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Intelligence Finance migration to Bank of Scotland completely ballsed up.
Anyone else experiencing the pleasure of having offset savings and mortgage accounts migrated from Intelligence Finance to Bank of Scotland? The experience to date has been an appalling joke and inspired no confidence in this bank at all and I will be cutting ties and getting my money out ASAP. Here's a list of issues…
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Child & Co RBS Branch to close
Just received notification that the Child & Co RBS branch will be closing on 29/06/2022. Not clear if the brand will continue (branded Debit Cards) or not, but it is a shame nevertheless (renovated in 2015-16 I Believe, beautiful branch and nice service, where you were often offered a drink whilst waiting).
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£25 Amazon gift card for opening a TSB Spend & Save or S&S Plus account (19/12/2025 to 31/12/2025)
Get a £25 Amazon gift card by doing the following: 1: Click on the LINK (this one is from MoneySupermarket, others may be available). OFFER HAS ENDED. 2: Register your email address with Giftcloud. 3: Click "Continue Purchase" and continue on to TSB and open your Spend & Save or Spend & Save Plus account. - TSB will…
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smile - no longer taking new applications
smile, the Co-operative Bank's online brand that has been running since 1999 and was the UK's first fully-featured online bank account, has finally this month stopped taking applications for current accounts and savings accounts. Credit cards applications have been on hold a while but the wording has changed from "not…
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Travel insurance with pre-existing med conditions
We have just changed our Nationwide Flex account to a FlexPlus account. It costs £216 a year but includes Worldwide travel Insurance. We have several medical conditions but the additional cover costs for that were £364 for full cover. Compared to regular Travel quotes this is very good - some insurers wouldn't look at us…
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Barclays Premier account £400 switch offer (17/02/2026 to 30/04/2026)
Barclays have launched a new switch offer for their Premier account. Excludes anyone who has ever received a switching bonus from Barclays or anyone who has had a Barclays current account open on 17th February 2026. 😥 T&Cs. This offer has been added to the archive.
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Separate shopping account
Hi everyone, We already have a joint account for the big bills but would like a separate one just for the weekly shop. The joint account is with the same bank as our personal accounts so we get some cashback/roundups there on our direct debits etc. Would prefer a different bank for the shopping but don't want to move our…
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Halifax paper free statements letter
Hi there 😀, anyone else receive this letter recently just wondering!
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An Archived List of Switching Offers
Bridlington1 has asked me to take over the maintenance of the Switching Archive thread. Ongoing offers are in bold. If you notice any errors with links, dates, descriptions leave a comment and I'll update the OP. This thread will continue to be updated over the coming weeks. The OP is split due to the limited number of…
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An Archived List of Switching Offers
This Thread Has Been Replaced. Please See An Archived List of Switching Offers Welcome to this thread. I have decided to create this thread to provide a continuously updated list of terms and conditions of switching offers as well as the dates they have run for both for ease of reference after they have recently gone NLA…
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Nationwide app biometrics
Having recently switched, I understand that biometrics are available, rather than card reader, but not for a little while. Anyone know how long before that option will appear on the app?
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Santander banking app Magic Link
Both me and my husband have changed phones and can't get the Santander app to function because their magic link system doesn't appear to work. He's on Gmail & I use Hotmail and neither work. I've had to keep my old phone just to use the banking app. It's annoying if you are shopping online and need to verify something via…
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TSB Spend and Save reward offer - what to choose - hotel or activity pass?
Hi, I've been sent the code to choose my reward offer which is great but not sure what to go for. Can't find any information on the range of hotels on offer or the activities and don't want to make a wasted choice. For example, the voucher is for £120 and if the hotel rooms all cost more than that when I might be…
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Chase packaged insurance
Apologies if already posted but a quick search didn't show anything. Just noticed on the app that Chase are now offering an Insurance package for £12.50 pm covering worldwide travel, mobile phones and breakdown cover. Haven't read in detail yet so can't comment on it personally.
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MSE News: Which Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches are closing in 2026/27?
Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, which are all part of the Lloyds Banking Group, will shut at least 168 bank branches in 2026 and 2027, after the Group announced 95 new closures today (Wednesday 11 February 2026)… Read the full story: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/02/lloyds-bank-branch-closures/ If you…
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Santander £100 Amazon voucher - if I’ve already opened a new acc for £30 can I open another for £100
If I’ve opened a new Santander account to get the £30 Amazon voucher incentive, can I also open another Santander account to receive the new £100 Amazon voucher incentive?
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Tips to budget from weekly to monthly pay
I left one job last month which was weekly pay, started a new job straight after which is monthly pay. The pay is the same but because Fridays came around quickly it didn't seem long before I got a wage. Because my mortgage is very low I managed to save around £800 a month. Today I've been paid 13th (although it's the 15th…
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Mettle Banking App and Account - Fraudulent transactions for the second time in 12 months.
I opened my Mettle bank account when I created my limited company. It appealed due to the online support, support of Free Agent/Quick Books and the fact that there is no monthly account fee. In around September/November last year I had 3 payments of approx. £500.00 made on my account to Screwfix which I reported…
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Where can i deposit a US cheque
I have a US savings account which is held by Fidelity, I'm a UK citizen, this was set up many years ago through an employer. It has now paid out but they can only do it in the form of a US cheque. My bank won't take it and I'm now sure how to cash it.
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Santander email address?
I am trying to contact Santander about getting a company added to their cashback list so I contacted them on customerservices@santanderconsumer.co.uk, the only email address I could find and got a reply that it was not the correct address and pointed me towards their contact us page which does not have an email address.…