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Armorica said:colsten said:Armorica said:Put your name.
If that doesn't work, ring up Santander and Barclaycard and annoy them until you get an answer.
colsten - the OP is asking about the account name, not the reference field/card number. COP is first and foremost a name-check service. (Although I didn't think HOCA/utility/credit card accounts were included in the current COP phase)
As mentioned several posts back, if someone wants to be sure they are paying their Barclaycard (or other credit card), they can pay with their debit card, or by DD.
Calling banks [or anyone] "to annoy" them is really unconstructive.3 -
Banks check (should check) the Biller database, if the sort code and account number matches a Barclaycard one or the customer input Barclaycard in the payee name then the bank knows that it is for Barclaycard.
30+ years working in banking0 -
I've got loads of payees on my Santander account and very few of them have a title that corresponds exactly to the destination. For instance each Virgin Regular Saver has its own title. If you are VERY careful to make sure that the sort code, account number and reference (if any) are correct, overriding is the answer.1
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