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Nationwide's new accounts
I have just had an e-mail from Nationwide's Savings Watch, as I am sure that many of you also have, that they have introduced some new savings accounts including "triple access", ie three withdrawals a year. https://www.nationwide.co.uk/products/savings/savings-accounts
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Basic Bank Accounts
Apologies if this is a daft question, but here goes... I have a current account with HSBC and would like to open a secondary account to piggybank my bills to try and get my finances straightened out. I don't really want anything fancy or an overdraft, literally want to transfer funds to the account and have my DD's taken…
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7-day switch via Barclays app
Hi, does anyone know whether you can choose your switch date on the Barclays app, when you switch an account to them? If not (which I suspect is the case), on which date should I initiate the switch, so that the switch date falls between 28 - 31 Oct? Thanks.
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Where can i get a payable order?
I am entited to a 50% discount on my car tax but they want me to send a cheque or payable order. I haven't had a cheque book this century and the only information i can find on payable orders is that they are used by the tax office to send refunds. Does anyone know where i can buy one to make this payment?
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Unknown Transaction
Tonight I checked our online joint NatWest currency account - I check it every other day to keep our accounts straight. There was an amount for £14 (can't remember the exact amount without going back online) which I didn't recognise, my debit card was used for the transaction. The transaction was originally in US$'s. The…
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Halifax's cheque scanning gives me backache!
I recently realised that I could pay in cheques using the scanning facility in the Halifax app (Android) - I was quite excited as I get the occasional cheque and always like a bit of tech! Well - how on earth do you get the app to scan the cheque quickly?! I have the cheque on a dark background and I hold the phone over…
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Paying in a santander cheque to the Post Office
Good day. Has anyone any experience, guide, or advise of being able to pay a SANTANDER cheque in to the Post Office [they have envelopes] without a paying in slip. I now have to wait for the slips to be posted to me at home or do a round trip of 20 miles and no parking outside to use a DATM. [digital ATM] I have no slips…
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Monthly pay-in to new band accounts
Hi, I am new to the forum and have a question regarding the monthly pay-in amount for some banks switching offer. I have briefly searched the forum, but didn't find answer. Hope someone can kindly help please. If Bank A require £1500 monthly pay-in, Bank B require £1000, and Bank C require £500. Can I set my main bank…
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Suggestion! I got over £40K ... what is best option?
Hello All Yes, I been saving for a looooooooooong time and kept my expenses to minimum. No, I have not beeing eating cat/dog food but did not invest in gadget and high end brand clothers etc. Currently I have 2 x bank joint-accounts: Lloyds Bank and Santander 123 with money in them. The lloyds bank has got over £14K but…
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Good Samaritan finds man's wallet... & gets in touch with him via four 1p bank transfers - MSE News
A Good Samaritan who found a wallet in the road in central London has returned it to its owner – after getting in touch with him via four separate 1p bank transfers, each containing information on how he could be contacted...Read the full story: 'Good Samaritan finds man's wallet... and gets in touch with him via four 1p…
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Tesco's Banking App - Problems?
Is anyone else having problems logging onto the Tesco Banking App (android). We both just keep getting the blue screen, with the circle going round and round for about 2 mins, before we get to the fingerprint page, then another blue screen, which then just throws us out!!! All our other Apps are working fine, and our…
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EUR account or cheapest exchange: Pay in cash Euros over the counter
So, as title, I've got a chunk of Euros that Id like to get paid into my UK account. It is held in cash, and in an ideal world, I'd rather not exchange it into rubbish GBP at the moment for obvious B word reasons (Brexit). So, is there a high street bank that offers a EUR account that I can pay cash in over the counter?…
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switching incentives for joint accounts
Is this available for joint accounts, and if so with who? can you get one incentive for a sole account and one for a joint account from the same bank?
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Post office online saver
Opened one of these last week, I linked one of my accounts to it, but can't figure out how to set it up to take a direct debit out of the account. when I click on the direct debit menu, 2 rows of data show up, all the fields say undefined, and the edit and cancel direct debit buttons are ghosted out so I can't click on…
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Nationwide FlexDirect Question
Evening everyone. After taking advice from members of the forum, i opened a FlexDirect account, just for the interest. As I have never used a current account purely for savings, I am after a little advice. I have the £2500 ready to deposit, and am aware of the £1000 monthly pay in to qualify for the 5% interest. My…
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Monzo closed account 4 weeks ago and still havnt recieved my funds?
Hi all, I am new to the site so if this is under the wrong category i do apologise. on the 16th of september monzo bank frooze my account (they have done this twice before but have unfrozen it as soon as ive been in contact with them) I got in touch with their support team who told me that it is with the relevant team and…
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Santander Current Account Statements
Can anyone who has a current account with Santander confirm for me how long after the due date of their monthly statement it's available to view/download in e-documents in online banking?
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Payoneer v Paypal
I am getting more and more disillusioned with paypal and am wondering if Payoneer are a better option as I earn most of my money earned is in U.S $. Do they give a better service, rate etc ?
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Joint account help please
Hey! Me and my partner are about to start renting a flat together and we are after a basic joint bank account that we can both put in money for our bills and food shopping. Walt’s still having our own individual bank account for our daily lives. Is there any joint bank accounts you would recommend that will do what we…
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Replacement for KBC Euro account
Hi all , As per the title , I think I'm about to lose access to my standard KBC euro current account.It's not set in stone yet but I've received new Ts and Cs which indicate the account will not be available to "Non-EU citizens" after mid-November.They may be jumping the gun somewhat but I don't want to find myself high…
