I'm with Intelligent Finance, which is the Halifax's online offshoot.
Mainly because when I bought my house, the mortgage advisor I used recommended IF's mortgage, and moving my current account over had significant benefits for balance sweeping and paying the thing off early.
A load of bankers
Egg is a wonderful name for a bank! I think I'll need to further investigate that one..
http://www.anz.com.au/
They have plenty of ATMs around this part of the world and their staff are usually quite pleasant to deal with.
http://www.anz.com.au/
They have plenty of ATMs around this part of the world and their staff are usually quite pleasant to deal with.
Lloyds TSB as TSB came into my school when I was six and let us all set up accounts for £1. Been with them ever since, no trouble at all.
The takeover of Halifax troubles me however as they are the bank I refuse to touch with a bargepole, for reasons I won't detail in public but they wronged me badly with the worst customer service I've ever experienced, and £200 credit and a bunch of flowers the size of a car DID NOT make up for it. That is all.
The takeover of Halifax troubles me however as they are the bank I refuse to touch with a bargepole, for reasons I won't detail in public but they wronged me badly with the worst customer service I've ever experienced, and £200 credit and a bunch of flowers the size of a car DID NOT make up for it. That is all.
"He has to be larger than bacon"
TSB and the birmingham midshires for me.
briefly had my student account with natwest, till they accidentally charged me £200, iirc it was one of the first transactions in the account, which had an untouched overdraft. after going through the hassle of sorting that out i swiftly moved the student account to lloyds.
having said that lloyds have 'annoyed' me several times with regards to data protection resultant charges. their remedy was 'its too expensive to fix our system, we suggest you change your name by deed poll".
i have come to the conclusion that all banks are evil. a necessary evil unfortunately.
briefly had my student account with natwest, till they accidentally charged me £200, iirc it was one of the first transactions in the account, which had an untouched overdraft. after going through the hassle of sorting that out i swiftly moved the student account to lloyds.
having said that lloyds have 'annoyed' me several times with regards to data protection resultant charges. their remedy was 'its too expensive to fix our system, we suggest you change your name by deed poll".
i have come to the conclusion that all banks are evil. a necessary evil unfortunately.
I wont be long until we loose the name Abbey, they have been slowly preparing the general public for that for years...
I used to work in the Mortgage centre in Teeside when they took over Abbey... I came up with what has to my finest and probably only spontaneous line that was used throughout the building...
" Nobody expects a Spanish acquisition..."
I used to work in the Mortgage centre in Teeside when they took over Abbey... I came up with what has to my finest and probably only spontaneous line that was used throughout the building...
" Nobody expects a Spanish acquisition..."
