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Santander 123 lite. Is cashback counted as a deposit?
I receive £6.01 cashback from DDs into my Santander 123 lite account every month, is this counted as a deposit so I only need deposit £493.99 instead of £500 every month?
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Canceling RBS Platinum Account
I pay £18 per month into the RBS Platinum account, just for the benefits, mainly the worldwide travel insurance. We paid a substantial premium in January to cover certain medical conditions for a year. I am considering opening a packaged account with a different provider. I'd prefer to do this soon rather than wait until…
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Has anyone else's Bank closed their account as soon as Coronavirus support cash was paid in?
My daughter has a Monzo account. She earns almost nothing and recieved a £10000 grant from Glasgow City council to support her small business. As soon as she got it Monzo closed her account. It took her about 5 hours to get any response from them. They said they would not tell her why and that they would transfer her money…
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Deposit a US cheque in the UK
Hi all, need some advice please. I am going to receive a large cheque from the US over $80,000. The company won't do a wire transfer which would have been best for me. They will only issue a cheque (frankly ridiculous in this day and age!). However to deposit this in a UK bank account looks like it will be astronomical in…
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Lloyds bank club card account Cinema tickets benefit
I advised Lloyds because of the closure of cinemas we were unable to to take advantage of the 6 cinema tickets which expired last week. They were very good. and gave me £50.00 in compensation. However the company who administer the scheme have today sent me 6 codes to use in the next year to cover the original ones.…
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No ID
Hi, i've been in a bit of a predicament for sometime now and can't resolve my situation so i thought i'd try here. I have no Identification whatsoever and can't legally get my foot in the door to open a bank account and find employment. I was born in England and have lived here all my life but many years ago the ID i did…
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Refund being sent to a closed account - help!
I booked to fly to Singapore with Singapore Airlines last year for this June. With the covid crisis, the flights have been cancelled by the airline. However, Singapore airlines insist they will only refund to the account from which it was paid, and that account is now closed when I switched banks. Singapore airlines say…
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Transferring fairly large amount into Marcus savings account
I have opened a savings account with Marcus and tested it with a few small transactions in & out from linked account and all seems good so I now plan to transfer around £80K into into it via my linked account which limits me to £20K transfer limit per day so I was planning to do this over 4 days. I've seen a few threads on…
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Create a Web App for your online banking
Using the new chromium-based Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome you can visit a web page and then create a stand alone app for it. In MS Edge, once the online banking page is open in the browser, go to the menu, then 'apps' and select 'install this site as an app'. You can then have it pinned to your taskbar in Windows, or…
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Intuit Quickbooks and bank connections.
This is not something the members of the forum can resolve, but I am looking to see how many other people have having issues with Intuit's quickbooks self employed version linking to their bank accounts. The problems started a couple of months ago. Issues: 1) Could not logon to to my "non First Direct" Credit Card 2)…
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Faster payment not received
I requested a transfer from my Virgin Money acccount to my nominated account yesterday at 14.00 and as of today at 06.00 the money had not arrived in my account and the Virgin Money clearly shows the transfer as cleared and the account details are correct.Should I be worried?
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Delayed SO's due to bank holidays
I have SO's set-up to recycle money through various bank accounts to meet the minimum pay-in requirements, like many of us do. I leave a 3-day gap between each SO paid out due to no SO's being executed over weekends. However, an SO of mine due tomorrow (8th) will not appear until Monday now (11th) in the next bank account,…
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Large sum of cash
Given all the scare stories about bank accounts being locked due to suspicious activity when making large deposits, I am after some advice on behalf of my partner. Many years ago, (before we met) due to circumstances beyond her control. she was left homeless and penniless. Since then, and against my advice, she has…
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NatWest online banking, worrying message
I usually use my iPhone app to check my NatWest bank accounts and move money around, but as I was sat at my computer I thought I would pay my friend what I owe her using the online banking facility. The first hit on Google when I put in NatWest came up with a message "This Connection Is Not Private. This website may be…
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Nationwide interest conditions
Hi, I applied for a Nationwide Flex Direct account before the end of April to take advantage of the 12 months of 5% interest on £2500. I was just wondering if you could advise when I need to do the monthly payments in and out to satisfy £1000 payment in to get the 5% interest. Here is my timeline so far: 29th April -…
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Bacs Payment into Barclays (Bank Holiday)
Hi all 😀 I’m having wages paid into my new Barclays account Monday. Somebody said it will clear Friday because they process Bacs credits at weekends. Is that true ??
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Switched Account successfully and then declined- Nationwide. Help Please
Hi This problem actually happened to my other half. I recommended him to Nationwide (for the offer), he finally started the switch from his Barclays current account and also applied for a credit card with Nationwide. After the online application they needed some forms of ID so we went along and provided them in a branch.…
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Frozen bank account after paying in inheritance cheque
Hi Everyone, New to here but would love some advice and support. I deposited a cheque for £18,330 to Nationwide in branch on Wednesday 6th May 2020 and was expected to clear Thursday 7th May 2020. On checking my account this morning I was locked out of my Internet banking and a message came up to call Nationwide. When I…
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What is the best Rewards Current Account that I can shift my direct debits to?
Hi,As Halifax new reward account no longer requires 2 x Direct Debits to earn the monthly reward I am wondering where I should now shift my direct debits to? I am not interested in Current Account which provide interest as I can in most cases virtually equal this by leaving my money in a savings account such as Marcus…
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I sent money into the wrong account and they spent it
So my partner was trying to pay £600 rent to our landlord and accidentally sent it to the wrong person. This person was saved as he used to work with them and had the same first name. We disputed it with the bank and messaged the individual. They said this wasn’t their bank account and hadn’t received any money. Our bank…
