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Mortgage Direct Debits

I informed the bank I have my mortgage with that I would like my monthly mortgage payment to come out from a different bank account and they confirmed they would do this. However for 2 months the mortgage continued to come out of the same account. When I pointed this out they apologised and offered to pay any bank charges/overdraft interest. However I thought under the direct debit scheme they had to refund all money taken in error whether the customer was out of pocket or not. Is this correct?

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  • opinions4u
    opinions4u Posts: 19,411 Forumite
    You can insist that they refund all money by asking your bank to arrange this (not your mortgage lender).

    But then you would be two months in arrears with your mortgage and it will trash your credit file.

    Much more sensible to move money between your different direct debit accounts.
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    the Bank didn't take the money in error, they took it from the wrong account, but you still owed the money, they are paying all charges so everything seems ok?
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