Bank Account Recommendations??

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aceboy replied

1 November 2012, 12:29
Originally posted by scope View Post

Cater Allen are good - and free.

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scope replied

1 November 2012, 11:58
Cater Allen are good - and free.
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SimonMac replied

1 November 2012, 10:42
I am with NatWest at the moment, fees can be a little OTT but that depends on the type of account you are on, but their online and mobile banking provisions are second to none!
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malvolio replied

1 November 2012, 10:35
Originally posted by Advocate View Post

My payment limit is set too low to pay my corp tax (not sure why); it will take them several days to raise it.

However ultimately all my problems with HSBC have boiled down to problem ownership/resolution.

BACS or Faster Payment? BACS I used to do in two chunks a day apart, FP has a higher limit so I haven't needed to worry. The default boundaries are set by the money laundering regulations, not HSBC. the delay is whle they credit check your company.

Can't comment on problems ownership/resolution; in 16 years I've never had any...
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lithium147 replied

1 November 2012, 10:17
Interesting. I had to raise my hsbc business account limits to 100K when I was buying property. I think you would have this problem with any bank account.. After I cancelled the comercial card am paying zero fees with hsbc, so am fairly happy with em.
So I use hsbc as current account and INGDirect for business savings, they pay 1.99% (in first year)
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Advocate replied

1 November 2012, 10:00
Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

What have they done just out of interest (as I am with them as well for business banking) ?

My payment limit is set too low to pay my corp tax (not sure why); it will take them several days to raise it.

However ultimately all my problems with HSBC have boiled down to problem ownership/resolution.
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kaiser78 replied

1 November 2012, 09:43
Originally posted by Advocate View Post

Right,

I've not posted in a while; I've not needed to!

However HSBC have thoroughly pissed me off this morning with regards to my business banking (they regularly piss me off with my private banking).

I am taking recommendations for alternatives, both business and private; I was Cater Allen previously but their online servicing was poor; has it improved?

What have they done just out of interest (as I am with them as well for business banking) ?
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Advocate started a topic Bank Account Recommendations??

1 November 2012, 09:36
Bank Account Recommendations??

Right,

I've not posted in a while; I've not needed to!

However HSBC have thoroughly pissed me off this morning with regards to my business banking (they regularly piss me off with my private banking).

I am taking recommendations for alternatives, both business and private; I was Cater Allen previously but their online servicing was poor; has it improved?
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