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First Direct Notifications
About a week ago I noticed that I was getting notifications from FD for payments in and out of my current account. I hadn't noticed these before and just assumed I'd just missed them but as of yesterday, they stopped again.My question is is this new thing from FD (perhaps being trialled) or has it always been there and…
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NatWest banking app down
It seems in update yesterday has stopped the NatWest banking app from working, but the sister RBS one is unaffected... They point you to online or telephone banking instead.
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Santander no longer paying cashback for Octopus Gas & Electricity, Hopefully being resolved?
I normally get 2% cashback from Santander with my Octopus direct debit.However Octopus have recently changed their direct debit payment method which means it no longer acceptable to Santander.When I questioned it with Santander this is what they said... Octopus Energy are now using GC to manage their direct debits. As the…
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Sent bank payment to a closed help to save account
I made a mistake and sent a sum of money to a closed Help to Save account from 5 years ago (I should have deleted the payee yes) I've told my bank and they are going to recall the funds (can take up to 20 days) Do you think help to save will return the funds when they see the reference number is to a closed account?
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Sold house. Moving Abroad. Where to keep ££?
I have sold my inherited house here in the UK. I will be heading to the states this fall and probably do some travelling in Thai/Vietnam as well. I have a LLoyds account in the UK. As the £ seems to be gaining against the $ i think i would rather keep my £ as £ until i need to use it. . I dont have any plans on returning…
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The Rich act Poor and the Poor act Rich.
Are we living in a society in which many are financially illiterate
and consumeristic? Live for the moment,
never mind tomorrow, show off and live beyond our means? Try to be someone we are not most likely down
to insecurity and jealousy? Spend, spend,
spend and not save and invest? I see it every day where nearly every…
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average spare weekly income
can i ask what is the average amount people have each week for spare cash - ie after all bills , food petrol, etc so money for the odd takeaway , cofee, little treat ?
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Potential Tide Buyer Scam??
Hi, Need some advice with this. Have just had an item sold on FB marketplace and having agreed on bank transfer the buyer is now saying they have to send an extra £200 to my account which I then have to pay back to them as they are using a ‘Tide Premium Buisness’ account. I received a dodgy looking email from Tide?? If it…
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Returning to LBG
Back in 2020 LBG carried out the 'forced closure' of my Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland t/a Halifax, and Lloyds Bank accounts. I had three text messages, one from each brand, stating "...after a review on your account(s) a decision to close the account(s) in 2 months has been made. Your account facilities have been…
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RBS Select current account
When I opened this account mto nget their Digital RS it needed 2 Direct Debits to qualify for a switching bonus. Can anyone kindly tell me if I need to keep these two DDs ? Was it anything to do with having their Digital RS?
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Current Account Switching Offers for Under 18's
Hi - Are there any switching offers that work for under 18's, they can meet the 2 DD's thing and the amount put in each month but all the ones I've seen have a minimum age in the small print.
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Debit card payment Halifax
Made a debit card payment with a new DC but transaction was not debited from the account associated with the card Amount was taken from a joint account
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Chase new 1% cash back offer from 1st March 2024
I logged into my Chase account via the app last night and I noticed a new offer under the 'Rewards' section. From the 1st March you'll now have to pay in £1500.00 per month into your current account externally in order to get up to £15 per month cash back at 1% cash back rate compared with £500.00 the year previously.
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Money taken from my account
Hi, Someone has taken money from my Lloyds account. I notice they took £10 on three occasions over the last 12 months. Therefore, I must now cancel the debit card and get a new one sent to me. However, this takes a week and also, other people have the key to my mailbox. Is there any way that i can cancel the debit card and…
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Paypal Fraud
Over the last few days I have received two emails from Paypal, from their official email address, stating that a $25 payment has been made to two different individuals via Ko-fi.com (which is apparently a website a bit like Patreon) using my card. They have my address, email address and card number. The payments are…
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Delays to Faster Payments System - 31 May to 01 June 25
Principality BS are warning of possible delays this weekend
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Long-running dispute with Santander
This discussion was created from comments split from: Santander refusing to refund money after scam.
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Post office error
I recently paid money into my bank account through the post office I counted it and they counted it out £870 later that day I got a phone call to say that it was only £770 I owed them a hundred pound, they stated that they have CCTV proof there was £700 in £20 and £70 in £10 which I knew couldn’t be true as I didn’t have…
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transfer EUR from UK Paypal to UK Revolut
Someone transferred some EUR into my UK Paypal some time ago, and the EUR have been sitting in my Paypal EUR subaccount ever since. Is it possible to transfer those EUR from Paypal into my UK Revolut EUR subaccount, keeping in EUR all the time (ie never exchanging into GBP then back to EUR etc..), without fee ?
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Nationwide take over of Virgin Money
I've got several savings accounts with Virgin Money plus credit and debit accounts.... will they be affected? https://news.sky.com/story/nationwide-agrees-terms-for-2-9bn-takeover-of-virgin-money-13088922
