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Anyone left First Firect and got the £100?
Apologies if this has been asked before, tried searching but couldn't see anything pop up.. Just wondering if anyone has succesfully received £100 from First Direct when leaving them? It says if you don't like them within 12months you can leave and they'll give you £100. I'm thinking of switching account anyway, and reason…
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Bets place for £20,000
Hi all We've £20.000 left over from a house sale and we want to put it somewhere which will give us the best interest but allow us to get at it quickly if we want to buy again (renting at present). Planning on leaving it for a least a year
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Switching current accounts and transferring between four accounts?
I currently use Santander Graduate Account as my 'main' account, ie the one my wages are paid in to. I was looking at the Halifax Reward Current Account and the £5 a month plus £100 switching reward looks very tempting. I was wondering if I could open the Halifax Reward account and use the switching service to switch from…
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HSBC refusal on Regular Saver
Had a spare/donor current account at HSBC so 3 mths ago went into branch to set up a Regual Saver. Had already set up the £1750 transfer in (and out - ok per T&Cs), but they wanted to see 3 mths x £1750 "Come back" Went back y'day and they were very iffy as I had not 'used' the a/c and the £1750 was not "salary". Guy was…
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natwest faster payments
anyone know if the £20K daily limit is per customer or per account? I have 2 accounts. Can I move 20K to the 2nd account and send £40K? (20 from each account)?
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Connected Selling
Hi, Was wondering if anyone knows the legality around an issue I have... I took out a loan with BBVA 4 years ago and as part of the loan had to set up a bank account, however this month I've been informed that they are going to start charging me for the use of the bank account (£8 per month) for administration purposes!…
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Euro bank account (to accept funds from house sale in Europe)
Hello, I am a Barclays customer and before I go and take out a Euro account with them wondered if there were any better options to take delivery of proceeds of house sale in France (inheritance split with my mother) We will be able to take the funds at the end of the month and we don't need to immediately convert. Once…
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Direct Debits help!
Hello All, So I've got to have two direct debits going out of my Santander 123 account and I've currently got my monthly internet payment and my mobile phone payment. But, I've just moved my mobile to giffgaff and I'm not sure there 'reoccurring goodie bags' are direct debits. And I'm not sure how to figure that out. It'll…
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Which card to use online
If buying from Amazon, Ebay or any online retailer which is the best type of card to use from a safety aspect - debit or credit card? I know that if you use a credit card for buying goods you have some come back on your card company if the goods are not delivered or the company goes bust. Is this only if the purchases over…
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Halifax Cashback Extras Query
Just a quick question to anyone that can help... I have a cashback extra off that expires this Saturday. If I use my card on Saturday to make the qualifying transition will that still count for cashback? I guess the transaction won't actually appear on my account until Monday, so if Halifax go by this date it will be too…
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Teen savings account. Best deal?
When my children were born their grandparents opened savings accounts for them which was Nationwode Smart account with a passbook. They are now 14 and 16, and both have about £3k in each account. We don't want them to have access to this money until they are at least 18. I've just seen Martin talking about childrens…
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9th November 2015 Tesco Bank login problem
I haven't been able to log in since yesterday evening, have rebooted my device but when I click on LOGIN it just blinks and that's it. Is it just me or are others having problems since yesterday?
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Halifax switcher price draw
Just stumbled across this offer: http://www.halifax.co.uk/bankaccounts/switch-to-halifax/prize-draw/ 1 prize of £50,000 4 prizes of £5,000 10 prizes of £1,000 200 prizes of £100 Good luck to those who qualify !
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Applying right this second for Reward account but....
I am in the middle of applying for the Halifax reward account.I want to transfer my Natwest account to it (and get the switching bonus).I seem to be getting close to the end,but I haven't been asked about the account I am closing/tranferring across.Is this right?Do they just know .
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How to open a 2nd current a/c with same bank
One peculiarity of current accounts is that some banks allow you to have more than one (of the same issue) in your sole name, instead of just increasing the maximum allowed in one. Try and find out on the banks' websites though, and you'd do well to spot it, except perhaps by implication in the T & Cs. So, I think a number…
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US > UK Transfer
I need to move some money from a US Share's account to the UK Does anyone know which banks offer competitive inbound exchange rates Solar 58
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Clydesdale Application
Hi. My sister applied for CB Account online last week. Got a txt message saying - decision has been made - please log in to find out. cbonline.co.uk. I have been looking through the website - cannot find anything. Can anyone provide a link? Thanks MS
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'It's On Us'. Lloyds offering 30% Cashback (What does this mean?)
Hello all, Lloyds are offering 30% cashback on purchases from certain online retailers (not cashback sites). Could anyone tell me what this actually means? If I purchase an item from one of these retailers, will I receive 30% of the value of the item in cash (free money?) OR just the option of adding 30% cashback to the…
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Cheque Clearing time - Ulster Bank
My Santander bond matured. I closed it last Monday and was given a Santander cheque. This was lodged on Tuesday to Ulster Bank. The amount was over £46,000. It is still not showing in my Ulster Bank account. Called them twice last week and they say it is because of the "unusual transaction". It will be a full week tomorrow…
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Transferred Tesco direct debits showing incorrectly?
Has anyone had any issues transferring across Tesco direct debits with a current account switch? One of mine completed last week and now when I look at my 2 Tesco savings accounts only one of the accounts is showing its direct debit (still under the old bank name) and the new bank is showing 5 direct debits transferred…
