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Basic Bank Accounts

DVardysShadow

DVardysShadow Posts: 18,949 Forumite

31 January 2010 at 8:22AM in Debt-free wannabe

Concerns raised over bank access:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8488322.stm

Article on problems faced opening a Basic Bank Account

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DarkConvict Posts: 6,347 Forumite

31 January 2010 at 1:28PM

Good find, i've heard of it before. Staff just go, sorry we have no suitable account based on your credit history.... but im not after credit...

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Oneday77 Posts: 1,242 Forumite

31 January 2010 at 2:01PM

Do I smell, "I won't get a bonus for setting up a basic account" so I won't bother with the paperwork.

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welshangel Posts: 280 Forumite

31 January 2010 at 2:20PM

Thank you for posting this, it's really helpful for me at the moment

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