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Curve Card
I don't know if this is the right forum group for this. Is getting a curve card worth it? What benefits have you had from using it? What are the problems you have faced? This is also a very odd question, but what envelope did the card come in? Was it a plain white one or did it have the curve logo on it?
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£70k. Which bank?
I'm about to receive around £70k and want to put it somewhere before I decide what to do with it. I may need fairly quick access. I realise interest rates are rubbish. I just want to put it somewhere for maybe did - twelve months while I work out my investment strategy.
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Face payments - Pay using your face?
The future is now, while this may be safer (I assume) and prevent fraud, at the same time it is a privacy nightmare. I will be avoiding it. Who is going to be the first to sign up? I predict Barclays or the digital banks will be the first to take it up.
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Opening a second bank account
Hi I was wondering if I could have some advice. I have had one bank account for awhile now and want to open a second bank account just to put some money away into it as probably better than having it all in one place, Im not able to do this towards my current savings account as I can only put a set amount each month as a…
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Mobile phone for banking purposes
Sorry if this is the wrong forum - wasn't sure if this question should go here or on the 'mobiles' forum.I've never had a mobile phone and know very little about them, only ever had a landline phone. However, I'm increasingly finding I'm prevented from opening bank accounts paying interest/rewards because the application…
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Virgin money £180 wine "bribe"
Hello I notice MSE says it can't verify the the value of Virgins offer as its an exclusive Virgin Wines case. I have just done the switch and got the wine so I thought it might be helpful to others to value it? I used the the Vivino app which was able to give an average retail price for 14 of the 15 bottles. The average…
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Bank transfer goes missing
Recently I closed an online Post Office (Bank of Ireland) savings account. PO were to send the balance - a significant chunk of my life savings - to my 'nominated account' with Nationwide BS, the sort code and account number for which were provided when the savings account was set up. PO got a digit wrong on my NBS account…
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Lloyds Bank Daily Payment limits £99,999 ?
Hi, I was under the impression that the daily payment limits for Online and Mobile banking were £25,000 a day, but on the App it says £99,999. Is this just a glitch or have Lloyds increased the limits ?.
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Unable to open a bank account
Hi guys a friend of mine is having trouble opening a current account due to a awful credit score 28/100 ( Fake number i know ) HSBC refused a current TSB opened then withdrew offer of basic bank account Starling closed an account for unknown reason She has a Monzo account however the agency she uses have issues with…
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Bank opening hours during this lockdown
Why can banks not stagger their hours instead of just opening the same hours during the week? Those who arrived at this decision should give themselves a head wobble imo.
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Anyone have issues logging into Nationwide online banking using passcode/OTP?
Apparently its not working, despite entering the correct passcode and OTP. Was locked out earlier for 30 mins so tried again but keeping getting the message that I've entered incorrect details which is definitely not the case. Bizarrely it ALWAYS asks for 1st-3rd-5th digits from my 6 digit passcode. Anyone else seeing the…
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Food Bank
Operating a Food Bank. Can anyone suggest a Bank a/c to use for cash donations received. Thanks.
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Google Pay/Apple Pay/Samsung Pay
Does anyone use any of these services? I use google pay, and i use it online mostly. I had made a payment via google pay the other day and it was near £50. It was declined. I spoke to the bank and they said it was because it was over the £45 limit. I was under the impression that was only for contactless and not online. I…
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Bank with web site, mobile web app, and no proprietary authentication device.
SSIA really. I'm looking for a bank that: 1. Has a fully featured web app/site. 2. The web app/site works for mobile. 3. The bank does not require the use of a proprietary authentication device, like a card reader or pin code generator. 4. Ideally, it should have a high street branch. I just switched away from Monzo due to…
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Lloyds Lifetime Benefits Useless
I pay £22 a month to maintiain my account with Lloyds with an array of normally useful benefits. Now most of these are redundant but is Lloyds contacting customers to offer a switch to a lower bank tier? No. My benefits include worldwide travel insurance - cant go anywhere ! Aa car break down- cant drive anywhere! In…
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HSBC Forcing online statements
I have always preferred paper statements, back to the days when I had business account. In November I had an email from HSBC saying my current account would be switched to online but I could change back in my preferences. I realised last month that not only had my current account gone online but also my credit card and…
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Spare coins
I realise how ridiculous I have become but as boredom is setting in I have resorted to counting my coin bottle. A mixture of coins from 1ps to 50ps has given me £15.96 to spend or save !!! Is there any bank that will take it (have accounts at most banks) Does any body know how to spend it ? As I said, I know it’s…
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Which banks take coin bags?
I’ve been trying to find where HSBC have their coin machines but can find nothing online/on their website. Does anyone know which banks accepts the most coin bags or do the automated coin machines?
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PayPal refunds
Hello, I recently ordered an item from Peacocks using PayPal as my payment method. I need to cancel this now, I have emailed Peacocks but they say they are experiencing high volumes of emails and it could be 5 days, by which time they will have processed my order. I have tried to go through PayPal but they say I need to…
