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Child trust account holding the deposit for a house
When I explained the purpose of the savings in that account to the bank, which it is to buy a house for me and my child, I was confirmed that I could do any money transfers for the good of the child. my child is not yet 17 years old. I'm a bit unsure on how to manage this now. I am looking for a house and that account has…
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Bank Switching - How Blatant?
I've recently jumped on the bandwagon of switching banks on the grounds that if they are quite happy to give me free money then who am I to say no. I'm just wondering how blatant about taking the switch bonus you can be - in other words, does anybody do a switch from BankA to BankB, fulfill BankB's conditions, take the…
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Barclays app is driving me loopy...
Hello, I was just wondering if I am the only one having this problem. I have downloaded the Barclays app so I can take advantage of the switching offer. The only option it gives me is "register for the app" but when I proceed that is only meant for existing customers, not new ones. When I proceed I eventually get a screen…
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App for checking off bank and credit card statement spends
I still manually tick off items on our bank and credit card statements- compare them to receipts and a list of direct debits etc. I often get behind…. Is there an app I could use for this please? If it was on my phone I could tick off/ verify items more quickly and more often! Many thanks
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Opening Multiple Accounts (+Switching Bonus) and First Direct Application
Hi. I'm relatively financially savy and have had a switching bonus before. However, I'm looking at opening new current accounts for linked savings accounts and the exchange rates on the debit cards as I will be travelling to Europe for a holiday for the very first time. With upcoming expenses switching bonuses are going to…
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Unidentified Direct Debit issuer
My bank First Direct has asked me to authenticate a new
direct debit instruction they have received on my current account – “STRIPE Re
Immediat” (corrrect spelling). I don’t immediately recognise it. I’ve spoken to First Direct, and they
can offer me no more information apart from its associated reference number…
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TSB account switch
Afternoon everyone, Looking at the TSB switch offer, it doesn't state anywhere that I can see that any direct debits need switching over. Does anyone know if the general 2 direct debits need to be swapped over to get the £150? Thanks.
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Anyone having problems logging in to YBS
Both the wife and me have been unable to log in this evening, anyone else? Down detector has a small spike, so they could be having problems.
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Salisbury's Bank and NatWest
Hello everyone. This is my first post. I closed my Sainsbury's Savings account in May. Received a Closing Statement from them on the 2nd of June. Today I received an activation pin from NatWest for online banking. No idea why I received this, because my account has been closed for nearly 6 months. Everyone else had similar…
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Closing Natwest account - waiting for access to biometrics?
I have a Natwest cash ISA that's now reached maturity, so I want to close this account to invest elsewhere. In order to close the account, I have to first transfer the funds, but there's daily limits preventing me from doing this. To do this, it says that I have to register for biometrics in the Natwest app, which I've…
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T212 - missing broadband refund
Hello, I have recently cancelled my Now Broadband and switched to a new provider. My final monthly payment was paid by T212 spending /debit card. The refund was made on 19/10/25 but I still have not received it. Does anyone know if it is possible for companies to refund successfully to the T212 card? Thank you all
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Current Account Switch for Rewards - 2 banks at once?
Hi there - is there anything to stop me from completing 2x current account switches to unlock 2 lots of rewards at exactly the same time, if the old current accounts im closing are both different banks, and likewise the new current accounts I'm switching to are different banks as well? Thanks!
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How do I block a payment thru online banking with Barclays?
Got an invoice in my email this morning. "settlement of this invoice will be made on your behalf by (company name)" Can't find any option to block payments from a specific company. This company has already nickle and dimed me enough. I will be !!!!!! if they can literally take money out of my bank account without any…
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Sending money abroad
Hello, So my partner is off to Tenerife, we both bank with the same bank and I was wondering that if I need to send them emergency funds for any reason while they are there and I'm sending it as £ could I do it as a standard transfer or is it an international transfer with fees etc? They were planning to exchange it to…
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Coop Switch £175 Debit Card Transactions?
I have switched to the Coop bank to get £175 switch bonus. Does buying Scottish Childrens Lottery tickets online (or any lottery tickets) using my debit card count towards the 10 debit card transactions I need?
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Joint Bank Account
I have a current account in my name but wish my wife to have her name on it also, but she is housebound due to mobilityand dizzieness problems, I have already spokenm to the baank and they said that she will have to go to the bank but she cant go, how do I go about this .
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Best UK account to manage an elderly relative's finaces from abroad.
I have an elderly relative in care in the UK, I have lasting PoA set up. I need to be able to manage their finances via internet banking but their current bank, Nationwide has no access to internet banking for people living abroad who are not already members with their own account such as me. There's no point me…
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Barclays app
I've just got a new phone, and am having trouble with the Barclays app. Luckily I still have the old phone. The chat option doesn't seem to work at all, it just says"We're making improvements, some chat services are unavailable". And phoning doesn't work at the weekend (I phoned yesterday and they were helpful but didn't…
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Forgotten Passnumber & PIN number with Nationwide account.
What is the best way of restoring my account? Senior moment!
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Bank of Scotland Business Account contact
Hi! this is a bit random but need an email address to contact BofS. I am secretary of our local Bowling Club and the Club's accounts have been compromised - it is now a Police matter - despite having accounts that needed multiple signatories they were allowed to be amended to one person having sole control of them online.…
