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TSB poor banking experience
So I ordered a large value gift card and my card was blocked got a new card. It’s a spare account so I got a phone top up blocked me again. Phoned to unblock and now they blocked again and asked for passport and video of me. Done that all fine. I got a pair of jeans it declined blocked card again so I have complained they…
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Bank account for Right to Manage company
Hi everyone, We recently set up a Right to Manage company and although our managing agent looks after service charge and reserve fund money, we still need to open a business bank account for taking membership fee, pay company house annual fee...etc. The company is not profit making, pretty much dormant, and is limited by…
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First Direct
Hello, After a few problems with Lloyds Bank I'm considering moving back to first direct. I'm just wondering if anyone has any recent experience of them? From reading a few reviews on Trust Pilot and Twitter, their service appears to have deteriorated somewhat since I was previously with them. Though I understand their…
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FIRST DIRECT
Made the decision to switch current accounts and based on the good reviews I read about first for customer service I switched to First Direct - will be honest and say the reward was the incentive. How I wish I'd not bothered - on the verge of a nervous breakdown with the chaotic way First Direct operate and the security is…
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Problems with RBS website
I have a Virgin One flexible mortgage account. RBS has recently closed the V1 website and everything has been moved to the RBS one instead. It doesn't seem to be going very well. Today I logged on to RBS, could access my account but noticed that there are no statements available. Given that we're being pushed to go…
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TSB £190 + Freebie Switching Offer 21/7/25-8/9/25
TSB have launched a new switching offer (thanks @lon_don for bringing this to my attention in another thread). Offer consists of 3 parts: £100 for switching in: * Open a Spend & Save account and complete a full switch * Log into the TSB Mobile Banking App * Make at least 5 payments using the debit card on your new account…
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Anyone else affected by the Metro bank mess-up today?
Leaving customers with overdrawn accounts. I understand this might be because money withdrawals have occurred twice. Left the other half with no money today. Metro bank seem to of shutdown all public communications on the matter.
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prepaid cards (MSE advice)
Following the link hear Prepaid cards: best UK offers for 2025 - MoneySavingExpert It clearly states If you're unable to get a bank account, or want a simple way to limit your spending, then a prepaid card is worth considering adding to your wallet. So where are they then?
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Bank Account for Golf Society
Does anyone out there know of a bank account suitable for a Golf Society that doesn't charge a monthly fee? The account would need to accept cash/cheques and bank transfers from members and be able to pay out by card or bank transfer to any Golf Club that the Society plays at. A personal bank account is not suitable, so…
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Money I paid from bank account appeared at destination but is also still in bank account.
I have/had about £1700 PayPal credit. I transferred £1300 from my current (back) account to the PayPal credit account on Friday. My PayPal credit amount owed has reduced by £1300 and shows that the payment is received but the money is still in my bank account and I cant see any evidence it was paid or transferred. Any idea…
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stopping payments going into my bank account
is it possible to do this from online banking?
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Two companies have not been able to take direct debit payments for September.
I have been onto my bank and the companies affected. Long standing direct debits have been cancelled - not by me or the bank. Bank says they are 'inactive' but payments have been going out for years - last in August 2025. I cannot find who cancelled them. One Company said the bank had told them they didn't hold a direct…
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£30 voucher for opening Santander Everyday or Edge account
Credit to @goatfaced for bringing this up in the 123 Lite thread. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/compare-best-bank-accounts/#santanderedge Filling the form in results in a 'Something went wrong' message for me on Safari, but in Firefox it worked just fine. Closes tomorrow. New & existing customers. No switch or…
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30p direct debit query
Switching from chase to nationwide using the 30p dd website. I am only doing 30p. Does this still qualify for bank switches? It is not clear on the site. It does say 60p is
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Pockit prepaid cash card
Anyone used them hear before? If so can you recommend or derecommend them? The reason I ask is because I signed up on there web site. I was told that a card would cost me five pound plus what eve amount I chose to top up with. I was given 3 methods of top up. 1st was by a card, 2nd was by bank transfer, and 3rd was by…
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Lloyds Standing Order missed
Apologies for what might seem a silly question, but does a missed standing order affect anything such as your credit profile? This is with Lloyds - it says wouldn't be charged for this and that they'll deem the SO invalid after X consecutive missed SO payments. This was to another Lloyds account if it makes a difference.
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Automatic transfer from savings account to current account - how to do?
At present we are with NatWest, with which we just have our joint current account and an ISA. We do all our banking online via the app. We would like to open a savings account of some kind, from which we can transfer each month a set amount into our current account. Is this possible?
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Couldn’t cancel digital subscription to Deliciously Ella
I signed up for free 7 day trial with Deliciously Ella last Saturday afternoon. I tried to cancel last night (Friday night) clicked on cancel subscription on the website and app several times and then tried to delete my account. I didn’t feel confident that it had happened so emailed them. The money was taken from my…
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Windows 11 and Microsoft Money
New PC arriving with Windows 11 and looking to continue using Microsoft Money on it. Digging around online I see suggestions that both the Sunset Edition and the 2005 edition should run, but each one seems to create some problems some times. I know there are quite a few users of Money on here - any advice on which of the…
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Coop everyday extra current account
My brother who will be 79 years old next month is thinking of going on a cruise next June and was pricing travel insurance and the cheapest he could get it because of his and his wife's health is £600 approx. If he was to open a joint Coop everyday extra current account and paid the £17 a month until next June and also any…
