New FIrst Direct account - pending debits

Gummomarx

I've completed the switch last week and I used the debit card on Friday for the first time.  Since then, I have four pending debits - I don't think I've had more than one or two, at the most, pending on other bank accounts - almost all complete instantly.

Anyone else seen this?

Rich1976

All debit card transactions show as pending and normally clear late afternoon the following day. Direct debits due to come out the next working day also show as pending.

Gummomarx

Rich1976 said:

All debit card transactions show as pending and normally clear late afternoon the following day. Direct debits due to come out the next working day also show as pending.

Three of them have cleared this afternoon.  The odd thing is that one purchase was on Friday and the other two on Saturday.

Nasqueron

Gummomarx said:

Rich1976 said:

All debit card transactions show as pending and normally clear late afternoon the following day. Direct debits due to come out the next working day also show as pending.

Three of them have cleared this afternoon.  The odd thing is that one purchase was on Friday and the other two on Saturday.

It's not odd really, it depends when the transactions are pushed through by the seller and processed

Gummomarx

Nasqueron said:

It's not odd really, it depends when the transactions are pushed through by the seller and processed

Maybe just a coincidence or the fact that they're my first usages of the new account (some extra checks in the background?).

Nasqueron

Most likely just a coincidence, if they were doing checks on payments, they'll hold them and ask you I suspect