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  • soulsaver
    soulsaver Posts: 7,000 Forumite
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    edited 9 January at 3:28PM
    soulsaver said:
    I have mostly got this to work. Using a VPN by the way.
    I am fully verified.
    I have £5000 in my GBP wallet and having sold my free MSFT shares I have USD 670 in my Investment account.
    I would like to move the USD 670 into my GBP wallet so I can withdraw the lot but I get an error message when I choose "move funds".
    Any tips please?

    Edit..
    Logged out and in again. Got the "move funds" to work. Withdrew my full balance of around £5495 to bank account.

    Many thanks to pecunianonolet and other contributors to this thread.
    Hi Charlie
    How long did it take to arrive? Was it the same bank that you funded it from?
    soulsaver said:

    Edit..
    Logged out and in again. Got the "move funds" to work. Withdrew my full balance of around £5495 to bank account.

    Many thanks to pecunianonolet and other contributors to this thread.
    Hi Charlie
    How long did it take to arrive? Was it the same bank that you funded it from?
    Payment was almost instant back to the same Santander account used for funding.
    That'll be it then - I chose a different bank although got a match on CoP so shouldn't cause problem. 
    I'll give it 24hrs - but maybe useful to note for others. OFI I paid in from Santander, too.
  • pecunianonolet
    pecunianonolet Posts: 2,021 Forumite
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    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I felt like that Microsoft is the least prone to sudden market fluctuations and market reactions in case something would have gone wrong either on my side with the system or of course any events on our lovely blue planet :-)
  • happybagger
    happybagger Posts: 1,345 Forumite
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    edited 9 January at 3:40PM
    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I didn't, I plumped for Tesla given they were rising at the time I set it up. Not that it made a lot of difference, given how short a period they were held for.
  • artyboy
    artyboy Posts: 2,146 Forumite
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    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I didn't, I plumped for Tesla given they were rising at the time I set it up. Not that it made a lot of difference, given how short a period they were held for.
    Musk wasn't getting any investment from me, however temporary or theoretical  :D
  • clivep
    clivep Posts: 718 Forumite
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    soulsaver said:
    soulsaver said:
    I have mostly got this to work. Using a VPN by the way.
    I am fully verified.
    I have £5000 in my GBP wallet and having sold my free MSFT shares I have USD 670 in my Investment account.
    I would like to move the USD 670 into my GBP wallet so I can withdraw the lot but I get an error message when I choose "move funds".
    Any tips please?

    Edit..
    Logged out and in again. Got the "move funds" to work. Withdrew my full balance of around £5495 to bank account.

    Many thanks to pecunianonolet and other contributors to this thread.
    Hi Charlie
    How long did it take to arrive? Was it the same bank that you funded it from?
    soulsaver said:

    Edit..
    Logged out and in again. Got the "move funds" to work. Withdrew my full balance of around £5495 to bank account.

    Many thanks to pecunianonolet and other contributors to this thread.
    Hi Charlie
    How long did it take to arrive? Was it the same bank that you funded it from?
    Payment was almost instant back to the same Santander account used for funding.
    That'll be it then - I chose a different bank although got a match on CoP so shouldn't cause problem. 
    I'll give it 24hrs - but maybe useful to note for others. OFI I paid in from Santander, too.

    I set up my Bank of Scotland a/c for withdrawals. I funded from NatWest as I have the app for this and could use open banking to fund quickly.
    Withdrawal to the BOS a/c went from eToro but still hasn't shown up at BOS more than 3 hous later.

  • Altior
    Altior Posts: 1,874 Forumite
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    artyboy said:
    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I didn't, I plumped for Tesla given they were rising at the time I set it up. Not that it made a lot of difference, given how short a period they were held for.
    Musk wasn't getting any investment from me, however temporary or theoretical  :D
    Virtue signalling blagging, it's quite the irony :) 
  • artyboy
    artyboy Posts: 2,146 Forumite
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    Altior said:
    artyboy said:
    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I didn't, I plumped for Tesla given they were rising at the time I set it up. Not that it made a lot of difference, given how short a period they were held for.
    Musk wasn't getting any investment from me, however temporary or theoretical  :D
    Virtue signalling blagging, it's quite the irony :) 
    Hence the emoji. Mind you, reckon I still have the moral high ground there...
  • Altior
    Altior Posts: 1,874 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    artyboy said:
    Altior said:
    artyboy said:
    granta said:
    eToro

    Just catching up on this thread and will apply for eToro shortly.

    Is there a reason why everyone is selecting MIcrosoft as the share?
    I didn't, I plumped for Tesla given they were rising at the time I set it up. Not that it made a lot of difference, given how short a period they were held for.
    Musk wasn't getting any investment from me, however temporary or theoretical  :D
    Virtue signalling blagging, it's quite the irony :) 
    Hence the emoji. Mind you, reckon I still have the moral high ground there...
    There were 6 stocks to pick from, if I recall correctly, so replying to happybagger with detail in regard to why you didn't go for one of the particular options, served only one purpose. I opted to call out the palpable daftness of it with a further reply, so I am not beyond reproach myself! 
  • Nick_C
    Nick_C Posts: 7,677 Forumite
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    This is turning into an absolute nightmare.  I set up an account and deposited £5k, but did not get the free shares.  

    I funded the account from NatWest using open banking.  I tried to withdraw to Chase.  THe withdrawal appeared to be processed OK.  I got a confirmation email.

    Three hours later, no funds received in Chase.

    Logged back in to eToro.  Said funds returned.

    Tried to withdraw to NatWest.  Get an error "This payments can't ne processed at the moment"

    Tried to raise a ticket.  Unable to do so.  Get an error message, 
  • clivep
    clivep Posts: 718 Forumite
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    edited 9 January at 6:11PM
    Nick_C said:
    This is turning into an absolute nightmare.  I set up an account and deposited £5k, but did not get the free shares.  

    I funded the account from NatWest using open banking.  I tried to withdraw to Chase.  THe withdrawal appeared to be processed OK.  I got a confirmation email.

    Three hours later, no funds received in Chase.

    Logged back in to eToro.  Said funds returned.

    Tried to withdraw to NatWest.  Get an error "This payments can't ne processed at the moment"

    Tried to raise a ticket.  Unable to do so.  Get an error message, 

    Similar...
    Funded from NatWest. Withdrew to Bank of Scotland at 11.48. Marked as returned in eToro at 14.56. 
    Set NatWest up as new payee. COP OK. Text received to send payment to NatWest. Get the ""This payments can't be processed at the moment" error.

    Update... Just had text from NatWest to call their fraud team urgently.


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