Fess up... who was is?

[vetran]

Always have more than one personal bank account with a different bank. If they feck up you have another account you can use to feed yourself and do other basic things.

yep.

Make sure you have less than 80K in each.

[DimPrawn]

yep.

Make sure you have less than 80K in each.

That might be a struggle for the average contractor.

[vetran]

Interestingly enough when Santander changed one of my accounts from Girobank to their systems mine and everyone else's was as smooth as a whistle , so my experience the Spanish banks are more than competent its just this particular bank.

Having had an account with TSB before and they were hard work.

[AtW]

No one from TSB customers expected the Spanish Inquisition...

[vetran]

That might be a struggle for the average contractor.

not if your ex wife has cleaned you out!

[DimPrawn]

not if your ex wife has cleaned you out!

She left a token £1 in each account, she's not that heartless.

[vetran]

She left a token £1 in each account, she's not that heartless.

from NLyUK I hear that isn't the first time you got a "pounding"

[BlasterBates]

The systems should always have been run in parallel at least for several months with a phased migration and the old system shouldn't have been decommissioned until it was clear that everything was running perfectly on the new platform.

However this obviously wasn't the case, what a bunch of plonkers.

[vetran]

The systems should always have been run in parallel at least for several months with a phased migration and the old system shouldn't have been decommissioned until it was clear that everything was running perfectly on the new platform.

However this obviously wasn't the case, what a bunch of plonkers.

Its not unusual, they suits are desperate to switch the old system off to save licence fees and get their bonus.

[BlasterBates]

Its not unusual, they suits are desperate to switch the old system off to save licence fees and get their bonus.

Aye, had an interview at a bank a long time ago who waxed lyrical about the big bang approach because it focused everyone.

I did then hear a rumour some years later of him receiving the bin bag treatment at another bank. I've no doubt he left a trail of destruction.