Budgeting & bank accounts

Hi, My wife and I both have some pre existing medical conditions that mean any travel insurance quotes we get are regularly doubled. I read on the Which? guide for packaged back accounts that in some cases it may be cheaper to go down this route. Does anyone have any experience of using the travel insurance included in…

Does anyone have a working link to the MSE £15 cashback offer for downloading the Zopa app on an android phone? The link on the main site only seems to work with iphones even when trying the Google playstore link it takes you the the apple app store!

Have been living full time in Spain since 2006. Have had an account with HSBC UK, Crawley Branch, for more than 25 years. Am extremely unhappy about the amount of times I have had to write and telephone them, to ask for my money to be sent to my Spanish Bank account. On most occasions I had to spend almost an hour on hold,…

Was wondering if anyone else had this problem. Normally I login online without problems but twice now over the past 7 days it has presented me with the security question requiring three characters from my password Only problem is MY PASSWORD IS LESS THAN 9 CHARACTERS. This persisted over repeated failed attempts (using…

hi I have the app on both ios and android I can't login because they both keep asking me for my 11th, 16th and 26th characters from my memorable info my memorable info is only 7 characters long! it asks me for these ssame 3 characters everytime I try anybody else having the same issue?

I'm trying to open the Santander Everyday Account for the £50 Amazon voucher. When I follow the links, it takes me to the Santander Edge Account. How do I get to the Everyday Account?

I'm struggling to find a bank account for a local group that I volunteer with. We are a small, limited company which is part of another local charity. We are a limited company because the money we raise from our efforts does not go directly to charity, it provides a service for the charity that owns us. We currently bank…

Hi all. Its been a minute since I've been here, so excuse my ramblings. I'll try to keep it short. I pay my friends daughters rent & bills while she is in Greece at university (its complicated) The Greek system is broken. So instead of sending the money via PayPal, I'm hoping that there is an account with ANY UK/Euro bank…

Work have paid an expenses claim, but they've randomly chosen an old bank account rather than the one currently used for salary... I switched out of that account about 18 months ago, and then switched that account a few months ago. All using CASS. I know that payments to old accounts will be redirected to a new account. My…

Hello All, Can Anyone advise which would be THE BEST APP (for iPhone) to be able to accept payments for my old clothes & shoes that I sell at a car boot sale ? With less charges and also would like to find out if there's one option with * some kind of protection* where a buyer cannot just reverse through their banks a…

Anyone having issues with the HFX mobile banking app? It claims I've entered my sign in details incorrectly too many times. When I click through all the information to retrieve my username and attempt to login it displays a message that a technical issue has occurred, logging in again (though I haven't yet) might fix it,…

Santander has confirmed it will shut 58 of its branches across the UK in 2026 and 2027 – after adding 44 branches to the list today (Thursday 29 January). Below we list which branches are disappearing and what the alternatives are if you'd still like face-to-face banking… Read the full story:…

How do I change my contactless limit on my debit card - from £100 to £50 ? According to Nationwide.co.uk - it is via "MANAGE CARDS" but this is not available on the website - as far as I can see……

I have done online gaming for ages and never had any problems, then somehow £4,000 of transactions went out of my PayPal account from the online game I have previously used as well as a couple of other transactions. I set up a dispute with PayPal and within a day they closed the case in my favour and are refunding the…

I would like to be able to accept debit or credit card payments at a stall at a one off car boot sale. I see there are a few apps I could use on a mobile phone. I wondered which is the best or cheapest app to use as an individual and what are the charges. I think that some like SumUp which initially looked good only seem…

I tried to pay a carpenter using Faster Payments. I typed in the account name, sort code and account number given on the invoice, and the bank warned that the name and account number didn't match. Is it sensible to go ahead and make the payment anyway? Or perhaps just put a cheque in the post? The invoice specifically said…

Hi all Last Saturday on the 18th I went on a day trip with my sister by train and I at our station there's no staff and we have a ticket machine and I paid for my tickets have proof of this however the machine didn't give me all my tickets and went weird anyway thankfully easy midlands sorted our travel so we didn't have…

Tesco Bank will shut down its Clubcard Pay+ prepaid card – and its linked 'round up' savings accounts – on Sunday 26 April. If you use these services, you should withdraw your money as soon as possible. Read the full story: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/04/tesco-closing-clubcard-pay-plus/ If you haven’t…

Can anyone recommend a good budgeting app (that's not YNAB) that can connect with multiple UK bank accounts and help me track my cash flow so I can identify areas where I'm overspending? The well-known big names such as Quicken Simplifi or Monarch Money seem to be mainly America focused with little or no support of UK…

Hi, so after 50+ years as a Clydesdale bank customer we have been switched to Virgin money some time ago and now going to be part of Nationwide that will apparently mean more emails to the inbox anyway we are looking to switch away from Clydesdale/Virgin Money, do not need a mortgage, no lending required etc., etc. just…