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Current Accounts with a Monthly Minimum Payment
Would it be too suspicious if I simply shifted the same £1000 between different accounts (all in my name) every month? Then the next month, start against with the first account. I'm a full-time student and don't earn enough income for even one of these accounts, but I do have savings.
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Changing £20 notes into £5 notes
Hi, I like having £5 notes in my wallet so I was going to visit my bank (natwest) and ask them to change some £20 notes into them for me. (£200 worth). I haven't done this before so just wondered if there was anything I would need to bring or any pitfalls/reasons why they wouldn't be able to do this? Also obviously I will…
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Best b/s or bank for current account pensioners
Hi Folks.. I am looking for the best Building Society or bank for current account pensioners. My mortgage is finished and have 4 small pensions going into my bank each month which is NEVER overdrawn and a seperate account holding a modest sum earning zilch so I need a decent establishment to move from Natwest whom I have…
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Natwest Online not working
Just decided to check the status of my bank account and the webpage is working, all the links but one, the most important one. LOG IN everytime i click it i get a error message: The connection to https://www.nwolb.com was interrupted while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try…
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online account for small charity
Hi All, I am the secretary of a small charity on one of the Scottish islands. We have a specific project which is attracting a lot of donations and I want to keep the money seperate. Unfortunately we bank with RBS who say for us to open another account they would need each director (there are 8) to turn up in person to the…
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Current Account with an automatic 'sweep' system
Can anyone advise of banks which offer a current account with an automatic 'sweep' service. For example, if my salary is paid into the current account and a pre-set limit of say £1,000 is reached, anything above this amount is 'swept' across to another account such as a savings account. I understand the Royal Bank of…
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Do banks print off cheques for customers?
Hi, My cheque book is at home while I am away at university. I urgently need to write out a cheque today. Would it be possible for me to go into branch and get the bank to 'print' me off a cheque? is this possible? I bank with Barclays. Thank you.
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HSBC inbound faster payment not cleared?
Hi Just checked my HSBC current account and a future dated bill payment via FP for today has been debited from Santander but us not showing at HSBC. Anyone else due payments into their HSBC account today? Any issues?
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Free ATM withdrawls in Israel
My 23yr old daughter is spending 5 months in Israel, from May 2013. She will have approx £2,000+ spending money, for food and going out, which has to last the period. Any ideas how she can access this money without huge charges at either end, PLEASE! Does any one know about 'loaded cards'? Are they safe and can you…
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Sent money to my own BOI Card number instead of account number from my halifax
Hey, I was in Halifax this week but forgot my card, I could only take out £50 or transfer money to my BOI account and take it out at a machine using the BOI card. I sent the money and used the number on my card, I thought it was my account number, but it is the card number (Also 8 digits). Obviously I didn't get the money…
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Paypal charges for receiving money from bookmaker?
I'd like to withdraw funds from my account at Betfred and only have 2 options: - have the funds added to my credit card balance - have them sent to my Paypal account. My preference would be Paypal, but I wanted to know whether Paypal would charge a fee for handling a money transfer from Betfed to my account. Does anyone…
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Do not ever bank with santander
Truly dreadful bank. As the recent victim of an online scam, I was reassured by info here and elsewhere that the law was on my side. But does Santander know this? Oh no. They tell you a different story every time you contact them and their disputes staff are WOEFULLY ILL INFORMED. The lack of staff training on matters of…
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Halixax letters to wring address
Halifax have repeatedly sent my details to the wrong addressfor 2 years. I have a joint account with my partner. 3 years ago we moved intogether and we both changed our details with Halifax. A year later a letterfrom them was sent to my partners previous address (I have never lived there orhad my details listed as living…
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Natwest Card Fraud Issues
Very unhappy with Natwest today. Last month I had a phone call out of blue from Natwest fraud team asking me to verify transactions. One had taken place abroad (Turkey), I was in Birmigham and not in Turkey. Natwest said they had cancelled my card and a new one sent out. I received that and the fraudulent transaction…
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BACS PAYMENT - Scammed and desperately need help!
Hi Guys I've unfortunately fallen into the trap of being scammed by someone on Gumtree. I'm normally quite savvy when it comes to online payments, but the series of events here gave me no reason to suspect I was being scammed. It turns out now, that just by googling the recipients account number and sort code, they have…
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If get rejected to Overdraft Request -Impact to your future Banking offer opportunity
Dear All I am already have two Nationwide Flex direct without Overdraft facility, as I am using it purely for saving. Now I want to apply for another two NW FlexDirect A/Cs which offer interest free overdraft but this time not for saving but for stoozing purposes. So I will keep the account in debit (negative balance) up…
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Cheque with different address
If after cashing in a savings account from a previous address the cheque is sent to that address. Can the cheque be paid into my account or do I have to have another cheque sent with my current address on it. Thanks
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Reward current accounts
Hi All, Are there any current accounts that still pay you money eg£10 a month if you pay in a minimum amount eg£1000? I think Halifax used to do one but they don't seem to be advertising it anymore. Does anyone know of any banks still offering this type of account? Thanks
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First joint account
My OH and I are moving into our first (rented) flat together at the start of May, so we wanted to get a joint account set up for bills and rent to be taken out of. Do we just chose a bank that has an account we want, go in and tell them we want to open it? Will they run checks? I'm still a student and as such I have a…
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Very anxious : Chaps payment not come through : can anyone help
Today I got a large redundancy payment through into my bank. Because over the bank guarantee level I wanted to transfer some funds straight away to my post office 'on line saver' account. The amount to transfer was over what could be done by normal daily internet banking and so I went into bank and made a Chaps transfer to…
