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Fraud Victim - no help from Santander!
My bank account was blocked by Santander on 19th Jan, 3 weeks later and it is still blocked. The reason being, I received funds (£630) after being scammed online, whereby I sold a website for £400 and was asked to forward the change (£230) to the fake "web designer". I have missed various direct debits and have no access…
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Best bank account for 16 yr olds?
I'm struggling to find anything on 'best bank accounts for 16 yr olds'. Basically I want to pay an allowance in by monthly direct debit and them to have a cash card that [EMAIL="DOESN@T"]DOESN'T[/EMAIL] ALLOW overdrafts. Anyone?
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Nationwide paid item+unauthorised overdraft fee
Just got off the phone to them and wanted to ask for any advice. On the 8th December I paid for something using my Visa debit card. I don't check my account that regularly even though I know I should, especially as my nationwide account it not my main account, so I continued using it as normal. This debit card payment…
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halifax christmas saver . 5.00%AER/ gross pa
anyone else had this offer through the post ? looks like a good deal to me. only available to halifax customers. pay in up to £200 per month by standing order ( weekly or monthly ) money with interest goes to your "feeder account " by 5th november or you can get shopping vouchers sent special delivery by 18 th november.…
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Santander Account Blocked for 3 weeks and counting!!
My bank account was blocked by Santander on 19th Jan, 3 weeks later and it is still blocked. The reason being, I received funds (£630) after being scammed online, whereby I sold a website for £400 and was asked to forward the change (£230) to the fake "web designer". I have missed various direct debits and have no access…
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Overdraft after death
Hi Can anyone tell me if an overdraft dies with you?
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French Hospital Bill
I have received a bill from a French hospital and must pay it before I can claim it from the NHS. The hospital does not take credit or debit cards. Which is the cheapest way I can pay it? I've been told by my bank that a bankers draft would cost £25; but the bill is only for 65 Euros. THANKS
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Ridiculous overdraft charge
Hi guys, first posting, long time reader, i have recently come back home from working in london a few months and came home with loads of nationwide letters and said i was overdrawn by £226 pounds, i phone up and said how was this possible, they said it had started a unpaid direct debit of £25, so i said to them why didnt…
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Which bank shall I go to?
If I have just one more c0ck up with A&L/Santander (cancelled my existing debit card which I used almost everyday and sent me a new card to a closed account!) I will move banks. Which one shall I go to? I want to have a branch in the town where I live. I don't want to join a bank that is online/telephone only. The other…
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Any equivalent of this forum in the United States?
Does anyone know of an equivalent of this forum (specifically bank accounts) in the United States? Google is just bringing back UK results. I've got several problems using my US bank account, which I fear could be because the US banking system is considerably under-developed. I have bank accounts in several countries and…
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Is it really worth switching
Hi guys I currently bank with natwest and have never had any problems even when i was made redundant i ended up getting all ppi premiums paid on a loan with them after realising the cover wasn't worth the paper it was written on, I was looking at first direct for the switch get £100, everyone reccomends their customer…
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Overdraft withdrawn
Hey guys, Tonight I have gone through thinking my bank account was hacked to discovering my bank has withdrawn my overdraft without telling me. Is there any reason why they would do this? or was this just a mistake? it happened between 8pm and 9pm so it is a very weird time for it to happen.
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PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP, Ive been swizzed by false late payment claims!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE Can anyone please advize me what to do????:mad: I have had many letters and made many phone calls about this situation!! My mortgage brokers and bankers (S) have been saying for 2 months that I have not paid an additional loan on my mortgage for Dec and Jan!! :mad:So much so that I made another payment to…
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Transfer
I was just wondering if it was possible to transfer a lump sum of money from a Barclays current account into a Nationwide current account. I would like to do this online as my working hours do not allow bank visits. Any detailed advice appreciated. I have been on the Nationwide online site but cannot find the answer.
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Natwest Gold Account
Just wondering if anyone has one of these? Particularly for the following options: 1. Greenflag cover - Fair enough it's only level two, but that's breakdown and home assitance which isn't too bad. 2. Family annual multi-trip insurance - this is the one I'm really interested in as we are off to California this year and the…
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Family Member - Unauthorised Withdrawals!
A member of the family had authorisation to withdraw money for my grandmother on a weekly basis. However, it has come to light that she has been withdrawing additional monies every week, and my grandmother now has no money left in her account. We have stopped the card but not sure what to do next. We were going to approach…
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Lloyds Money Manager - Question (any Lloyds staff)
My wife already has a curent account and a savings account with Lloyds TSB. As some of you may know, I am considering ditching Santander (when they have sorted the mess out) and moving to Lloyds myself. The idea is to open up either a personal or a joint current account, and turn the wife's personal savings account into a…
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Graduate account grievances.
I have just finished putting together a rather lengthy letter for my bank. The short story is they left me without a debit card for several months, despite me calling to chase them up at least once every month. In order to have access to cash, I was forced to use my credit card; on which I have had to pay almost £150 in…
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The cost of death ?
Hello. Ive started to think ahead to the day when the grim reaper knocks on my door and invites me for a little chat and says 'leave your coat, you won't need it where we are going' :A I have no idea what its costs to be buried in a plot in the local cemetry or how much a cremation is. There are so many other things to…
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Having paid off an overdraft, if there any reason not to reduce it?
Does reducing your overdraft limit have any negative connotations as far as your credit rating etc are concerned?
