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Bank Accounts Frozen After Death
My father died in February and I went into Barclays Bank to inform them. When I took the funeral account in to be paid I asked if there had been any further payments into the account. They said that there had been two attempted payments into the account but they had been returned. Appaerently no monies are allowed in or…
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Multiple Lloyds Vantage/A&L Premier accounts
Has anyone got more than one of these accounts to get around the £7000 and £2500 limitations respectively for the high interest rates offered to positive balances? Same goes for the Halifax account? Would they let you get more than one and get the £5 bonus again?
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multiple in credit bank accounts?
Does anyone know of any barriers to opening lots of the top 'In Credit' bank accounts to reap the cash from several of them? The best ones have minimum pay in amounts but any reason you couldn't just satisfy the top one with your salary payment and then just move it around as many as you can manage in a month (more now…
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Bank charges 18 years on???
Hi I was hoping someone could help me out with a letter I have just received from a debt collection agency working for Sparkasse Bank, Iserlohn, Germany. A bit about myself, i am in the Army and was posted to Iserlohn (and had an account with Sparkasse Bank) from March 1990 to December 1991. On leaving Germany i was…
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Best current accounts - interest rates
Is it possible to open a Lloyds Vantage account and Halifax reward account and have £1000 transfered in and out each month to earn the interest? E.g. - Balance: £5000 in Lloyds, £0 in Halifax - Transfer £1000 with standing order from Lloyds to Halifax. Balance: £4000 in Lloyds, £1000 in Halifax - Transfer back £1000 with…
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Help!!!... Confusion about bankers drafts and express clearance
Hi guys... to cut a long story short.... ive bought a used car (privately) and paid by bankers draft... the seller won't give me the car until the draft has clears (because apparently they can still be cancelled even after they have been ....... news to me!? ). We were with their family whilst one of them went to bank the…
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Bank account for a 16 year old 6th former
:money:Hello ,does any one have any advice, My son has just turned 16 and would like his own bank account. Is there any you would rate maybe with any freebies???? Any advice would be helpful thanks in advance . :rotfl:[STRIKE][/STRIKE]
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Defrauded by Santander - again.
Hi, I banked with Barclays both personally and business for over 12 years... I fell out of love with them and moved to Santander...2 years ago. Last year someone used my details and purchased £1500 worth of climbing gear, and the Abbey/Santander let them - took me a few weeks to get it back. I checked my statement last…
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Question about cleared balance
Hey all :beer: The other day when the LED TV misprice came up at Pixmania I decided to order it (no I never expected to get it but you never know) anyway after I ordered it I checked my online bank (Barclays) and as usual the current cleared balance had gone down by the ammount of the order (£230ish) which it always does…
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Debit coming out late
Just noticed on my Natwest Current Account statement that a debit card transaction for petrol @ Asda has come out of my account about 3 weeks after the transaction!! Snippet from online banking: 21 Apr 2010 POS 0xx7 31MAR10 , ASDA PETROL UPT , BENTON GB - 20.00 I know that I didn't get any petrol on 21 April, and you can…
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Getting someone else`s bank stuff !!!
I recently started getting bank details for a new acount opened to my address by someone i have never heard of......since we have lived here over 5 years this is obviously wrong..... Here goes with the fun part.... its a pin number so i ring... wait for it ............SANTANDER (AGAIN) and they are not interested and will…
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no credit check bank accounts
has anyone had any experiance with these type of accounts
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Fear of switching current account provider!!
Hi, I have seen that First Direct offer a current account where you can get 2 x £100 bonuses for switching over to them for your main current account. That sounds great to me! But ive held my current account (for my salary deposits/direct debits etc) with Lloyds since the day i got my first bank account over ten years ago!…
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Intelligent Finance and Standing Orders
Has anyone else had a problem with setting up standing orders/one off payments with Intelling Finance? They've introduced a new system where they need to text you a code to the mobile phone number they have on file. You then have to enter this code to allow you to complete your standing order. No problem, if it actually…
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Please help. I am terrified.
I am foolish enough to do my personal banking with Santander. I did not realise how shockingly bad they are until today. I have a personal current account with Santander and a business current account with Barclays. I am self-employed. Late last week I transferred £900 from my small business account at Barclays into my…
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3rd party
hi, im 3rd party on my mothers bank account, if she passed away what would happen to her savings? thanks
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Data Protection for phonecalls from bank?
Just got a call from hsbc re my account. She says "hello, can i speak to miss xxxx" I say "speaking" Then she goes on to inform me of a list of transactions on my account and enquires if they are my transactions etc. Shocked, i asked why she felt there was no need to confirm any details with me for Data Protection. Told…
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Bank Account has gone missing from internet banking (Natwest)
Hi Has anyone else experienced this? I have 4 Natwest accounts all with an overdraft and all are linked on my internet banking. I log in everyday but today one of the accounts has gone missing. All of the accounts are overdrawn (agreed overdraft), and this one was the only one with NO available funds. Has anyone else…
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Disputed ATM transaction - Denied
I've been a victim of cashpojnt robbery by LloydsTSB. On Sat 10 Apr I used their cashpoint to withdraw £200, however it only delivered £180, although the receipt says £200. I'm the type of guy who normally just stuffs the money into his pocket, but this machine dispensed some fivers which I thought was a bit strange so I…
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Information about Switching Bank Accounts and directi debits
Hi everyone, I am doing a research paper about Banking mobility in different european countries. Part of my study is focusing on the way banks deal with switching bank accounts and direct debits transfer, a matter that usually prevents clients from switching to another bank as it's too much hassle to make transfers. I know…
