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Pin No not working at A&L AGAIN!!!!
I am so frustrated. I have been sent pin number after pin number so I can access my A&L Internet Account - none of them work and all I get told is 'we'll send you another one'. Tried the 4th one today and it didn't work either and because I could not remember what my last purchase was with my debit card I did not pass…
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Nationwide to start a new log in procedure.
It looks like Nationwide are going to follow Barclays example and require customers to log in via their card readers. Bad news as far as I am concerned.
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Can you suggest a good current account that pays interest?
Hi all, I currently have a basic bank account with Natwest/RBS and they've recently decided to stop paying any interest at all on most of their accounts which has led me to decide that I have to move current accounts as a matter of urgency. I have looked at a wide range of accounts but all the banks I've spoken to so far…
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closed account
:( Hi im a newbe and i really would love some advice! I have had a large payment sent to a now non existent account number with lloyds TSB.. they have no record of my old buisness account at all as it was closed over 2 yrs ago.. even when giving them the old account number that the money has been sent to they cannot find…
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Santander Preferred In Credit Rate A/c
i'm thinking about applying for this, although i dont want to transfer over any direct debits and so wouldn't get £100 - not bothered about that. Just wondered if when you switch, they close down your existing current account. Basically, i'd like to open the account to get the 5% but don't want to transfer DD's or close my…
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O2 Visa Pre-Pay 'Holding Charge' aka Security Check!
My son recently obtained an o2 Visa pre-pay card for use when buying online. He used Amazon to purchased an MP3 download @ a cost of 69p knowing he had enough funds but was surpised to receive an e-mail telling him that his O2 Visa card had been rejected. He called Nat West who administer the Visa card and was informed…
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Alliance + Leicester and Santander merger query
I have got an account with A&L and have recently had a couple of letters who I have direct debits with saying that they have changed the direct debit as per banks instructions, is this because of the name change from A&L to Santander that A&L are contacting all my direct debits companies to change things:question:
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Bank Reversal??
Hi there was wondering if anyone could help me out with the following problems as I don't have a telephone banking number to call santander or I would have. 1. I had a dd payment of £15 took out there wasn't enough in the account to pay for this so I recieved a message saying arranged overdraft interest of 4.44 then…
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Help please opening a bank account.
Hi All Wondering if anyone can give me any advice. I have just been given a cheque that I need to bank but I don't have a bank account. I can't go back and ask for the cheque in another name. The reason Ison't have a bank account is due to past history and bad debts and am using my partners account for my salary to go…
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Cheque Availability
I put in a large amount into my savings accounts as current accounts with rbs dont get interest now. So im wondering since this cheque is 6k will the funds still be made available for interest to be gained or will it take longer cause of the amount. I know normaly funds are made available the 3rd day from when it was…
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Joint Account @ HSBC
Hi Guys, Was wondering if you could help me with this one? I've got a Joint Account with a family member at HSBC. Is it possible to ask HSBC and of course both of us agree to this, remove one person from the account so the other can just run it as a "sole account" keeping the same Account Number & Sort Code? The account…
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Standing Order Payment
Hi, I am new and hopefully posting in the right place. My personal account is with LloydsTSB and I have had a Standing Order payment come off for my joint account with my fiance for the past 5 years. The account is with the Bank of Scotland and we use it for paying the mortgage and bills. All of a sudden after no problems…
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Gambling , need new bank account
cut a long story short im on an scottish trust deed ,which finishes in about 6 months , i have a real bad habbit of online gambling my wages every week leaving me totaly skint , i know its my own fault , but i just cant stop it , iv been looking for a new bank account that does not supply a debit card , so i cannot buy or…
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Natwest Student Account?
Evening all, I opened a Natwest Current Plus account in July which i have now upgraded to a Student account. I didn't automatically receive an overdraft when the account opened. I have just tried to apply online for an overdraft for this account and i keep getting a message saying that We have not identified a Current…
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Web Direct Debit Set Up
Does anyone know if there are rules about validating Web Direct Debit set up? Got a shock last week when someone had used my account details to set up 2 DD's one of which was to pay their Credit card balance lost most of my pay. Luckily I have the money back but Card Company and Bank won't take any responsibility and Card…
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Virgin Media - "Recurring Transaction" on Internet Banking - Nationwide
So, I paid part of a Virgin Media bill with a Nationwide Visa Debit card. I have seen this in my internet banking but it says: "Virgin Media Pymts VIRGINMEDIA.C - Recurring Visa Transaction." Does this mean they can take money as and when they please? Hope not! I have seen somewhere on here where somebody mentioned the…
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Cahoot Taking Money Out of My Account
Hi Guys Hoping someone can help, and to find out whether any cahoot customers have experienced the same as me. Recently I had a refund from my insurance company of £6. However they refunded my old debit card. This took 2 months to sort out with cahoot, until I insisted they return this sum of money to my account…
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First Direct current account charges?
I mean besides the £10 if you don't pay in £1,500 a month... I'm looking to switch from Lloyds TSB to First Direct (as I hear they're great)... got all the forms through to switch the other day (including a Credit Card application I didn't want....from reading on these forums it doesnt seem too uncommon). I was reading…
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Natwest Advantage Gold
About five years ago my partner and I opened a joint Natwest Advantage Gold account so we could take advantage of the benefits. We have only just clicked that my partner already had an Advantage Gold account at the time of opening the joint account. We opened the joint account in person in branch and were not advised that…
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A&L / Santander - tel no.?
Hi, Does anyone know of a customer services number for A&L where you can actually speak to someone without having to give them a "telephone banking number", which I don't have/know? I'm getting really peed off here, my local branch aren't answering the phone and I can't find a number on their website that'll put me through…
