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Missing Payment- What should I do
Hello all, We paid £750 into Natwest on the 29th Dec, the payment has never arrived in the recipients account, we only have a photocopy of the receipt not the original but they have asked him to provide the original receipt for it What are our next steps? Obviously we are not talking about £10 here - £750 is a lot of money!
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Question on cheques- Special Presentation
I paid a cheque into someones account this morning and they have just emailed to tell me they are going to pay to have it express serviced tomorrow so that it clears quicker, I thought that you had to do that at the time as it will already have been sent to the Clearing House by then
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Quick question Halifax ATM
Couple of quick questions on Halifax ATMs, can I pay directly into a Halifax ATM for a different account- not in my name? Secondly I understand it takes one working day so if I did it tonight would it be available tomorrow or Monday - due to it now being outside business hours?
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needs app desparately
My son has Asperger's so math is extremely difficult for him. He is having so many bank charges because he can't realize what he is spending. He needs an app so he can figure out what he is spending on things and when his direct debits come out. If not he will wind up deeper and deeper into the banks. He uses Santander but…
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More instead of focusing on the quality
There is no niche, which would like an amateur level comfortable or the thin content, which actually is useless. Many internet responsibility marketers aspire to drop a ideology to and distribute supplementary instead of focusing on the condition. But individual thing is sure. The superiority beats the low quality…
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Have Lloyds TSB got your personal details wrong?
If Lloyds TSB have repeatedly got your personal details wrong please get in touch with the Information Commissioner’s Office. For nearly 18 months Lloyds TSB kept getting my initials wrong on my bank statements even after several complaints. To add insult to injury they got my address wrong twice and sent two of my bank…
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Free software for PC to act like cheque stubs?
Hello All, I currently keep a paper "account book" which operates a bit like the pages at the front of your cheque book. All transactions are listed with a running total. I also keep running subtotals for particular savings pots. I am pretty much online for everything so it seems daft to do it this way! Can anyone…
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Paying for Chinese Imports
What is the best and safest way to pay for goods imported from China ? My Nationwide Debit card appears to be protected but is it ? Plus - what are the current rules on IMPORT DUTY / How do I pay etc ?
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best way?
just wondered if anyone had any suggestions on best way to manage my finances. We have hubbys wages paid every 4th friday,and tax credits and child benefit paid every 4 weeks but all 3 are on different dates so im finding it very confusing trying to keep track of that and 11 direct debits. any ideas? :D
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Help?! Bank taken funds from y account to pay joint loan
My account had recently been frozen as there were not enough funds going in to cover DDs (1 of the reasons was my child benefit stopped suddenly without reason) & I had to give my card & cheque book back. They kept charging me which made the whole situation keep getting worse. Anyway have just had a statement saying that…
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1st January 'Faster Payments' bank question...
I understand that banks have introduced 'faster payments' and scraped BACS as a method of payment and money transfer from one account to another - this means that banks transfers should be done on the same day from now on!!! At last. Question: I have a regular weekly amount transferred into my co-op account to from a…
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Santander consistency. Am i too late for the £100? And where to post to?
Firstly consistency: Somewhere mid to late December, my sister applied for a Santander account after i told her about the £100 for switching. All standing orders were taken care of & the application submitted. My mother on hearing this wanted some of the same, but can't work a computer, so while she sat & watched, i showed…
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Transferring Money US to UK every month
hi all, i moved to USA in June, and each month since i have been there I have to transfer money from my US bank account to my UK bank account to cover my UK bills (mobile phone, credit card payment etc). i bank with chase and send the money to my bank of scotland account. this costs me $45 each time plus i get charged by…
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Problem getting details and paperwork from Halifax
My mother suffers from dementia and for several years my wife and I have managed her affairs using the authority of an Enduring Power of Attorney registered with the court of protection. In October 2009 we placed a lump sum of £40,000 in a fixed term 2 year savings account. We did this in the local branch where we had to…
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RBS iPhone App - Payments Bug
I have the RBS iPhone App and they recently added the feature to pay bills and transfer money providing you have the payee already set up. I have a Halifax credit card and an Aqua credit card. The Aqua card is administrated by Halifax, and so the payments to both credit cards both go to the same Halifax collection account…
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Bank took standing order late
Hello, I was hoping that someone in the know could help or advise. My wife set up a standing order to go from my Lloyds bank account to our bill account for the first of the month. This month it was moved on the 4th, we suspect due to the bank holidays. However the direct debits were took on the 3rd and as such, they, 9 of…
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Co-operative Privilege Account
Does anyone know which CRA co-op provide credit monitoring with on their "Safeguard" optional benefit that comes with their Privilege account?
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Does the Co-op Bank have a comedian in their IT Dept??
OK....this maybe some internal acronym at the Co-op Bank but what on earth do they mean by this.... "If we are unable to send a Faster Payment we will notify you by smeg" I came across this in the standing order area of online banking. Now, either someone in their IT department is a fan of Red Dwarf and is having a little…
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Money Missing from my account
Hi wondering if anyone can help at all. After visiting my bank branch yesterday I paid in 400 pounds cash and a cheque for 2000 pounds. I filled in the form to pay this in but didnt get a receipt from the cashier. This morning I received a text message from my bank saying I'm on or near my limit! I then phoned the bank and…
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Bank accounts for non-residents?
Hello, Is it at all possible for someone (EU citizen) living permanently outside the UK to open a UK-based bank account? Thanks for any advice
