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Nationwide unknown CREDITS
Both my NW accounts have credits of £3227 this morning. I haven't yet managed to get through to them to report this. The phone line puts me on hold for 10 minutes, then rings and cuts off; the Chat button simply says "Connection unavailable" Is this a general glitch? In passing, why do Nationwide hate communicating…
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New HSBC £150 account switch
According to https://www.hsbc.co.uk/current-accounts/promotions/advance-promotion/ switch with "with at least 2 Direct Debits or standing orders" is required. I wonder if "any" standing order (set up by myself, to my another bank account) on switched account works?. Does anyone have any experience?
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Bad Experience with First Direct Foreign Payment
I know Martin lauds First Direct for its customer service but I have had a different experience. I opened an account with them as they offer online payments to the country of Georgia where wife comes from, which my existing bank (Barclays) does not do. A few payments went through OK but then one didn't arrive and after…
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Metro Bank Faster Payment limits
Does anyone know the limits for making Faster Payments from a Metro bank personal account? Limits listed on the Faster Payments website are* Online/App £21,000 * Telephone £250,000 * In Branch £250,000 Unfortunately the Metro website doesn't appear to list any limits, and they categorically refused to tell me anything at…
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International bank transfer
Hi there, I currently reside in the USA but am British by birth and lived there up until 2014. I still have a UK bank account (Nationwide) and will be coming into some monies soon and was looking at best way for transferring that money from UK to USA without too much cost? Thanks in advance, Dominic
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Depositing cheque in a foreign currency to a UK bank account
What is the most efficient way of depositing cheque in a foreign currency? I am in a very fortunate position that a recently deceased relative has left me a substantial sum of money in his will. The estate has now been settled and the solicitor acting for the executor has advised me that they will send the sum via a cheque…
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Santander debit card contactless limit
Following an MSE email about setting contactless card limits to less than the new £100 limit, I logged onto the mobile app to try to do this. As there is no obvious section covering cards limits I started an online chat only to keep getting the answer that only MasterCard limits can be changed online. I did more research…
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Need a joint account
Hi all My wife and I need a joint account. she has Lloyds I have natwest we both have Monzo (though just for savings/spare cash) - Monzo said no but not why. her credit is good, mine is fair/poor anyone know where is best to for a joint account for bills?
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Joint Bank Accounts, Whose Money?
In the earlier days of my elderly father's cognitive decline (vascular dementia) we decided it would be wise for me to become a joint bank account holder on his accounts whilst he still had mental capacity. He is now 97 and although he has mostly lost capacity for managing his accounts he is still able to express some…
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HSBC Opening basic savings account
My elderly father banks online with HSBC, I want him to move most of his money to a savings account that will show when he logs on to his account, so that just in case the worst happens they will only clear out a small amount, via Amazon/Ebay. This should be very easy to do online, however when we logged in and went to…
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carve or tide banking
is curve or tide banking any good
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NatWest/RBS banking app down?
Hi all, when trying to login to the Natwest/RBS app (Android) i get a message unable to login. Is anyone else getting the same?
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first direct switch offer questions
hi, account opened and switch is underway, it completes on the 8th dec, question 1. do I have to wait for the switch to complete first before paying in the £1000 or can I just go ahead and do the £1000 now (I have access to the internet banking) and 2. does the £1000 have to be a lump sum or can I do 4x£250? im guessing I…
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Shoppers will be able to withdraw cash in more than 2,000 stores across the UK without having to buy
More than 2,000 retailers will allow shoppers to withdraw cash at the checkout without needing to buy an item or pay a fee. Read the full story: Shoppers will be able to withdraw cash in more than 2,000 stores across the UK without having to buy anything or pay a fee If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Nationwide secure messaging facility
As per the title, has this service been discontinued? There is now one of those robochat Bots that just seem to send you into an ever-descending spiral until you either leave or it cuts you off. I really don't want to be hanging on a phone for an hour just to query why the same transaction has appeared twice on my C/Card…
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BANKING AND THE ISLE OF MAN
Me and my husband are planning to move to the Isle of Man next year, so I contacted our bank (Barclays) to see if we could transfer our account when we move, and we were told "No" apparently we would have to open a new account over there. I can't really see the reason why. As far as know the Isle of Man is a British Crown…
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Virgin Money Current Account
Earlier today I made some payments on my Virgin Money M Plus current account. I have just looked on my account and there are no transactions after 1st November. Is anyone else experiencing this? Edit. I have just looked on Twitter and saw the following response from them to a query. Virgin Money@VirginMoney·4mHi Chris, I'm…
