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The best and worst of online account banking security ranked
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19838250.hsbc-virgin-money-tsb-best-worst-online-account-banking-security-ranked/
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Nationwide Transfer error -anyway back
* I transferred a sole current account to Nationwide but screwed up the DD's. Does the following exclude me from transferring a joint account? I am surmising that it would if the options were '...sole current account or first joint...' so I should be ok if everything else is ok? This offer is only valid on the first sole…
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Barclays Internal Scam??
Last Thursday I noted a withdrawal from my Barclays current account emptying all funds including the approved overdraft facility (which I have never used previously). I assumed I had been subjected to some sort of scam and immediately contacted the bank to advise them and raise a complaint. After a long weekend of stress…
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Debit card for an adult with severe learning disabilities.
Hi all. Am new to this forum so forgive me if I’ve done something wrong! I have a family member who is 24 years old and has severe learning disabilities. He has round the clock care from live in carers. Over the last year we have been using a service called Carercard which is a debit card that we preload his cash and…
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Chase Account query
I've signed up to Chase and been using the 1% cash back offer. I know there's the round up of 5% but I need to know what are the possible shortfalls of activating this offer? I assume this is a 12 month offer and when activating I loose the 1% at the moment. Anyone whos activated it tell me more if I need to know anything…
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Nationwide offer
I am a Nationwide bank acc holder. Tried to switch accs with Nationwide to get the free £125. Couldn't do it via the online switch , kept saying I need to go into a branch. Rang them 2 days ago & was told if I was only switching accs to get the free £125 then I was not allowed to do it. Is this correct ?
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Bank transfer to wrong account?
Hi, I imagine this question has been asked lots of times but I couldn’t find the answer with a forum search, so apologies if I’m going over old ground. About a month ago, I helped my elderly aunt sell approx £5000 worth of shares that were managed by Computershare. I completed the transaction through their website,…
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Natwest moving from visa debit to mastercard debi
grrrrrr (I feel better for that!) Is anyone having issues with Natwest since they moved from Visa to Mastercard? I am really struggling, 8 different online companies now not accepting my new card, I call natwest and they said they cannot see an issue... just wondering if anyone else having problems?
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Mobile Apps No Substitute For Website. Potential Campaign?
Hello, Not sure whether this is the best place for this post. Apologies if not. I want to raise a concern about financial institutions who have provided websites for customers to manage their bank accounts, savings accounts, credit cards etc. on-line, now pushing customers towards using mobile apps instead. Even, in some…
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Question about Monzo Pots
I'm looking at possibly opening an account with Monzo as I quite like the 'pots' feature but I'm wondering if anyone knows if you can set up a Continuous Payment Authority from a Bill Pot, and whether or not it's fee-free ?. I have a few subscriptions for things outside the UK so if they're fee-free it would be handy. I've…
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Using Metro Bank as a means of getting switching deals
I have recently opened an account with Metro Bank with the sole purpose of switching straight to a Santander account to get a £150 switching bonus. This has now completed and am just waiting for the bonus. I would like to be able to open another account with them in order to switch straight to another deal. Normally would…
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Barclays Premier Banking Joint account
Hi, Apologies if this has been asked previously on here wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. Me and the misses have a joint account with Barclays, I recently applied for premier banking and was asked if I wanted to change my card from the old Blue debit to the Black premier one that comes with £1000 daily ATM…
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Santander appalling service
For months now Santander have been getting worse and worse with Customer Service. Now you either wait an hour on the phone (being told how important your call is and that someone will speak to you soon) or you resort to 'Sandi' on the Chat, who appears to be thicker than two short planks. The only way to get off the…
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Standing Orders
Hi i am a treasurer for a scout group. A number of years ago (around 5) a parent left the group, but forgot to cancel their standing order. Unfortunately we had no contact details for the person who left so could not contact them directly. I have tried the bank on numerous occasions to ask for the standing order to be…
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Should I keep this International account for £25,000 because of Brexit?
I will explain it briefly: * I used to live in the UK but now I'm living overseas. * I own 2 properties in the UK and rent them out, report & pay taxes on the rent in the UK and in my home country. * I currently get the rents paid to a UK bank account I opened whilst I was living in the UK * During my stay in the UK I also…
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Lost Cheque
I paid a cheque into my account at a bank and had the book stamped and dated. I watched the process. The money did not turn up in my account and there was no communication from the bank. I have been to the bank and showed them the receipt. They have no record of the cheque or that it was paid in. They say I must get a…
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Lloyds life insurance Amazon offer
I could have sworn there was an offer back on Oct/Nov for an Amazon voucher if you took out life insurance via Lloyds bank. I think it was Lloyds. Anyhow I took out the policy but seen no sign of the gift card yet. Did anyone lese sign up to this? I searched through the board and couldn't see any topics on it.
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Help! TSB won't allow a full switch from them for 3 months after doing a partial switch from them
I opened a joint Nationwide Flexiplus account to manage bills and did a partial switch so that all the Direct Debits would come out of it. Once I was told it was complete I opened a HSBC account with the intention of taking advantage of the switching bonus. However HSBC advised that TSB rejected the switch. I was then…
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Account deposit cash for relative
I have an elderly relative who doesn't trust and won't even register for internet or phone banking & likes to still draw out large amounts of cash and pay bills & shopping with cash where she can She wants to help her grandson with university by giving him varying amounts of cash when she has some left over in a month. She…
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Where to cash a sterling bank draft?
I got a sterling bank draft as a gift taken out in an Irish bank. I took it to my local bank branch and they told me they don’t accept bank drafts anymore (HSBC). Called their support and was told that was the rule now. Anyone got any suggestion on how or where to cash it?
