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Bringing overseas inheritance money into the UK
My wife recently lost her mum. My wife was born in the USA but has been living in Europe for most of her adult life (21 years in the UK). She's fortunate to be receiving $190k from her late mum's USA estate and any tax is already paid in the country. Now we are looking at the most cost-effective way to bring the dollars…
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First Direct HSBC deposit??
Hello. Can you deposit cash at a HSBC branch for a First Direct account?
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Cash withdrawn from my account in branch by thief!
I’ll try to keep this short but basically last Wednesday very late night I noticed a cash withdrawal on my Nationwide banking app for £77. It didn’t say ATM Link like all my cash machine withdrawals would and I haven’t been in branch to take out any cash. Cash was withdrawn on Monday but that’s all I could see in the app.…
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3 way joint account
Hi there, I have been researching a way to save for our 2 yr old grandson. We want an account where 3 adults are the trustees, none of whom are our grandson’s parents, and our grandson is the beneficiary. My wife and myself are 2, plus our daughter is another. I want to set the account up like this, so if anything happens…
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Property Management Company withholding of funds following termination of contract
Hi All I am a director of a small residential block of apartments. We have recently appointed a new property management company after the previous one terminated the contract with us. The previous company are now running an insolvent company and will cease trading at the end of September 2024. We believe that there has…
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Trading 212 ISA
I opened a Trading 212 ISA last week and successfully made 3 transfers from my Kroo account using bank transfers. The money went into the ISA same day. On Friday I made 2 more bank transfers before7.30am l q, but this time from my barclays account, however, although it was debited immediately still hasn't arrived in my ISA…
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Switching to first direct
Hi, can anyone tell me if when switching to first direct you need your other banks bank details or does it have to be debit card? I want to switch from Barclays but I dont have a debit card. Thanks.
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Virgin Money Rant
I'm having problems accessing my Virgin Money account as unable to remember password (at not what I thought it was) and never used the debit card so not sure where it is. Without debit card I can't reset my password. It was suggested I take 2 peices of ID into a Virgin Money store to unlock account. The nearest is 100…
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How long must you wait between switches?
Three months ago my partner and I switched our long standing joint account to Santander and swept up the £185 switch bonus. That's staying where it is - cashback on bills. At the same time, I changed my personal account with a different bank to Natwest (got the switch cash very quickly) and am in the process of switching…
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virgin current acc
hi all, last month i opened a virgin current acc, with no overdraft which i have not asked for now today i am getting a report saying that virgin are now reporting my account to CRA that i am not fussed about as it will like the rest of my file be ran correctly i just didnt think the bank would report this as its a basic…
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Nationwide switch warning instore?
Hello. I was passing one of my local nationwide BS so decided to pop in to speak to a human. I enquire about switching out my recently 2nd nationwide account which is under 2 weeks -ish old after receiving the £200 offer. I was informed that l couldn't do it because l had only recently had cash off them and needed to use…
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Coop Bank down today 15th July (or is it ‘just me’)
I can’t log in to either app or website today on my usual two devices and home broadband and mobile. They were carrying out ‘planned maintenance’ on the morning of 14th. I could log in yesterday though.
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Stolen Debit Card
A friend (not the same person I posted about last year) has had his debit card stolen at least twice. The thieves are using the card details (not the PIN) to set up accounts with JustEat, Amazon, Apple etc Our friend reports the thefts to his bank and in each case has had the money refunded to his account but what…
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HMRC have reinstated a direct debit without my permission!
I paid voluntary NI top ups for 5 years to ensure I have a full state pension. I received a letter a few months ago from HMRC saying that I no longer needed to pay any further contributions. I checked my state pension forecast and it is full now. So I cancelled the direct debit. I then received a letter from HMRC saying I…
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Facebook Hacked, PayPal Refuse to Help
My FB account was hacked a couple of weeks ago - I didn't think anything of it at the time as it seemed as though all the person did was add another page on my account and create a few posts. I happened to look through my Paypal last week and noticed Meta has been charging me for an ad campaign. In total there was over £80…
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Switch from virgin but saving account still open
Hello. I've today been officially switched from virgin money to another provider. Everything been moved over cash, DD and SO but l noticed on the virgin app my M saving account is still open(no money moved it all out) will it eventually be closed too?
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virgin debt card
hi all, can anyone advise i started banking with virgin received my mastercard debit cardand pin funds in my acc, and for the 1st time of use i went to a cashmachine in morrisons not 1 of them little free standing machines but a real hole in the wall, i didnt checked who was machine owned by anyway i put my card in wanting…
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Direct Debits needed quickly to receive cashback when switching
Mistake made. I've switched from my bank account to Lloyds but old account only has two DD! Switch day is 9th July and one more is needed to receive cashback. Is there any way I can quickly add an extra Direct Debit to my old account?Thanks for any help.
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NatWest Online Banking problems
Hi Anyone having problems with Natwest online banking? App seems fine. Cheers
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Am I able to open a bank account if I lack mental capacity?
I was deemed by a psychologist that I lack mental capacity with finances. I now have a deputyship at social services. On taking control over my finances he paid all my debts and wrote on my credit report in the information bit that I'm under county council deputyship and to go through them if I want to open an account. I…
