has anyone ever swapped to Natwest from Halifax ?

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Kat.mc

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Post by Kat.mc » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:47 pm
Afternoon,
Just a quick question for all you experts, has anyone ever swapped to Natwest from Halifax...has i understand that if the companys are somehow linked them accounts can be froze... i am now in a panic as my proposal is done and i have a new account with natwest which my salary will be paid into at the end of the month!!!
Any comments would be grateful!
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Post by Sinking Fast » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:49 pm
Hi Kat, and welcome.

The Halifax and Natwest are not linked in any way. The Halifax is Bank of Scotland (HBOS), and Natwest is The Royal Bank of Scotland - NO link whatsoever, so calm down.

They cannot off-set your credit balance against your debit balance.

Gd Luck.
Kat.mc wrote:

Afternoon,
Just a quick question for all you experts, has anyone ever swapped to Natwest from Halifax...has i understand that if the companys are somehow linked them accounts can be froze... i am now in a panic as my proposal is done and i have a new account with natwest which my salary will be paid into at the end of the month!!!
Any comments would be grateful!
Thanks
 
 

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Post by Michael Peoples » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:09 pm
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'The Halifax and Natwest are not linked in any way. The Halifax is Bank of Scotland (HBOS), and Natwest is The Royal Bank of Scotland - NO link whatsoever, so calm down.'

I think the government owns a majority of both of them. Do you reckon the Chancellor might be able to claim offset?
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Post by Sinking Fast » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:14 pm
I wouldn't have thought so, what with them both being seperate entities..
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'The Halifax and Natwest are not linked in any way. The Halifax is Bank of Scotland (HBOS), and Natwest is The Royal Bank of Scotland - NO link whatsoever, so calm down.'

I think the government owns a majority of both of them. Do you reckon the Chancellor might be able to claim offset?
 
 

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Post by Michael Peoples » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:43 pm
I was only kidding but it does just show how things have changed. When I started in insolvency nearly 12 years ago there were many banks.

Now there are very few and these are mostly state owned. I remember one client who had borrowed from Lloyds, Chartered Trust, TSB and another bank. Although, when he borrowed the money they were all separate entities, when he went insolvent they were all now part of the Lloyds group and Lloyds tried to argue the four creditors were in fact only one and rejected the IVA.
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Post by Sinking Fast » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:45 pm
Hi MP,

Can they do that?

I would have thought separate account/agreement numbers would have put paid to that action.
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I was only kidding but it does just show how things have changed. When I started in insolvency nearly 12 years ago there were many banks.

Now there are very few and these are mostly state owned. I remember one client who had borrowed from Lloyds, Chartered Trust, TSB and another bank. Although, when he borrowed the money they were all separate entities, when he went insolvent they were all now part of the Lloyds group and Lloyds tried to argue the four creditors were in fact only one and rejected the IVA.
 
 

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Post by carole2662 » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:31 pm
Hi we went the other way from Natwest to Halifax,no probs.
 
 

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Post by deb.ml » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:42 pm
Hi, I went from Barclays to Natwest (I owed money to RBS who are part of same group as Natwest). I've had no problems at all. Been with them since August 09. Hope this helps.

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