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Santander cancelling their own direct debits - Watch out!

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  • jon_boy75
    jon_boy75 Posts: 364
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    First Direct.

    first direct suck badly...have just switched away from them

    i guess everyone has different experiences

    how about we abolish banks and put the cash in our pillows
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
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  • chuckley
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    same thing happened to me with Paypal. although paypal had no reason to touch my account. it seems like now abbey, BB and A&L r now 'Santander' all old D/D names, e.t.c don't match up. i don't know if its at the receivers end tho or santander.
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  • Pound
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    I got a letter from ING saying that my bank (Alliance and Leicester / Santender) had informed them that I'd moved bank accounts so they were canceling my Direct Debit. I didn't pursue it though because I wanted to close my ING account anyway. Haven't had any other problems with DDs though.
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