'Where do MoneySavers bank?' poll discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

Poll between 21-29 September 2009:

Where do MoneySavers bank?

A simple question this week, where do MoneySavers bank? Who is your main current account provider?

01. Abbey - 5% (917 votes)
02. A&L - 10% (1763 votes)
03. Allied Irish Bank - 0% (23 votes)
04. Bank of China - 0% (8 votes)
05. Bank of Ireland - 0% (48 votes)
06. Bank of Scotland - 2% (378 votes)
07. Barclays - 10% (1717 votes)
08. Cahoot - 1% (130 votes)
09. Citibank - 0% (33 votes)
10. Cheltenham & Gloucester - 0% (7 votes)
11. Clydesdale Bank - 1% (114 votes)
12. Coutts & Co - 0% (20 votes)
13. Coventry Building Society - 0% (37 votes)
14. Credit Union Account - 0% (7 votes)
15. First Direct - 6% (1133 votes)
16. First Trust Bank. - 0% (36 votes)
17. Halifax - 10% (1710 votes)
18. Hoare & Co - 0% (5 votes)
19. HSBC - 11% (1855 votes)
20. Intelligent Finance - 1% (145 votes)
21. ING Direct - 0% (67 votes)
22. Laiki Bank - 0% (5 votes)
23. Lloyds TSB - 11% (1994 votes)
24. Nationwide - 8% (1483 votes)
25. Nat West - 10% (1707 votes)
26. Northern Bank - 0% (55 votes)
27. Northern Rock - 0% (27 votes)
28. Norwich Building Society - 0% (40 votes)
29. Royal Bank of Scotland - 4% (668 votes)
30. Scottish Widows - 0% (5 votes)
31. Smile - 2% (379 votes)
32. State Bank of India - 0% (5 votes)
33. The Co-Op - 2% (396 votes)
34. The One Account - 0% (71 votes)
35. Triodos - 0% (6 votes)
36. Ulster Bank - 0% (70 votes)
37. Woolwich - 0% (7 votes)
38. Yorkshire Bank - 1% (196 votes)
39. Other Bank - 1% (92 votes)
40. Other Building Society - 0% (81 votes)
41. Don’t have a bank account - 0% (51 votes)

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MothballsWallet

I've voted 39 as I'm with Nationwide.

MadMac_2

I thought it really strange that Nationwide didn't get its own number! Oh well.

MSE_Martin

Sorry oversight - Nationwide going in now - with 10,000 votes normally it should make little difference to the end result.

MothballsWallet

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Sorry oversight - Nationwide going in now - with 10,000 votes normally it should make little difference to the end result.

Well, it was very of you to miss it out though

I was surprised that the Coventry Building Society got listed though: it's one of the regional societies that has little presence outside its home area, AFAIK.

minerva_windsong

I'm with Halifax for my current account (it's technically a student account but it stays interest free for the year after graduation) and will probably stay with them for a good few years as I doubt my first job (when I get it) will pay enough for me to move to First Direct!

Unless of course the best current account for my income changes by then, or I don't have a job by next July, in which case it's on to whichever the top graduate account is...

ThinkingOfLinking

25. Natwest.

Sloganjerry

There's no option for those of us who hold more than one current account? I actually hold a current account with 3 places. I've banked with one for years still have most of my direct debits go out from there but my wages are paid into another account because they had a good overdraft facility and then I pay them across to another account I opened because of the bonuses it gives me. I circulate money between the 3. And I was actually thinking of opening another one as they are offering £100 to new customers. So which one should I put? You might say it's as easy as which one your wages get paid into but I've even changed that around alot lately. Maybe it should be the one I've been with the longest? In which case HSBC wins.

teddyco

I don't have any money, Gordon Brown took all of it.

bumpoowee

Sloganjerry wrote: »

There's no option for those of us who hold more than one current account? I actually hold a current account with 3 places. I've banked with one for years still have most of my direct debits go out from there but my wages are paid into another account because they had a good overdraft facility and then I pay them across to another account I opened because of the bonuses it gives me. I circulate money between the 3. And I was actually thinking of opening another one as they are offering £100 to new customers. So which one should I put? You might say it's as easy as which one your wages get paid into but I've even changed that around alot lately. Maybe it should be the one I've been with the longest? In which case HSBC wins.

I think you are just being awkward - it wasn't a difficult question really was it?

Sloganjerry

It was more of a 'thinking out loud' post. I wasn't really expecting a big debate.