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Nationwide website unavailable 7/2/11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12382661 The story say that it's still possible to get on to online banking but at the moment (13:15) that is unavailable too.
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To have a pay rise or not...??
Hi all, Apologies if this is not the correct forum location. Wondered if one of you knowleageable folk would help me out with some maths ;) I currently have a salary of £39,000 and a company car. My Tax Code is 135L I have been given a promotion and with it a increase of £2415. Because i now go over the £40K banding, what…
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Jackpot Games Grrr
Requested a withdrawal of 80Euro on 27th of january and funds still not in my Cahoot account yet. Contacted cahoot who say they cant th check untill it appears in my account, Jackpot-games dont seem to help either funds are sent from UK. Does anyone know if you can actually transfer funds into cahoot savings account.
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Barclays Personal Reserve - Am I missing something here?
Taken from: http://www.barclays.co.uk/Helpsupport/Personaloverdraftratesandcharges/P1242557964206 If I am reading this correctly, it is a way of getting you to agree to extortionate charges. Lets assume you ask the for an Overdraft of £1000 - with this they could say, we will only give you a £500 overdraft, but you can…
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Desperately need help with bank fraud
Hi there. I have no idea if I have the right forum so please forgive me if I havent. THis is a bit long winded so again please bear with me. On 19 January my itunes account was hacked and the hacker wiped my bank account out taking £300. I bank with Barclays. I was devastated as I am a single mum who is sick - I have…
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miscounted depoist
hi first time user here need help my girlfriend recently put some money in our account with the nationwide and we both counted it the day before and it was 490 pound we have the slip saying we put in 390 my girlfriend said the guy tried to sell her all types of stuff and didnt really pay attention to wat he was doing so…
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Need some desperate help with a basic account?
Hi, To cut a long story short i have got my self into a right mess financially due a gambling problem. Each account i have had i have abused and have gone overdrawn. The big problem i had with banks was that if i made an online payment to a betting company is say Malta or Spain, the money would come back into my account…
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Faster Payments Transfer delayed ...
Hi !! I'm new on this forum ! I just moved to London and i'll by staying here for 7 months (work). I rented a house last week, and to pay the moving in fees, i used bank transfers (through my bank's web site). I did not have enough on my uk account on thursday to pay the total amount (4700 pounds), so I: - made a transfer…
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First Direct Referral
Hey, If anyone's interested I still have 2 referral cards for First Direct left... The joining bonus for the current account is £100 plus there is a £50 referral offer, of which I will split equally £25/£25 so £125 in total.. (plus access to a 8% regular saver amongst other things).. PM me if anyone's interested!.. Thanks,…
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Can I open a new bank account after Default Notice?
Hi I have received a letter from my bank saying they are going to terminate my current account shortly because I am overdrawn beyond my limit. I am due to receive a redundancy payment shortly and want to open a new current or savings account to pay it into so that I can start to sort out my debts. Is it going to be…
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CCJ In Credit Report
Firstly, apologies, I couldn't work out which was the best forum for this. Background: In 2006, HMRC decided I owed them some tax which I didn't. They wrote to me at my old address, which of course I never received, and subsequently I ended up with a CCJ. When I found out I had a CCJ, I spoke to HMRC, confirmed that I…
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Answering "how long have you had your account?" question
I currently bank with RBS and the account will be transferred to Santander later this year. When asked the question, "how long have you had your account?" does the clock reset to zero on transfer? My plan is to open a NatWest account and transfer all my dealing to it before RBS dump me. If I do this can I then claim to…
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High Interest "Student" Account
Dear All, Having trawled the internet trying to find the best deal, I give up, and am hoping someone could please help! I am a student, and I have taken out a loan but am trying to invest the money in a bank account with a high interest rate. The money is used, but I work at the same time but don't have the standard £1000…
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Cannot set up new DirectDebit? Santander?
Am I the only person sufferring this? Since the "transition" from A&L to Santander, the sort codes and account numbers on our accounts have changed. In the past month we have tried to set up new direct debits with our local county council, O2, and IKEA - none of which are small businesses. Each time the application has…
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Need to avoid a currency exchange!
I currently have about $2,000 in US dollars in my UK PayPal account. I'm going abroad to the states at the end of april, and i'd like to use my US dollars there.. However, all routes i've found so far involve converting the currenty to GBP and then back again, which I really don't want to do for obvious reasons! I'd like…
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Speed of receipt of int'l wire transfers - Santander vs. HSBC
I have a monthly standing order for a relatively large amount of money from a US bank to my UK current account. (I live in the UK.) The US bank converts dollars to pounds before I send it, so there is no issue with currency exchange on the UK side. The money is scheduled to leave my US account on the 10th of every month.…
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Santander Cashier paid money into someone elses bank account!!!
So i got paid in cash today. I went into town on my dinner, and asked the cashier if i could deposit some money into my account. I gave her my card, and then gave her the money. All went fine, and off i went. Anyway, i got home and later checked my account online just to see if all was well, and lo and behold, the money…
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Eligible for "upgrade" on Lloyds Basic Bank Account
I went in for a fairly unrelated reason (my mobile number still does not work with internet banking so I can't authorise any new payment recipients) and casually brought up an upgrade. The man tapped through, asked how long I'd been working and looked at what looked like a summary of my ins and outs per month, then said I…
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Halifax online - help please
Quite like the new setup - except - How do I rename payees in the "Payments" screen? I have 3 set up to family members all with the same surname, and to differentiate I'd like to attribute first names, rather than initials. Meant to do it before the changeover. Any ideas?
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Santander - why go there?
Anyone who reads this forum even occasionally will have noticed that Santander get the worst feed back, far more than any other bank/building society. I know people who bank with them and their opinions are much the same as those of the forum users. The only time I go into one of their branches is if I am with someone who…
