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Barclays - Cash Crisis!
Barclays are running out of cash - it's official. THey are no longer filling cash machines in the Thames Valley, I have heard from a friend who works for the company that fills the machines. THe first machines to run out are likely to be in Oxford, Reading and High Wycombe. Apparently their suppliers were getting tired of…
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Transfering money UK £ to US $ accounts?
Hi I live in the UK but frequently visit the USA. I therefore have a UK GBP account at LloydsTSB, and a US USD account at Bank of America. Wire transfers incur large fees - anyone got any bright ideas to transfer from my UK to my USA account? I am prepared to open a UK account with another UK bank if needed.
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Halifax Rewards Current account £5 per month
Hi all not sure if this is the right place to post this query...(sorry if it's been asked before - did search but couldn't find the needle in the proverbial haystack!) quick one... the rewards current account offers £5 per month in exchange for a £1000 pcm credit.... that £5 is net (after tax) on the site it says speak to…
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Halifax, New Account Charges
Hi, Okay, I've got myself into a little mess. I've been paying off stupid payday loans for god knows how long, anyway, to cut a long story short I have this month and they are all cleared, the I can start focusing on my bigger debts. I just logged online and took a look at my Halifax Current Account and I'm -£222.00!!!! I…
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Net Balance
Hi If a statement says net balance £200 what does this mean? Is it the same as available balance I am a little lost Thanks Jim
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Alliance & Leicester switching team - contact address?
hi i have to send a copy of my current bank statement so that A&L will match my overdraft but cant seem to find the address anywhere i do remember it being a PO box in Liverpool but does anyone know the correct address? many thanks
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Advice On Halifax Current Account
Hi, I'm looking for some advice please... I am currently paying £12.50 for an 'Ultimate Reward' current account with the Halifax and am considering switching to the standard 'Reward' account so I save £12.50 per month. I have an overdraft of £2800 and am pretty much always in the overdraft once my bills go out a day after…
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House share bank account problem
Hi All I am in a bit of a problem as I our house needs to pay bills and my house mates want to open a shared account (I am aware of the implications of this! I SAID NO) so is there any thing I (or one of the others) can do to have a almost automatic bank account (owned by one person) with secured payments going in ? I mean…
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frozen account
Hi, I'm not sure if I'm in the right place to ask this question but here goes. My partner and I split up last august. We have 2 joint bank accounts, he uses on and I use the other. The a/c he uses is with the Halifax and I informed them of the change in cercumstances without any difficulty, the problem started when I told…
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Santander Statement
Hi I used to have an account with abbey, mixed up in charges it was there fault but I couldnt prove it, quite confusing to explain they owed me money but were asking me to give it to them. Anyway I was young and went for the stick my head in the sand aproach. Today I recieve a letter from Santander saying net balance…
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No problems with Credit Report, yet I can't open an account!
Hi there, I have tried to apply for a student bank account at both Lloyds TSB and Halifax. In both cases I was turned down, citing my low credit rating as a reason for not opening an account. I am 18 years old, and I am going to university next year. I ran a credit report from Experian, Call Credit Check and Equifax and…
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Concerns Raised Over Bank Access
Many people who try to open a basic bank account are wrongly refused, BBC Money Box has learned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8488322.stm
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Please help im concerned
Hi all i hope i've put this post in the correct place anyway what it is my wife used to have a nationwide account which we decided to stop using we did'nt close it but just left it with zero balance and left it at that we since moved home around 6 months ago we didn't give the new address to nationwide as we didn't even…
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Fast Paymests (FPO) Online
I recently made a Fat Payment to a company, and the amount was debited immediately. 2 days later, I called the company to deliver the service, and apparently they say they have not yet received the payment. I confirmed the account details i used with them, and everything was OK. I called my bank and the bank said the…
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Disappearing transfers of money
Where does our money go to when we make an electronic transfer, either from say the Nationwide to the Nationwide or even to another Bank. They tell us it will take four days, BUT IT IS ELECTRONIC, and we give all the transfer information?? It ought to be instantaneous. Are the banks, al lof them, using our funds to make…
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bank sort code-acct number fraud risk?
Some time ago Jeremy Clarkson published his sort code and bank account number in a newspaper and promptly became a victim to a direct debit fraud. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm Got me thinking. I run a small business and often I have to invoice clients for an initial deposit. My invoice contains my…
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cashing my sons cheque
hi, wondering if anyone can give me some guidance. My mother in law and brother in law gave my son a cheque from each of them for his 2nd birthday. I'd rather cash them as I can buy him some things he needs. How do I go about this as the only account he has is his child trust fund?:)
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Bank of Scotland - Unknown Charges (not just £1 day interest)
I apologise if this has been discussed, I have had a look at a few HBOS threads on here and couldn't find anything to explain it. I cleared my overdraft with HBOS as soon as I could when I found out about the new £1/2 per day charges. As it happens it wasn't in time for the change over, I was a few days out, so expected to…
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Nationwide are rubbish
About eleven years ago I left the Abbey National (Now Santander:eek:) and opened a Nationwide Flex account, what a bunch of clowns these people are. The only good thing about them is a half decent website and the free/cheap overseas card usage. The so called world's largest building society cannot do a weekly standing…
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About Ryanair
Yesterday morning, I tried to book a return flight from London Stansted to Riga. When I tried to do this, it declined my payment; I tried a second time and it said a message about a 'duplicate booking' and also stated if I do book a third time no refunds would be given, obviously meaning my money will be wiped out. I was…
