Online banking - searchable statements online?

t8769

With Barclays I could search a name on my online statement for a name, and all transactions would come up in a list, which was very useful.
All the other banks I've tried to not allow this, I have to search, copy and paste manually.
I don't want to return to Barclays, as the customer service was terrible.
Des anyone know a bank that has a website that will allow search of transactions, that provides a list of the results?


Thanks

Neil_Jones

Export to CSV and search in Excel?

jonnygee2

If you would entertain app based banks, both Starling and Monzo have very good search features built in to them in the app.

colsten

Lloyds, and therefore probably Halifax and BoS, have recently introduced a really excellent search facility. On par with Starling, I would say (although Starling uniquely also lets you create your own statements for any period, but that's just a by-the-by). Nationwide have the same. TSB also have a search facility, if a somewhat clumsy one. Virgin's search facility is somewhere in the middle between TSB and the others.

You need the apps for good search facilities, I think. I haven't tried online, as I rarely ever use online banking since I got the hang of the apps.

niktheguru

halifax has the search facility you are talking about
santander definitely doesn't (and its really annoying!)

colsten

niktheguru said:

halifax has the search facility you are talking about
santander definitely doesn't (and its really annoying!)

Santander seem to suffer from a fundamental, and very annoying, dislike of search facilities. You can't search in transactions and you can search in payees. Still, they pay me better cashback than any of the others would pay in cashback and/or interest. 

northwalesd

I echo the advice about the LBG search facility, which used to be awful but is now quite good. You used to have to put in the date range you wanted to search (which was a maximum of three months), now it just searches the previous six weeks, but you then have a button which says 'Search further back' which extneds the search back by a further six weeks each time you press it (i.e. press it once and you have a 12 week search window, then 18 etc.)

t8769

What is LBG?

t8769

Thanks for the useful information !

eskbanker

t8769 said:

What is LBG?

Lloyds Banking Group, hence:

colsten said:

Lloyds, and therefore probably Halifax and BoS, have recently introduced a really excellent search facility.

MovingForwards

NatWest allow a search of transactions by amount or word. It does come in handy at times and allows an official PDF print out if you need it, there is also the export to CSV option if it's required for your own benefit.