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Bank account switch - LLoyds - Bank of Scotland
I recently did a switch from LLoyds to bank of Scotland, want ting to get the £175 reward, only after switching did Bank of Scotland tell me i don't qualify for the reward because both BoS and LLoyds are owned by the same group. they could have put a notice on their website making this clear at the time of switching and…
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Which bank would you recommend in 2026? Thinking of switching after long time with Nationwide + rece
Hi everyone, I’ve banked with Nationwide for many years now, and up until recently I’ve always been happy with them. But things changed completely back in June when I was caught up in a scam. It’s been an absolute nightmare having to fight tooth and nail just to try and recover the money I lost, and the way it’s been…
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Best "bills" account that pays interest?
Hi all, I'm looking to make better use of my bills account. This is an old Santander Edge account that's reverted to an Everday Current Account (fee free, but no interest). I typically keep a bit of a "float" in my bills account and would like to do more of this (having my Solar FiT payments paid there so they can help…
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£45 Amazon gift card for opening a Santander current account & Regular Saver (23/07/26 to 31/07/26)
THIS PROMOTION HAS ENDED. What you need to do: + Open an account via one of the links below by 2pm on 31st July 2026. These take you to VoucherSent where you register for the offer. After registering, click the "Continue to Santander" button and proceed to open your Santander current account. *** Ensure cookies are enabled…
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Best banks if you have Power of Attorney
This thread is to discuss theBest banks if you have Power of Attorney?article Also see: Power of Attorney: Plan ahead To take part, click reply.
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Help ref current accounts
currently looking to move my business from the coventry, the switching offers all seem to have “must close previous current account “ as a condition for the bonuses. However the coventry account is not classed as a current account but a savings account. Do the bonuses apply if you open a new current account unable to be…
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Once a BOS customer always a BOS customer, even when you closed accounts years ago?
I just tried to open a current account with BOS prior to opening a monthly saver. I got a somethings gone wrong message. I closed my accounts years ago but from time to time receive you haven’t logged into your account for six months emails. I did log in, in the past to see no BOS accounts but it listed my Halifax…
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Metro bank
All the advantages I signed up for have gone (cash only account). GONE! Saturday opening. GONE! Replacement card 'there and then' in branch. GONE! Change deposit counting machine thingy Any reason I should stay with them at all? I'm struggling to find any.
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Monzo Have Sent Me Someone Else's Debit Card
Just wondering how this could have happened and is there anything sinister to be concerned about? New card sent to my property address in someone else's name. I have reported this to Monzo who have requested me to destroy the card. I have requested that they give me an explanation as to how this has happened. The issue of…
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Need a little advice, my take home pay is different to whats calculated...
So I've been using this https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/salary.php to calculate my take home pay estimates... I earn 38K a year. According to the calculator my PAYE should be £423.83 and NI £169.53 But the actual deductions were £441.20 and £176.49 Not wildly different but nearly a weeks shopping. But I also have a…
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Nationwide New Look
The "improvements" Nationwide have made are far from helpful. I tried to stick with the new version, but a few minutes and a few problem have induced me to switch back. 1 Views are much more spread out/ Much more scrolling needed to reach the section you want 2 Taken away the ability to hover over a menus and see a list.…
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Santander free forever bank account changes
Just got a letter in the post that Santander are changing my business account to £9.99 a month. I've had it a very long time and remember Santander trying this move before only to be told they can't because the original sign up material pushed it as being free forever. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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Child bank account with signatory
I'm wondering if anybody knows of a bank account for a 15yr old that has a parent as a signatory. My daughter is due a small inheritance from her mother's pension. Due to her being under 18 they stipulate that the bank account needs to be in my daughters name with her legal guardian set up as a signatory. I have seen…
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Santander £180 current account switch
The Santander £180 current account switch requires you to pay in £1,500. Looking at the ts & cs, I can't see any requirement to keep that money in the account for a certain period of time but thought I'd double check here. They have some wording about not paying if you abuse the switching offer. Would that include paying…
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budgeting when paid weekly and bills are monthly
hi, trying to work out a way of organising my income and out goings when i get paid weekly and everything else goes out monthly, except daily spend/food. i think i could solve the problem mainly by opening a new bank account for my wages to drop into , before then sending a controlled amount to another account where the…
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CO-OP bank account opinions
Hi all, Im at the point where I have very few options left for getting a bank switching bribe. The one that's left is the coop bank but I wanted to know people's opinions and experiences of them please Kind regards mark
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Barclays Premier £400 switch incentive
https://www.barclays.co.uk/current-accounts/premier-switch-offer/ Generous. But I’m not sure if I qualify… I claimed the joint Barclays Premier/Barclaycard Avios bonus about two years ago. Not sure if this counts as a ‘CASS bonus’. Anyone got any ideas?
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Problems with RBS website
I have a Virgin One flexible mortgage account. RBS has recently closed the V1 website and everything has been moved to the RBS one instead. It doesn't seem to be going very well. Today I logged on to RBS, could access my account but noticed that there are no statements available. Given that we're being pushed to go…
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Power of Attorney (finance) - registered with HSBC - now no access to account
My wife set up a finance power of attorney for her mother (94 and no longer able to look after her own account - no mobile phone, Internet etc etc). She tried to talk to HSBC to set this up, and, after a tortuous series of frustrating phone calls, was told to do it on-line. She did. Since then her mothers bank cards have…
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Co-op Bank online issue.
Most of the time I don't have an issue with this bank where I've been a customer for over 15 years. But recently once logged in I can't access my current account. I just get the spinning circle for about 60 seconds, followed by 'there has been an error, please try again'. So I can't access my latest transactions or…
