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Fraud On My Account
I noticed the end of last week when I was budgeting for the next few weeks that my account balance didn't add up. The balance and available balance weren't correct. I was on the phone to the bank first thing the next day and they said that a payment had been made for a couple of quid to an online cosmetics place the…
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Halifax £100 lure was a complete & utter waste of time for me
Hi, I read the details and the terms and conditions and thought yeah it sounds like I will get the £100 lure straight away upon switching a current account to them. So I applied online to the Halifax website part of the questioning within was how many current accounts do you have to which I answered 3. I bet that it was…
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Current Account Help
I have a couple of bank account related questions and wondered if anyone could help. I am considering making the most of the 'switch banks' offers that some banks are currently offering but have a few questions. I have a current account with HSBC and have had it for the last 8/9 years I also have a HSBC credit card and…
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joint account dilema and the Halifax suck!
bit of a lengthy one but stick with it PLEASE! for full details refer to my other post in mortgages, however my wife and i have a joint account since she vanished in july i tried to maintain all the outgoings myself but i have since been off sick from work and only receiving ssp so the account crept up to its limit and…
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Lloyds TSB expired Debit Card
Hi I'm new to the forum and wondered if someone can enlighten me as to what an expiry date on the card means? My understanding is when a debit card expires it becomes null and void and can not be used to purchase anything by the holder, however, we have just noticed a recurring transaction on our bank statement from…
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Can I keep my RBS account and NOT transfer to Santander?
Apologies, this may have already been covered. Been with William and Glyns/RBS etc over 30 years. Everything works, never ever had a problem with them. I have put this off until New year, so can I stay with RBS? How would I do it? Really do not wish to move to Santander. Sorry again if duplication of an already existing…
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co op cashminder
Hi i applied over the phone for a cashminder account today with the.co op and was accepted. how long does it take for the debit card and pin, account details etc to arrive? Cheers John
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Barclays - When is a payment not a payment
Just received a statement from Barclays informing me that I do not owe any money on my credit card (yippee!!!) along with a note telling me that because I hadn't made the minimum payment I may be liable to legal action. I contacted them to find out what was going on and was told that last statement I owed then some money…
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Mysterios disappearance of Halifax Easycash application
Mr Kitten applied online yesterday for a Halifax Easycash a/c and although he got a screen message with the usual 'thank you for your application' stuff, he never received any confirmation email, or got a reference number. Concerned that it may not have gone through, he rang Halifax CS today to find out but they said they…
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HBOS Online Bill Payment Problem
Has anyone had any problems with the Bill Payment tool online with Bank of Scotland? I have tried to create a new recipient to make a payment to, before I had the opportunity to enter any details it told me that they had no contact telephone numbers for me and that these had to be updated. I updated contact telephone…
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What is Approvedmember.com 877-264-4301?
They have taken £1 from my bank account and I have no idea what it is :mad:
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Bank Account Uk National
Is it possible to open a UK bank account for a person who has a UK Passport but lives outside the United Kingdom but is resident in the EU. Have tried Barclays and they have just said no!!! If anyone knows if this can be done or how to go about this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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my Mum can't withdraw money from Santander
My Mum has an account with Santander, which she can't withdraw money from because she doesn't have id. She went into a branch in early December and they said they would send her a bankcard, which she could use as id. She tells me this is the second time she's had this discussion with them, so I believe they may have said…
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natwest fraud calls but daughter in Asia solo without phone
Hi, My daughter is travelling solo in Asia and natwest have put a block on her card and keeps ringing our house with automated fraud prevention calls. Have been in contact with daughter by email and she is in possession of the card, had used it once to withdraw money and it has not been stolen. I phoned natwest and they…
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HSBC £25 overdraft arrangement fee
I've been charged one of these "overdraft arrangement fees" by HSBC. This appears to be because I reduced my overdraft limit recently. I now realise the fee is in their T&Cs but the problem is a bit more complicated. The reason the overdraft was rearranged was because it was part of a personal loan application I negotiated…
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switch to Halifax?
Hello all. My current account is with Santander, earning absolutely nothing. I have been looking at switching, and the best option seems to be with Halifax - £100 plus £5 a month = £160 over the year. that seems to be better than the firstdirect/hsbc offers, which would come to less over the course of the year. has anybody…
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victim of barclays telephone banking fraud
hi all, someone had got hold of all my info including my telephone banking security pin and transferd over 18,000 pounds to thier account from my barclays current and savings. small ammounts of 50, 100 , 150 was to start with then the larger payment was transfred all through telephone banking. all this happend withn 2…
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First Direct £125 - Do you need to use EasySwitch to transfer your salary to qualify?
Hi there, (Apologies if I'm re-asking this question again, it doesn't seem very apparent from reading other related threads) I'm contemplating to open the First Direct account to benefit from the £125 and also the 8% Regular Saver. I understand that you need to fund it with £1500 per month/open an eSaver account to prevent…
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Britannia - £100 for joining query.
So YorkshireBoy links up the following: http://www.britannia.co.uk/_site/microsite/affinity/current-account/current-account-plus/index.html#affinity=scfc Pretty self explanatory. Join & get £100 for meeting the criteria. So i go onto the britannia website from google. Click the current accounts list at the top Click…
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Life Assurance problems!
Hi, new to the site and hoping for advise. We need to find Life Assurance for my husband who has been refused previously. Would like an affordable amount that will give a large chunk towards mortgage if anything happened to him and not leave me and the children having to sell up. I have my own cover but he has been refused…
