Money sent in error to wrong sort code

sarahern

 Oh just saw your last post. Did your bank continue to contact the recipient of the funds on your behalf?

Aylesbury_Duck

sarahern said:

 Oh just saw your last post. Did your bank continue to contact the recipient of the funds on your behalf?

The poster hasn't logged on since March, so I doubt they are likely to respond.

All you can do is keep speaking to your bank, but I think that there is a new process in place for most major banks since the original poster had the same problem.  When I send money to a new payee from any of my accounts, the bank cross-checks the sort code and account number with the name of the payee (if their bank is signed up to the same confirmation of payee scheme), and alerts me if they don't match.  Did your bank do the same, and if so, how did the money end up with the wrong recipient?

Advice for the future: when sending money to a new recipient, send £1, call the recipient to check that it's arrived safely, then send the rest.

pbartlett

The procedure for finding out the name and address of the recipient can be found by Googling 'Norwich Pharmaceuticals Order'

This, if successful, will force the bank to disclose the information you require.

p3ncilsharpener

Aylesbury_Duck said:

sarahern said:

 Oh just saw your last post. Did your bank continue to contact the recipient of the funds on your behalf?

The poster hasn't logged on since March, so I doubt they are likely to respond.

All you can do is keep speaking to your bank, but I think that there is a new process in place for most major banks since the original poster had the same problem.  When I send money to a new payee from any of my accounts, the bank cross-checks the sort code and account number with the name of the payee (if their bank is signed up to the same confirmation of payee scheme), and alerts me if they don't match.  Did your bank do the same, and if so, how did the money end up with the wrong recipient?

Advice for the future: when sending money to a new recipient, send £1, call the recipient to check that it's arrived safely, then send the rest.

The poster in question made a balance transfer, not a bank transfer.  They've already been advised in the thread they made on the CC board that the rules regarding bank transfers being sent to the wrong account do not apply to balance transfers.

born_again

Aylesbury_Duck said:

sarahern said:

 Oh just saw your last post. Did your bank continue to contact the recipient of the funds on your behalf?

The poster hasn't logged on since March, so I doubt they are likely to respond.

All you can do is keep speaking to your bank, but I think that there is a new process in place for most major banks since the original poster had the same problem.  When I send money to a new payee from any of my accounts, the bank cross-checks the sort code and account number with the name of the payee (if their bank is signed up to the same confirmation of payee scheme), and alerts me if they don't match.  Did your bank do the same, and if so, how did the money end up with the wrong recipient?

Advice for the future: when sending money to a new recipient, send £1, call the recipient to check that it's arrived safely, then send the rest.

You might want to read their thread....
Not the same case as the OP of this thread...


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6287903/balance-transfer-misdirected-to-another-account-4k-please-help/p1

Aylesbury_Duck

Yeah, I took a look after p3encilsharpener pointed it out.  Crikey.

Jenni_D

pbartlett said:

The procedure for finding out the name and address of the recipient can be found by Googling 'Norwich Pharmaceuticals Order'

This, if successful, will force the bank to disclose the information you require.

Norwich Pharmacal Order

molerat

Jenni_D said:

pbartlett said:

The procedure for finding out the name and address of the recipient can be found by Googling 'Norwich Pharmaceuticals Order'

This, if successful, will force the bank to disclose the information you require.

Norwich Pharmacal Order

For which you need very deep pockets

Jumblebumble

Aylesbury_Duck said:

sarahern said:

 Oh just saw your last post. Did your bank continue to contact the recipient of the funds on your behalf?

The poster hasn't logged on since March, so I doubt they are likely to respond.

All you can do is keep speaking to your bank, but I think that there is a new process in place for most major banks since the original poster had the same problem.  When I send money to a new payee from any of my accounts, the bank cross-checks the sort code and account number with the name of the payee (if their bank is signed up to the same confirmation of payee scheme), and alerts me if they don't match.  Did your bank do the same, and if so, how did the money end up with the wrong recipient?

Advice for the future: when sending money to a new recipient, send £1, call the recipient to check that it's arrived safely, then send the rest.

Metro bank do not supply the name against account number checking facility
I also always send a test payment and also will only send payments that are on my list of saved payees that have been verified