Very annoyed with Natwest

18cc

I think it has been said many times on the forum before - if you want an excellent instantaneous bank account use one of the Challenger banks EG starling or monzo keep well away from the NatWest Barclays and Lloyds of this world

if you're not bothered about the exact timing of your transactions then it doesn't matter

cjmillsnun

buglawton wrote: »

I'm now puzzled. Bank transfers done on a weekend from one banking group to another have been going through instantly for me recently. The money appears seconds later in the target account. So is this all now changing, if 'weekends don't exist in banking' anymore?

No that isn’t changing and weekends still exist.

What is changing is with some banks BACS payments due to hit the account on Monday would be available to withdraw against on the Saturday before. This now doesn’t happen and the funds will be available from Monday. This is being introduced as part of PSD2

Mrs_Ryan

Shakin_Steve wrote: »

My son was due the latest instalment of his student loan on Monday and that appeared in his Barclays student account this morning. I think I read somewhere (unless I dreamt it) that all banks were stopping the money showing on a Saturday. But I could be wrong.....I often am.

Barclays usually do show payments as available on a Saturday- I have the same account as your son and the last student loan payment I got cleared on a Saturday and my PIP payments which are due on a Monday always show on a Saturday. I asked Barclays is there any plans to change this and they said no.