked them about this and they said that no one is interested in transactions more than 265 days old and they suggested…
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Abbey/Santander Debit Cards
Hi Everyone, I bank with Abbey, and recently broke my debit card so I asked for a new one to be sent. When the new card arrived, now branded Santander, it didn't come with a cheque guarantee symbol??? I never use it, just wondered why really?? Regards
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New Security Software - HSBC accounts
The HSBC online banking site is now asking customers to download and install new anti-pishing software from a company called "Trusteer" I don't download software to my system without checking it first. In my case I am running Mac OS X with Firefox and Opera browsers (these browsers have anti-pishing built in), a Firewall…
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Paid in Dollars and need a UK Dollar Account - can you help??
Hi I am a long term follower of moneysaving expert who has just moved abroad and is being paid in dollars to her UK bank account and losing significant amounts of cash on the current exchange rate. I want to set up a dollar account in the UK to hold my money until the exchange rate improves. Can anyone help me? Thanks, J
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Can I cash a £100 cheque for myself (Read on...)
I have a major cash flow situation between now and monday. I am with the Halifax bank. Could I take a Cheque written out with the word "CASH" into my local Lloyds TSB for cash and expect to get it. That is not the only small issue, cashing the cheque will take me over my agreed overdraft limit with my bank. They charge a…
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International Money Income??? Best bank
Hi, first post but long time reader; apologies I did search for an answer but maybe the terms are too broad? I'm due to work in Germany for nine weeks and will be paid via BACS or cheque, it's up to me. I am currently with lloyds tsb and would like to know if there is a better way to recieve my money? Currently, I believe…
