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Managing current account to avoid charges and interest
To be safe of not going into debt and incurring charges and interest, I tend to keep to a large enough balance to allow for unexpected bills. Unfortunately, this means the balance isn't earning interest. Presumably if the account went into debt and was credited to bring it into positive territory on the same day, before…
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Natwest data breach?
Afternoon, I had a notification on my app on Sunday after midnight that I need to approve a payment. I quickly logged on and it said £25 to some work site website. It didnt give me the option to approve or reject, I quickly froze my card and the payment didn't go through. In Jan 2022, in the morning I seen a notification…
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Lloyds switching offer ending soon.
Hi, it's reasonably clear that the offer says one must have 3+ active DD's at the time of the switch. I have 3 but one has yet to have made a payment due to the comms company concerned basically messing up last month. Does 'active' mean some payment has had to have been made or if it's showing on there as listed will that…
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HSBC App
But of a rant and asking for help I haven't received notifications of transactions for about 2 months, they stopped after an update. It's a PITA as they were very helpful. I have left reviews and the feedback form informing them. There have been 2 more updates since and it's still not fixed. Anyone having the same issue?…
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Budgeting in 2025
I do love a new year! Anyone planning to do anything different with their budget next year? I bought a house this year, due to expenses and up front costs, and refunds and reimbursements I 'broke' my pots and put it all in one place. I've very much felt like I've been winging it by not having, for example my Christmas pot.…
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Fraud... TikTok taking money from account
Hi - I've noticed odd activity on my bank statement within last 24 hours from TikTok LIVE Coins - 7 transactions for the same amount made late at night on the same night. I've never heard of this before but assume its digital currency. This seems to be a common occurrence when I Googled it. I don't have a TikTok account…
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Club Lloyds - how do I access my cinema tickets?
I'm tearing my hair out clicking every page on the club lloyds trying to access my cinema tickets. I selected the reward a few weeks ago so the reward is definitely locked in to my account, but I haven't received the tickets by email and there seems to be now way on the club lloyds website to view them! It just tells me I…
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Lloyds switch query
Evening all. My partner just switched her natwest to Lloyds. She has a Lloyds credit card. She has opened up the switch as a NEW customer so got new online banking details She has logged into her app (credit card). Will her credit card get linked onto her new online banking or should she have clocked existing customer? any…
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Linking Plum app and Chase account
Hi. I am creating a Plum account to use for a DD in a bank switch. It needs to be linked with a bank account, however my donor account's bank (Metro) is not listed. The plan B was to create a secondary empty Chase current account and link that. Howerver, when I am trying to link it, it pops up the actual Chase banking app.…
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First Direct headaches
Hello all, I'd really appreciate your advice, please. Around 5 months ago I switched to First Direct having read a lot of positive feedback. However, from the outset I've had problems with certain retailers/service providers not accepting my card or failing me for authorisation checks. I'm unable to register the card with…
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Direct Debit maximising returns
Hi, I am trying to optimise my direct debit payments and wonder if I am missing a trick. Current setup: Council tax = Via PayPoint at Coop using a council issued payment card so I can pay with Amex for air miles Mobile phone = Lebara was happy to collect from my Amex cc Fibre, gas, electricity and various credit cards all…
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Paying in Euros €5k in cash with a decent conversion rate to £
Hi, My parents gave me a lovely gift, but I'm not sure what to do with it! I have £5k in Euros, cash. I would like to pay this into a savings account, but when I went to pay it into Natwest (who I bank with) the exchange rate was awful. I'd only get £3.7k for my €5k. Even the person I was paying it in to said 'don't do…
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POA - Adding the Agent as a party to an Account
My Father in Law is in a critical condition in Hospital and not expected survive. My wife is an Agent under a POA. Would his Bank on her request amend his sole named bank account into a joint account between him and her? Has anyone requested their Bank to do this? I perceive the advantage as being in control of the Bank…
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Nationwide fair share scheme
Hi,I am looking for info on the fair scheme for 2025. I have read 1 or 2 bits, but nothing concrete.I missed out this year. I have keep monies in a CA & savings, but would like to know definite criteria. Thanks in advance.
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Standing order issue
Looking for a bit of advice. I had set up a standing order and had meant to put next month as the start date rather than this month. The SO has came out of my bank account yesterday and put me over £300 into an unarranged overdraft ; the account is also a basic account as well so I assumed this should have been stopped if…
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Fee Free Cards: Interbank vs Mastercard rate
I just bought a watch on Jomashop. I tried to use my Revolut card which is my default card for purchases in foreign currencies. But it said that there was a fair usage fee of 1% as I had gone over the £1000 monthly threshold. So I used my Sterling Bank card. The spot rate was $1.26511 but the rate Sterling used was…
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Club Lloyd's £2000 pay in
Can you just recycle £2000 in to the account in order to get the membership fee waived and claim the benefit?
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Money paid into my account incorrectly
I'm originally from the UK but now live in Australia. I have a money transfer account (which is NOT a bank account) in the UK, which I occasionally use to transfer UK pounds to Australian dollars. An Insurance company (who I have a UK pension with, and have paid money into this account before) have accidentally transferred…
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Club Lloyds £200 switch issues…
Hi there, was looking to see if anyone else had the same issues. I wanted to take advantage of the £200 switch to club Lloyds as it has been advertised everywhere. I went through the website and followed the steps. As far as I could obviously see the criteria was: 1. have £2000 a month going in 2. have 3 direct debits…
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Bank accounts with married and maiden surnames, Lloyds bank
Hello, I recently got married and went into Lloyds bank to change my name on my joint accounts with my now husband. I also have a current account and savings account with Lloyds which I want to remain in my maiden name, that is the name I use in my profession and the name I have had for over 30 years. Lloyds bank have told…
