Reply to: Business Bank Account Hacked! :frown

[schindler]

HSBC let you do all this for free now....

Planning to ditch Cater allen and open a business direct account with HSBC which they say is free and much secure.As told by previous members, CA did refund the money quite quickly,but insisted that it is not from their side that the security breach happened.was thinking of opening an account with Abbey and now having second thoughts....A&l,Abbey and CA are all part of sanatander....so if they can hack CA using insider information then they might as well can do it to other banks i wud think.....

[AZZIK]

I had large amounts withdrawn from Abbey business current and deposit accounts twice within six months. It was all too easy. Someone knew my security details, and used the internet to make payments to a third party with a Baltic republic sounding name. It was scary watching both accounts being set up to be cleared within a single day.

Abbey refunded the money quite quickly but insisted that the security lapse with my fault rather than theirs. I agreed to disagree and left to join Barclays, who are expensive (£18 per month) and only let you see the last 80 days of transactions online (Ha, Ha! That is so lame!), but they provide you with one of those RSA pin-reading calculator devices which you have to use to create third party payments, so in the light of my experience, the cost is acceptable.

HSBC let you do all this for free now....

[Unwitting Catalyst]

Large amouts withdrawn from Abbey business account - twice in 6 months

I had large amounts withdrawn from Abbey business current and deposit accounts twice within six months. It was all too easy. Someone knew my security details, and used the internet to make payments to a third party with a Baltic republic sounding name. It was scary watching both accounts being set up to be cleared within a single day.

Abbey refunded the money quite quickly but insisted that the security lapse with my fault rather than theirs. I agreed to disagree and left to join Barclays, who are expensive (£18 per month) and only let you see the last 80 days of transactions online (Ha, Ha! That is so lame!), but they provide you with one of those RSA pin-reading calculator devices which you have to use to create third party payments, so in the light of my experience, the cost is acceptable.

[naijamanuk]

Hmm.. quite scary..
have a Cater Allen account but have had no problems. Customer Service has always been quite good too

[FarmerPalmer]

I'm with Abbey and never had any problems with them. And they pay interest.

Maybe they just don't like you

Same here - no problems

[blacjac]

I have a "dirty" PC for everyday usage and a "clean" PC for accessing financial information. (It`s actually just the same PC but with a different boot disk plugged into a front panel caddy.)

Still wouldn't stop someone at the bank selling your details on, which is what I suspect has happened in this case.

[BolshieBastard]

I have a "dirty" PC for everyday usage and a "clean" PC for accessing financial information. (It`s actually just the same PC but with a different boot disk plugged into a front panel caddy.)

How does that work then?

Oh and if you're a member of the FSB, you get free business banking with interest from the Co Op Bank. Ethical, too!

[dinker]

I have a "dirty" PC for everyday usage and a "clean" PC for accessing financial information. (It`s actually just the same PC but with a different boot disk plugged into a front panel caddy.)

[Stolly]

Scary stuff. Will be checking my Cater Allen account tonight.

[d000hg]

Here's some advice, don't touch anything with the word 'Abbey' in it. Three months after locking me out of my business online banking, there are two accounts now showing instead of one, my debit card has been cancelled for some unkown reason and they're unable to issue me a new one or my last four months company statements as they don't have a copy of my signature on file???

HSBC account is in the final process of being set up. Oh, and you can pop into any branch instead of dealing with the monkeys at the other end of the phone with regards to Abbey.

I've been with Abbey just over a year (since before their big new e-banking system) and have been very happy. The new system is good and I don't mind a few teething problems, and the phone support has always been good for me.

[Durbs]

Ta da!
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/business/a...usiness-direct

They omitted to tell me about that one last time i spoke them about my account.

Must say been otherwise impressed with HSBC though. The high interest account they give me to shift company cash into works out well and its easy to shift cash between the accounts. I've also not had anything nicked out of it, which is nice.

[blacjac]

Do they???? I'm with HSBC and pay for the privilege. Can feel a phone call coming on.

Ta da!
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/business/a...usiness-direct

[lambrini_socialist]

scary. only today i noticed someone helping themselves to 2 x £150 from my current account via my debit card - must have got skimmed some time over the weekend...got it sorted though...

[KentPhilip]

Here's some advice, don't touch anything with the word 'Abbey' in it. Three months after locking me out of my business online banking, there are two accounts now showing instead of one, my debit card has been cancelled for some unkown reason and they're unable to issue me a new one or my last four months company statements as they don't have a copy of my signature on file???

HSBC account is in the final process of being set up. Oh, and you can pop into any branch instead of dealing with the monkeys at the other end of the phone with regards to Abbey.

I'm with Abbey and never had any problems with them. And they pay interest.

Maybe they just don't like you

[Durbs]

HSBC now do a permenantly fee free business current account for companies with a turnover < 500k.

No interest on it though.

Do they???? I'm with HSBC and pay for the privilege. Can feel a phone call coming on.