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Building socitey account from 1997
ive just found a building society book from 1997 for the staffordshire building society. i understand they are no longer so how do i track down my account from that long ago?
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$US Dollar Denominated Bank Accounts
Can anyone tell me if and where it is possible to open a dollar denominated bank account? I don't need full current account facilities, but I do a lot of internet trading in the USA and also keep getting dollar cheques which cost a fortune to pay into my UK account. I have a paypal account which is OK for some things but…
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current account - incentives?
Does anyone know of a bank thats offering any incentives to open an account with them, that dont want you to pay in a minimum amount each month?
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Email Fraud
Hi Everybody, I could do with some advice. I am selling my motorbike online, and was contacted by a potential purchaser. We exchanged emails and a price was agreed. He was going to pay by bank transfer. I gave him my details. I have since learned that contact number he gave me is involved in existing online fraud cases. I…
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Advice on Business/Current Account
Hiya I need a bit of advice regarding our current and business accounts. My husband is self employed and used to use his Lloyds current account for the business as well as his private spending. The accountant then moaned about this and said he shouldn't do it so we opened an A&L business account. This has been running for…
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Tax Certificates from Icesave
Hi - Dooes anyone know if Icesave are good at providing Certificates of Tax Deduction for year 07/08??
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Daily limits at ATM
Just a quick question. Does the daily ATM withdrawl limit reset at midnight? Cheers
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do I even exist?
Help! I am separated from my wife and back living with my parents, I have no paperwork and everything was in my wifes name. How can I go about opening a basic bank account with no proof of ID? At the moment I am not working but will be soon.
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PayPal payment for goods not supplied
A friend has run into a problem with a purchase made by PayPal (not from eBay). He ordered an item from a trader's website for about £80, after checking by phone that the item was in stock. After a reasonable time he attempted to chase it up both by email and phone (the website only gives a mobile phone number but does…
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National Hunter
What is National Hunter and what are they responsible for? I was told that they hold the records of transactions done with banks by customers and are required by law to disclose everything that they have on file if asked by any bank customer for which they charge the maximum chargable by law £10. I was told that they are…
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new account (not primary one) with debit card
I need a new account (had an old basic account with hsbc but the debit card expired and they changed it with a cash card :mad: , went in and asked for an upgrade to the normal account and they said that I have to move my salary with them for at least 3 to 6 months and than they will give me an account ... what a joke) I…
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Halifax Account
Hi All, I have been told that I ca apply for a Halifax Preference account with £500. Can someone let me know the + and - of this account please. Thank you.
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Co-operative Bank £100 incentive!
Just opened a current a/c with the Co-op bank for the £100 incentive, all v. easy! All you have to do is lodge at least £800 pm and you get the £100, no questions asked! She did mention that I would need to use it as my main a/c (I can make it look that way anyway) and have a 'normal' level of about 20 transactions a…
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Can Both my Halifax Current Accounts be Reward Accounts?
I currently have one sole and one joint account with halifax. Come 9th Feb can I go in and change both of these to the reward account? And if so, with some creative standing orders, qualify for £5 per month on each account?
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Overdraft Interest
Wonder if anyone can help? I currently have an account with LTSB which is £1,800 overdrawn, (the acount isn't used I'm just trying to pay off what I owe) I have had an agreement with them (which I have to renew every 6mths) to pay off a set amount each month and they freeze the interest. This has been in place for the last…
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Can I avoid Alliance and Leicester charges?
Hi I have a current account with alliance and leicester and I deliberately chose an account with no overdraft facility because I didn't want to get into debt. I always take money out of the cash machine rather than using my card to spend so that the machine will refuse to give me money if I try to take out more than I have…
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personal/ home pc accounting
hi folks- wondered if anybody could help? I recently got a new pc and previously used for the last 10 years money 98 which came with my old PC for my home accounting however this won't install on my new pc which uses vista and I am reluctant to buy an updated version as from what I can see it will cost alot of money as a…
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Most effective way to clear an overdraft?
I know the most obvious answer is to cancel this altogether however if I do this when my wages go in I will be £450 short and in alot of trouble. I've already managed to reduce it by £100 but keep finding myself spending it. It was put on for an emergency however I began to like the fact I had more than my wages to…
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Closing french bank account
Hi, I have a french bank account, with a few hundred quid in it. (well euros, but I'm sure you knwo what I mean). I can access it online, but I have no need for such an account, and would like the money useable here. How can I get bthe money from that account to a uk account, incurring the fewest chrages - I have no bank…
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Bank account ruining my life
Hi Bolt statment but its true, i just applied for Barlclays standard current account and they declined me, i dont want any credit, overdraft or cheque book just a "current Account" They just fob me off with Experian says no write to them, I dont care about Experian they do a good job in messing everything up and charging…