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Current account switch to Natwest or First direct - is it worth it??
Hi all Just looking for any advice and experiences you've got regarding either first direct or Natwest and their current accounts; mainly the mobile app. Been with Yorkshire Bank a long time and im sick of their app. The incentives to move are good, but im a bit of a creature of habit! Thanks in advance Chris
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New Co-op Banking App and login issues
Is anyone experiencing difficulties with registering for the Co-op's new banking app? The existing app - which works perfectly fine - is being discontinued from Monday and I have been trying unsuccessfully to register for the new one (the registration process takes you to a webpage - its not via the new app - and then…
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Having problems closing my Yorkshire bank business account
It seems to me a very straightforward procedure that I should be able to do online as i did with Santander account I once had and yet after 8 days I am getting nowhere with them. I have a business account which i no longer need as I have retired so as per their instructions, i sent them a letter requesting closure with a…
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Cheque "lost" between Post Office and Bank of Scotland account
Hi I paid a cheque from car insurance company to my partner's Bank of Scotland account on 08/01/2019. Was advised by the Post Office that it would take 1 working day on top of standard processing times (3-5 working days). As of 8 working days later, the cheque is nowhere to be seen! I have a receipt from the PO stating…
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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers unable to make Faster Payments - MSE News
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have apologised to customers after many reported being unable to make payments today...Read the full story: 'Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers unable to make Faster Payments' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Cheque posted to Nationwdie
I posted a cheque to Nationwide last Friday 11th January using the PO box address quoted on the website. However, it still hasn't been paid into my account. Is anybody able to give me a rough idea of how long it normally takes for Nationwide to receive and pay in a cheque or do you think it would be wise to call the issuer…
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Bank statements from closed accounts - Lloyds and Halifax?
Due to a domestic abuse situation in our family we need to access some old bank statements. The person who had the accounts had to leave suddenly and couldn't take any information about the closed accounts with her. Lloyds - 2009 - 2014. Account was closed in 2014. Halifax - 2014 - 2016. Account was closed in 2016. We went…
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Faster Payments Down
Just been advised by my bank that the Faster Payments system is down - [STRIKE]affecting all banks[/STRIKE] 12:15 pm Edit: maybe just Lloyds Group
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Business accounts and Paypal help!
I have been a little naive. I started a small business and I let my friend set up a paypal account in order for me to take payments. I believed she had set it up as a business account but it turns out she didnt. There was no bank account attached to the Paypal. I discovered the account wasnt a business account and Paypal…
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Opening a second bank account.
Hello - I'm new to MSE and I've just signed up in order to ask for advice regarding opening up a second bank account. In a nutshell, I need to squirrel away money. I rarely leave the house, so withdrawing money from the ATM on a regular basis isn't practical and so it needs to be done through a seperate account to the one…
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Advice on closing Joint Account
My partner has a joint savings account with her ex that she is wanting to close. She has spoken with the bank previously who have sent out paperwork for them both to complete. She has not received this so it’s presumably with him, and been ignored. They are no longer in contact and she’d prefer not to make contact to try…
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Advice on a Joint Bank Account following a Death
Hello, sadly my Mother recently passed away and my Dad is busy with all the stuff one has to do when this happens, obviously he is upset, but one of the things he is worried about is their Joint Bank Account. Its is an account they have held for many years with Smile (opened when it used to be the Cooperative Bank) and he…
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"Not to be used as a bank giro credit"
Short version of this question: I want to pay a cheque into my co-op account at the post office, but my cheque book has ran out of paying in slips. I have just found what looks like a paying in slip in my drawer, but it says "NOT TO BE USED AS A BANK GIRO CREDIT" on it. It does not have my bank details, but has spaces for…
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Has anyone tried to send money on Paysend.com?
Could you pls advise? Paysend.com is a " the next generation money transfer platform allowing to send funds directly to any Visa, MasterCard and UnionPay cards in 70+ countries. It’s a fast, easy and secure way to send money to your loved ones at a fixed low price". I understand that this is just one among many recent…
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Depositing a cheque to a partnership account
Can a cheque made out to the partners of a (non-limited) partnership, be paid into the partnership account, or must the cheque be made out in the partnership name ? I set up a partnership account with a high street bank, together with another person. We have received a cheque made out to our joint names, but omitting the…
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Barclays Premier Account - No Overdraft
So, I’ve been in the UK for close on two years now and have been building my credit history over the last 18 months or so. In some of my efforts to do so I took out a guarantor loan at Amigo Loans. In retrospect a horrific decision. I did it because all the signs led to using it as an opportunity to build my credit…
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Money transfer error - advice needed please
Hi, Hoping somebody in banking can advise me on best way to sort out this problem. On 22 December I attempted to make a money transfer but instead of entering an account number I entered the long card number. Instead of this transaction being rejected the bank used the last 8 digits of the number entered and paid money…
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What would happen if you made an offline payment with a card assiciated with a frozen bank account?
Say for example to pay for something on a train or somewhere else with no real time connection and therefore the payment gets processed say a few days after you made the payment? Would the bank process the payment and demand you find money from another source to repay it, plus a very large admin fee since no money could be…
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Both my Barclays and Santander Accounts Are Under Review
Hello. Last night, I found out that my barclays aco!!!!s have been frozen and are under review. I called them and was transferred to the fraud department. No information has been given and the only thing I've been told is that it takes 10 working days to resolve. My wages and child benefit are paid into the barclays…
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£170 from Paypal not transferred into bank...
crisis resolved. thank you
