Budgeting & bank accounts

Archives for December 2020

Transfer from abroad
Hi all. We are about to receive some money as a gifted part of the deposit from my partner's parents. The money will be coming from a spanish account (€) to England. Would anyone know if there will be any difference if they send it directly to £ account or if we open a € account in the UK to receive the money and then…
Best bank account for a rental property income and expenditure....
Will any do? Thanks
Large money gift from family member
As a gift last week a family member gave me a cheque for £4k. I remember reading something online abit ago about people being entitled to £3000 tax free gift allowance per year. Anything over that is taxable. Is this different to Inheritance tax thats payable if said person dies within 7 years? Not sure if there is any tax…
Back account closed no reason
Asking for a friend. Bank closed account and they need to pay a lawyer to write something to release their money. Bank refuses to talk about it. Are there common reasons why this happens? Can this person never open a bank account for fear of this happening? Any ideas welcome.
Halifax Credit Extra - New Internal Credit Scoring System from Halifax
I logged on to Halifax and it looks like they have a new credit checker which lets you know if you will be approved for any credit cards, overdrafts etc. Its basically like a credit scoring system and it tells you where you are. I think its about time a bank did this so we could see how well we far in their own internal…
Bank Rejected Cheque Because Issuer Used My 'Abbreviated' Name?
I recently received a cheque. But, my bank rejected it, because the issuer had used the abbreviation of my name. Not a nickname as such, and the issuer has never called me by my full name in my whole life - everybody knows me by my 'abbreviated' name. Is this the bank's correct procedure? Can I ask the bank to accept both…
Moving money from a joint account
I am sure my dad is wrong about this! My mum and dad had a joint account with most of their savings in it. They opened new bank accounts in individual names and put half in each. For some reason now, my dad is worrying about some sort of tax implications as a result and he is talking about gifting or something. Surely this…
Banking Query
Currently Bank with Bank of Scotland Monthly Saver £1500.00 with BOS Investment with £3300 with Bank of Scotland 4k in Stocks and Shares ISA No Debt Thinking of getting a 2nd current account to split my bills into - Specsavers, Vodafone and Amazon Prime all bills I have. I am planning on buying a home next year and think…
Is it true that issuing banks wont honour a cheque after 6 months
I just had a £7.50 cheque from royal mail (nat west) sent back to to me as its 3 days past 6 months. I've not been to the branch since march because of covid. Anyway after making a complaint, they assure me it is not them rejecting it to be awkward, but rejecting it because it wont be paid by nat west. does that sound…
TSB £5 not received?
Made 30 £1 credit card transactions on my tsb spend and save debit card in November. No £5 cash back yet though. Anyone in the same boat?
Anyone else received SMS from Barclays asking to reply back?
I received a SMS from 60310 asking me if I have any other tax residency and to reply with YES or NO or STOP to opt out. The thing is, I've never had any account with Barclays. I only have a Barclaycard credit card. I asked Barclaycard support about this and they said I need to ask Barclays "about my current account" (which…
Linking savings account to my debit card
I opened up a Santander Everyday Saver account and I think I linked it to my student account debit card. I'm just confused what this actually means. My "cards" page on the app shows two cards, but they are identical (same number and expirery date). What does linking the account to the card actually do?
Is TSB online banking down?
When I click Login button it goes to a page Saying Access denied. I have tried Chrome, Edge and Firefox and all failed. Not sure anyone else also has problem to logon TSB online banking? Thanks.
Nationwide Flex Account 0% Overdraft
I had a Flex Direct account in 2015 with a 0% overdraft for 12 months, closed in 2016. Will I be entitled to another one if I apply, the website is kind of hinting you cant if you've had one before.....
Debit Card Expiry
My card expires 01/21, does that mean I can still use it until the end of January?
Revolut - hard search?
Hi all, I fancy a Revolut account, I like the idea of the easy investment platform I can use for pocket money etc etc, but - mortgage application will be early next year, so I don’t want any searches on my credit file. I’ve searched, found quite a few conflicting answers , does anybody have first hand definitive proof of…
Looking for an account that allows me to save 'pots' of money - what would you recommend?
Hi there, I'm in the position where I have a fully funded emergency fund (6 months of expenses) this is in a separate bank account that hopefully won't need to be touched. Now that this is saved I'm looking to start a number of savings pots for household renovations, a replacement car (mine is low mileage and good…
Rights when the bank make an error
I am self employed and use a paying in book to pay in cash and cheques to the bank. They have just discovered that in September 2019 the teller in the bank completed my pay in and then paid the next customers deposit into my account to the value of £500. The bank called today to tell me of this error and that they are…
Safest method for online private sales
I have advertised something for sale on Facebook, was hoping it would be cash on collection, but someone has asked if I could post, no reason why I can't but what would be the safest method for them to pay? I don't have PayPal but understand there can be issues with the payment being recalled. TIA
How to contact PayPal while unable to log into account?
I've been unable to get into my PayPal account because I don't have a mobile phone and they haven't been able to send me an authentication code for their new two-stage authentication process. I've twice phoned them and twice been told that the next time I tried to log in, a code would be sent to my landline - but it…

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