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10 minutes!!!!

Hi guys, I have 10 minutes before I leave for an appointment to open a basic bank account as i may be going on a DMP.

What reason do I give as to why i want the most basic account?

HELP?

Little L
xx
Debt 28/12/06 £26,467
£20 grocery challenge per week
Savings £400
£2 coins - £8.00
DMP £357 pcm (CCCs) commenced 1/10/06
DFD :think:
proud to be dealing with my debts

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  • Toomuchdebt
    Toomuchdebt Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    probably too late but I just said I was finding it hard to budget and wanted an account with no overdraft or debit card so I could keep track of my money more easily.
    Debts Jan 2014 £20,108.34 :eek:

    EF #70 £0/£1000

    SW 1st 4lbs
  • LittleL_4
    LittleL_4 Posts: 714 Forumite
    Not too late hun, thanks!!!

    L:
    xx
    Debt 28/12/06 £26,467
    £20 grocery challenge per week
    Savings £400
    £2 coins - £8.00
    DMP £357 pcm (CCCs) commenced 1/10/06
    DFD :think:
    proud to be dealing with my debts
  • bluezone
    bluezone Posts: 772 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I said mainly the same thing - and also I had to declare being bankrupt and Natwest were fine about it.

    Good luck hun x
    😁
  • The only reason you need to give is you want one.
    Barclaycard 3800

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