Halifax Faster Payments this weekend

Sharon87

Just to let people who don't log into their online banking much that this weekend there will be no faster payments from Halifax accounts this weekend.

All DD and Standing Orders will still go out, and you can transfer internally between your accounts.

So if you want to make faster payments make them today if possible!

I half expect this board to be saying 'faster payments on Halifax not working :mad:' threads! So that's why I'm posting this to warn those people!

Azrael_1701

Sharon87 wrote: »

Just to let people who don't log into their online banking much that this weekend there will be no faster payments from Halifax accounts this weekend.

All DD and Standing Orders will still go out, and you can transfer internally between your accounts.

So if you want to make faster payments make them today if possible!

I half expect this board to be saying 'faster payments on Halifax not working :mad:' threads! So that's why I'm posting this to warn those people!

Internal transfers will also be down for a few hours around midnight on sunday, so if you do need to transfer - dont do it then.

strawberrylane

Will inbound faster payments (ie faster payments sent to my Halifax current account) still be working normally on Friday and Saturday?

Sharon87

I can't remember reading anything specifically about incoming, but if faster payments are down that implies both ways I think. I would assume they wont be to be on the safe side!

Milarky

@strawberrylane,

I looked for that too, and didn't find the answer.

It ought to be safe to assume all inward payments will be processed as normal simply because doing otherwise would leave the bank in chaos - as thousands of scheduled inward payments (like salary) over which customers exert no control failed to reach their recipients and scheduled outward payments would be stopped too - and no bank can be that foolish, Shirley?

MoneySavingUser

The notice is:

Important service update - making payments this weekend


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]As part of our ongoing programme to make our online service easier to use and even more secure, we will be carrying out some upgrades to our banking systems.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]This means that some services won't be available this weekend from the afternoon of Friday 9th September through to the early morning of Monday 12th September.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]During this period across Online and Telephone Banking these services won't be available:[/FONT]

• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Making payments to friends, family or organisations.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Setting up, changing or cancelling a standing order or direct debit.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]We're letting you know so that you can arrange to make any payments you need to before or after next weekend.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Other services will continue as usual:[/FONT]

• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]You'll still be able to sign in to view your accounts online and make transfers between accounts you hold with us.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Any direct debits and standing orders will continue to be paid.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Our branches will be open as usual on Saturdays.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]I'm sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we upgrade our service.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Ashley Machin
Digital Banking Director[/FONT]

strawberrylane

@Milarky

I agree. I am assuming that inward faster payments will continue to be received successfully. I am expecting inbound standing order payments which will be sent by faster payments on Friday or Saturday. I have no control over these and could not stop them. So, I assume they will be received successfully.

I did call into my local branch earlier today to ask the question, but I was not sure the person I spoke to really knew the answer.

Anyway, time will tell!!

And don't call me Shirley.

auto-man

Notice all bank accounts are saying "product not available" ..hope they don't all go like Lloyds!!!

jen245

It's saying that all the accounts are not available for new applications, are they discontinuing the Reward and Ultimate Reward accounts?

auto-man

Must be to do with the merger on 11th? Any employees out there

Azrael_1701

auto-man wrote: »

Notice all bank accounts are saying "product not available" ..hope they don't all go like Lloyds!!!

jen245 wrote: »

It's saying that all the accounts are not available for new applications, are they discontinuing the Reward and Ultimate Reward accounts?

auto-man wrote: »

Must be to do with the merger on 11th? Any employees out there

All savings are going/changing. BOS are loosing reward/urca and getting lloyds AVAs, HFX are keeping the current accounts as they are.