Alliance & Leicester Faster Payments out

Howitiz

I have had trouble with A&L FPs too. I made 2 holiday accomodation rental deposits this year and both failed as FP. Last Friday I paid EDF Energy and it still hasn't been credited to my leccie account. All were less than £250. I have also found that one off payments are taking 4 working days in many cases whereas the ones coming in only take 3.
So much for improved Banking.

cbrpaul

everytime I have used FP from A+L to First direct its gone through within the hour , and vica versa !!

heloid

Howitiz wrote: »

I have had trouble with A&L FPs too. I made 2 holiday accomodation rental deposits this year and both failed as FP. Last Friday I paid EDF Energy and it still hasn't been credited to my leccie account. All were less than £250. I have also found that one off payments are taking 4 working days in many cases whereas the ones coming in only take 3.
So much for improved Banking.

Could have been in these cases that the recipient didn't support FP.
But still, damn unreliable service. Forced me to stop using A&L as my current account.

carpy

anyone else finding faster payments in or out of A&L don't seem to be working at the moment???:mad:

The_Moog_2

carpy wrote: »

anyone else finding faster payments in or out of A&L don't seem to be working at the moment???:mad:

Yes. It's one of the reasons I want to leave them already. Thanks to this farce of a system, coupled with a total balls up of my own, I have been unable to get money into our joint account in time to meet lots of DDs.

My two months with A&L has cost me more than Halifax ever did, and to think I moaned about them

carpy

The_Moog wrote: »

Yes. It's one of the reasons I want to leave them already. Thanks to this farce of a system, coupled with a total balls up of my own, I have been unable to get money into our joint account in time to meet lots of DDs.

My two months with A&L has cost me more than Halifax ever did, and to think I moaned about them

everything about A&L is awful:mad: their online banking is shocking:eek:

masonic

I've probably been one of the most tolerant of A&L and its peculiarities, but I finally started the switch to another bank last month after a year of waiting for their FP limit to be increased at least to something more sensible. I'll be making my reasons for closing my account perfectly clear when the time comes.

MoodyBlues

noh wrote: »

Was the £100 the first payment you sent after setting up the payee?

I have found that the very first payment you make to a new payee always goes via BACS.

Subsequent payments if £250 or less will go by FP.

How long does it usually take via BACS? I made 2 payments yesterday after setting up the payees which still haven't gone through yet (supposedly via the FP system).

anamenottaken

MoodyBlues wrote: »

How long does it usually take via BACS? I made 2 payments yesterday after setting up the payees which still haven't gone through yet (supposedly via the FP system).

BACS payments normally take 3 to 4 days - depending I think on the time that you set up the payment. In my experience A&L don't seem to send BACS payments till the end of the day in question rather than at the start.

MoodyBlues

anamenottaken wrote: »

BACS payments normally take 3 to 4 days - depending I think on the time that you set up the payment. In my experience A&L don't seem to send BACS payments till the end of the day in question rather than at the start.

OK. Thanks for the response. I was a little worried when I didn't see the payments into the accounts