Free-to-use cash machines have been disappearing at a rapid rate across the UK, according to a study by Which? Nearly 1,700 machines started charging for withdrawals in the first three months of the year, with the majority starting to charge in March, according to the consumer lobby group. Cardtronics,...

The only truly free bank account

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 4th March 2016 13:15
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RBS customers hit by more IT glitches

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 22nd November 2014 18:01.

Some Royal Bank of Scotland customers have had problems using credit and debit cards in stores and at cash machines, the day after RBS was fined...

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A cash machine outside Tesco Express in Aberystwyth has been promising customers "free erections" after a translation error.
Above the ATM at the new store in west Wales it said "codiad am ddim" which would translate colloquially as "free erections."

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Lloyds' card and ATM problems caused by hardware failure

A hardware failure was the cause of the shutdown of some Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and TSB cash machines and debit cards on Sunday.




More---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-259140...

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Card fraud losses pushed up by 'crude scams'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th March 2013 10:35.

Distraction thefts at shops, bars and cash machines led to a rise in UK card fraud last year, figures suggest. These "crude scams" took total losses......

One in three cash machines could disappear from rural areas in big banks shake-up

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th September 2012 07:51.

Some of Britain's most vulnerable communities could see one-in-three of their cash machines disappear. There are growing...

EU admits discussing plans to limit withdrawals from cash machines and impose border checks

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th June 2012 11:57.

*...... if Greece quits euro * EU finance chiefs today admitted holding contingency ‘discussions’ about...

HSBC tests cash machines in Athens for drachmas

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd June 2012 14:32.

HSBC has tested its cash machines in Greece to check whether they could cope with the reintroduction of the drachma if the country drops out of the...
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Need a speckled hen and not near a cab rank, where do you find some sausage and mash?

Why, you go to your local cash machine of course and, if you live in east London, you might even come across one which gives you the option of proceeding in a variety of languages - and offering cockney....

TSC calls on banks to reconsider ATM restrictions

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 1st December 2011 20:35.

The Treasury Select Committee has called on two of the big four banks to reconsider introducing further restrictions on customer access to cash......

MPs attack Lloyds and RBS for blocking 'vulnerable' customers from cash machines

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th October 2011 17:57.

*UPDATE:* A group of powerful MPs has grilled Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland for 'targeting' vulnerable...

Hi all,

I find budgeting easier if I take out in cash at the beginning of the week what I need for the various categories (food, and activities being my main ones). For so many things though I budget in multiples of £5. So I'm really pleased that Yorkshire Bank and Santander (maybe...

I opened a Readycash account with the Yorkshire Bank this week and a savings account with them too.

This is a basic account with a Maestro card.

They did credit search me, but i told her the computer would probably blow up.

Anyway when i explained i was sorting...