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Anyone know who Fidlers are?
I've had a payment made last Monday through my credit card to a company called fidlers for the life of me I can't remember ever making this payment I've never even heard of this company before. Does anyone know who they are? Thanks
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Money frozen in bank account for 6 working days?
On the 21st of September two payments of £300 and £400 were taken out of my account within a minute of each other. I was not aware of these transactions and they do not show up on my online banking account (they still have not been cleared). They were taken out by an online american clothing company. The money was taken…
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Switching RBS to FD
Hi, I have recently taken steps to switch from RBS to First Direct. Bit worried though as I have a personal loan with RBS and also contents insurance. I obviously got a better rate for the loan as I was an existing customer, so worried I will now lose this rate. I have paid the contents insurance for 1 year, however also…
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Faster Payments Lost Money
I sent a faster payments from a Santander account to a Halifax account and it arrived successfully in a few seconds. I sent a larger amount with the same details and it left the Santander account but did not arrive at the destination account. Does anyone know if I'll be able to retrieve it? It's now been 9 hours since the…
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Advice on Dollar Bank Account Needed
Hi my husband works in Afghanistan for an American Company and gets paid in dollars which is then paid into his current account at Santander and exchanged into pounds. As the exchange rate is not too good at the moment he has heard it is possible to open an account at a bank in this country where his dollars will not be…
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Lost Pension - help please!!
Dear MSE forum users Really hoping someone might be able to provide some genius advice for us please. Story goes like this: Dad changed bank account to improve accessibility. He was advised by the new bank that they would deal with everything - I am a little concerned that he may have misunderstood what they were able and…
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The bank with the most branches in Croydon
My mum is looking at changing her bank account. I've shared some useful info and links with her but one of her main decision points is to find a bank with many branches and helpful opening hours. I can't seem to find this information anywhere. She basically has to pay in cash fairly regularly and - as well as the online…
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To close or not to close?
Hi guys, you may remember some rantings way back about Halifax and them shafting me over a payment that should never have been made? Yeah this is nowt to do with that issue but a quick question regards my account.... Since the problems I had with Halifax I lost all trust in them and have stopped using my account at all. It…
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Business Bank recommendations
I've a new business, we've been trading since June & the account is in credit. It'll never go ionto negative money so I don't need a bank account with an overdraft facility, neither do I need one with a credit card attached. I need to be able to do internet banking and pay in cheques. A bank with the a long period of free…
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joint and several liability, joint overdraft converted to loan not in my, am I liable
Hi, hoping someone can advise me on the following. I had a joint business overdraft with my husband which was taken out in 1991 it was secured via a second mortgage on the business property. We split eight years ago and he continued with the business. Four years ago he took out a flexible business loan in just his name…
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Is Trusteer/Rapport necessary to be protected by banks' fraud guarantees?
I see a few banks and building societies' online banking sites promote the download and use of a Trusteer add-on. However, I was wondering if this is actually compulsory, in the event of onling fraud taking place - would a bank see the non-use of the software as a reason not to consider an online fraud claim, should the…
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Barclays online banking changes - mortgage disappeared?
Hello all, I have a Woolwich offset mortgage linked to my Barclays current and savings accounts. When I log on to online banking now, all reference to my mortgage have disappeared. There used to be a 'mortgage account' from where you could see how much was owing, what next month's payment would be, make overpayments,…
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Santander DDs Not Gone Out ?
Anyone else having Santander, or any bank for that matter, DD weirdness today ? Checked my account at 0730 for my DDs and nothing gone out. A SO into the account was there OK. Checked again at 0800 and one has gone out. Normally they are all showing at around 2315 the day before. Is it Santander, the whole system or just…
