Setting up a direct debit to another of my accounts

adonis10

How do I do this? I am one direct debit short to qualify for all of the higher interest accounts I hold and want to set one up to another of my accounts.

mt99

The short answer is you can't - you have to be a member of the system to set up direct debits on other accounts. The exception is if you have (or open) a Tesco Internet Saver account, and you can then set up a DD to transfer eg £5 from your bank account to the Tesco account by DD. The second possibility is manually each month requesting money to your Paypal account - this will be taken using DD. Finally there are various charities and also littledebits.org that will take small amounts (eg £1/month) using DD.

adonis10

mt99 wrote: »

The short answer is you can't - you have to be a member of the system to set up direct debits on other accounts. The exception is if you have (or open) a Tesco Internet Saver account, and you can then set up a DD to transfer eg £5 from your bank account to the Tesco account by DD. The second possibility is manually each month requesting money to your Paypal account - this will be taken using DD. Finally there are various charities and also littledebits.org that will take small amounts (eg £1/month) using DD.

Tesco saver done!

Kernel_Sanders

adonis10 wrote: »

Tesco saver done!

For this month? They are currently setting them up for the 2nd March, but I've managed to amend one I set up last week to 28 February.

adonis10

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

For this month? They are currently setting them up for the 2nd March, but I've managed to amend one I set up last week to 28 February.

Unfortunately not, they set it for 6/3/17. Will have to miss this month's interest. Did you amend it in your Tesco online banking?

adonis10

Also made the mistake of not noting down my new sort code and account number, meaning I can't register for online banking. I asssumed that it would link to the current account I have, but clearly not.

Kernel_Sanders

adonis10 wrote: »

Unfortunately not, they set it for 6/3/17. Will have to miss this month's interest. Did you amend it in your Tesco online banking?

Hmm...it might have been 3rd March. Maybe I'm confusing this with the one I amended today (via Tesco, 'manage payments'), which was from 2nd March to 28 Feb.

adonis10 wrote: »

Also made the mistake of not noting down my new sort code and account number, meaning I can't register for online banking. I asssumed that it would link to the current account I have, but clearly not.

Maybe somebody could help you on this but you don't state the bank.

adonis10

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

Hmm...it might have been 3rd March. Maybe I'm confusing this with the one I amended today (via Tesco, 'manage payments'), which was from 2nd March to 28 Feb.
Maybe somebody could help you on this but you don't state the bank.

Tesco bank

Kernel_Sanders

adonis10 wrote: »

Tesco bank

So how did you manage to arrange a DD without internet access, over the phone? If they trusted you to do that, why couldn't they tell you your
new sort code and account number?

adonis10

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

So how did you manage to arrange a DD without internet access, over the phone? If they trusted you to do that, why couldn't they tell you your
new sort code and account number?

During the online setup process. I didn't say I don't have internet access!

molerat

Confused. If you have a Tesco current account how do you manage that, the new account should link automatically, all my new openings did.

You will get the account details in a few days when they send you the DD paperwork.