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Changing banks
Right, I think I might want to change my bank. I am 19, and my average monthly wage is £700. I had/have an account with Lloyds TSB, just the basic one, had since i was about 12, however, I havent used it for 2-3 year now, as I had a Halifax account, same, basic cash card opened. This is where my wages, and my direct debits…
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Direct debit charge help !!!
I have a direct debit set up for my car insurance, which is £101 a month - I'm 19 - Anyhoo, In my normal cash card halifax account, i had £82, the money is meant to come out on the 1st of every month, so i dodn't have enough in the account, and because the banks were shut monday & tuesday, i couldnt put money in. I went…
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£25 free from First Direct
First Direct seem to be offering me a one off sum of £25 free for opening a current account with £100. 25% seems a too good an interest rate to me(!), but I just cannot find the catch, even with my best glasses on. Does anyone know what the catch is?
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Great easy way 2 donate £1.50 for the tsunami fund
please follow this thread and find an easy way to donate £1.50 to the official tsunami fund :) :):) http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Free;action=display;num=1104943049;start=0
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Help with MS Money
Hi, I have just purchased MS Money and am struggling. Cant seem to get it to do anything? Doesnt seem to want to download from bank (HSBC) and can not see where to put in my day to day spending???? Can anyone help??? Catherine
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Financial advice for a proud full time mum!
Have recently given up paid employment to take on full time unpaid employment looking after my gorgeous 4 month old baby. However, the whole financial landscape seems to have changed as I enter the world of family tax credits, child benefit, no pension etc etc etc So far I have claimed child benefit and thats about it...my…
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First Direct £25 for me & £25 for you
I'm sure there are loads of people who allready have First Direct Current AC but if anyone wants to open one I can recommend you and in a few weeks we both get £25. T&C's state that there must be a "credit balance" before the 31 March 2005 - no sign of your wages being needed to be paid in. Please PM me with Surname and…
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Is Bank of Ireland in breach of the Banking Code?
I started a thread in the NI Moneysaving Section http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=NI;action=display;num=1104677176 but as more people click in this forum and this one is dedicated to Current Accounts I thought I would post it here too. I just wanted to see other people's opinions and thoughts.…
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Cheapest EURO to Sterling conversion???
I have exactly 140 Euro in cash and I want to deposit it into my Lloyds TSB account as cheaply as possible. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, :) Matthew
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Get a financial package
Want to be in control of your finances ? Get a money manager. Bank statements are hopeless at giving you any kind of meaningful information about your account, except what it looked like at midnight on the statement date. Unpresented cheques ? It has no idea. Imminent direct debits or standing orders ? You could have been…
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Bankinig overdrawn charges
Hi folks, just after some advice re charges gained from going overdrawn. In a nutshell i went overdrawn, received a letter to tell me I had been charged £25 and that I will be charged a further £25 every time a transaction is processed (up to a max of £75). Needless to say I checked my account immediately only to find that…
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Atm's stealing cash
I'm not sure whether this the right place to ask for advice, but I will anyway! Four weeks ago my partner went to the Natwest ATM to get £150 out (his current account is with Barclays.) He put his card ina s normal, followed by his PIN. The cash came out, but went back into the machine before he could get hold of it. He…
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Holiday Money
Ok already posted request under Travel board and thought the I might try here as well. Going to Australia on holiday shortly and not sure what is the best way to take spending money with me, i.e. australian currency, sterling travellers cheques or Australian dollar travellers cheques. Has anybody go any advice or…
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EURO Cheque to Pounds
Hello I got a cheque of EURO 2,000 over Christmas What is the best way to get this into my LTSB current account.Would it be better to get it lodged back in the Eurozone account and then get a Sterling draft sent.It is confusing as I dont want to be ripped off. Thank you Johnny
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Money required in a day
Hi I currently need around £8000 to complete on a house but a certain amount of the fund will not clear until Monday. I have £5000 available in one current account and about £2000 in another current account. So this will produce two bankers drafts. Where can I get the additional £1000 quickly? Additional overdraft? 0%…
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Bank or building society?
I'm asking this question on behalf of someone else so I probably won't be able to answer many specific questions, but if I describe a scenario please could anyone give any pointers. I work for a small charity, and one of our clients has been awarded some compensation (£5000+). They do not have a bank or building society…
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Trying to get a bank account under an IVA
I was running a reasonable sized company until 2001, when it collapsed, leaving me with a debt of£75 000. After a year of trying to resolve the problems, and losing my health, sanity and current account with cheque guarntee card i had to enter into an IVA. I am 18 months into a 5 year IVA, and i have a debit card account…
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earn £35 by opening lloyds tsb account
earn £35 by opening lloyds tsb account all you have to do is open an account and have a regular credit of £500 within two months of the account being open. :) pm me for more info
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6 bottles of wine with Smile
If you open a smile current accoutn (new customers only) before 31 August, you will receive 6 bottles fo plonk! http://www.smile.co.uk/wine :D INSERT FROM MARTIN: This offer has been extended and now ends 30 November. To qualify for the wine apply by then and credit the account or transfer your salary payment to it by 31…
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0% overdraft HSBC
http://www.ukpersonal.hsbc.co.uk/hsbc/personal_banking/current-accounts/bank-account