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Barclays or HSBC

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  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    heloid wrote: »
    I haven't paid in money to my HSBC CA for about 6 months and I haven't had a charge. I do however still have my regularly used credit card with them and I bank with First Direct so that might be holding them off... who knows.

    They don't charge, they just downgrade your account to a basic account.
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    HSBC are good, been with them 27 years, no problems.
  • gt94sss2
    gt94sss2 Posts: 6,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You have to pay in at least £500 to qualify for HSBC fee-free account

    No, you don't. HSBC's standard accounts are fee-free with no funding requirements.

    Regards
    Sunil
  • Thanks for the help, I'll probably go with Barclays for my working account and use HSBC as my day-to-day account.

    Also on the site it says that the £500 deposit is not a condition for under 24's.

    Thanks a lot.
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